Senior COE Project Manager

Siemens Healthineers

Senior COE Project Manager responsible for driving labeling and packaging initiatives for medical devices. Leading cross-functional teams through project lifecycles in a hybrid work environment.

Posted 4/29/2026full-time🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $172,690 - $237,446 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leverage your medical device labeling and packaging experience to drive and manage labeling and packaging key initiatives and technology implementation projects.
Define, develop and maintain both high level and detailed project plans, metrics and dashboards as well as any related budgets, including comprehensive ROI and risk assessment/mitigation plans.
Leverage your ability to lead without direct reports, be an independent subject matter expert, knowledgeable resource, facilitator, and coach to the Packaging & Labeling organization.
Develop high functioning project teams through strong communication and organizational skills.
Ability to work across matrixed teams.
Lead design, development and testing workflows and teams for critical functional labeling and packaging enhancement tools and projects.
Utilizing lean sigma and standardized project management tools, oversee and manage project teams supporting project deliverables without direct reporting lines ensuring all functional requirements are met.
Ensures participation of the right business resources during the project for alignment of scope, and integrating unique requirements into the processes.
Independently identify critical path activities and work with various functions to eliminate road blocks throughout the project lifecycle.
Partner with business owners and key stakeholders globally to ensure clarity of roles and responsibilities and keep business owners in the loop on progress, milestones, risks and any needed escalations.
Gain alignment and acceptance for ideas, plans and actions and implement across organizational boundaries.
Effectively Lead project team meetings to ensure clear agenda, effective actions and results.
Successfully complete deliverables using standardized lean and PMP project tools and content management systems.
Develop and present slide decks regarding project status and milestones to direct management, cross-functional teams, steering committees and other senior leadership.
Proactively provide coaching to COE team on tools, leveraging your expertise as a project manager and lean sigma to enable the structured process and delivery of all key project initiatives and ensure completion.
Independent thinker with demonstrated skills in identifying opportunities and translating ideas into actionable full-scale improvement projects, driving from initiation through to completion.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BA/BS in Life Sciences, Packaging and/ or Labeling, Project Management or related field
Must have experience leading large-scale projects that leverage cross-functional teams that span multiple functions and global sites/teams.
Must have 8+ years as project or program manager focused on continuous improvement
5-8 years + experience in life sciences industry, preferably working in packaging and/or labeling area
Black Belt or Master Black Belt in Lean Sigma preferred, not required (could be company specific version)
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred, not required
Willing to travel 10% - 15%

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical insurance
dental insurance
vision insurance
401(k) retirement plan
life insurance
long-term and short-term disability insurance
paid parking/public transportation
paid time off
paid sick and safe time

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementcontinuous improvementlean sigmaPMPlabelingpackagingrisk assessmentmetricsdashboardsROI

Soft Skills

communicationorganizational skillsleadershipindependent thinkingcoachingfacilitationteam buildingproblem solvingstakeholder managementcross-functional collaboration

Certifications

BA/BS in Life SciencesBlack Belt in Lean SigmaMaster Black Belt in Lean SigmaProject Management Professional (PMP)