Senior Project Leader, R&D (f/m/d),

This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Baxter Medical Systems enables excellence in surgical procedures using modern medical technology. Our products help care teams achieve outstanding results in emergency and critical care. Digital systems are automated to allow for surgical staff and multidisciplinary care teams to work efficiently, and devices are needed to navigate processes, increase user convenience, and improve patient safety.

We are currently searching a Senior Project Leader, R&D (f/m/d) based in Munich.

Job Summary

The Senior Project Leader supports the Project Manager in the leadership of the project team through the implementation process. There is a high level of interaction and influence with project team to ensure the team keeps the schedule commitments. (S)He follows product development processes and must be developing independence and strong leadership skills to evolve to leading activities and or larger projects. Provides ongoing organizational and tactical support for a project. Coordinates all aspects of project, and engages appropriate peers/functions for follow-up, corrective action and/or solutions. Establishes working relationship and credibility with all team members on a project.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assist in tracking team deliverables for project completion
• Structuring, planning, and monitoring development projects at the product level
• Support project communication by interacting with Project Manager, Project Core Team and extended teams to ensure effective communications and manage expectations
• Work within the guidelines of the organization\’s project office model, standard performance metrics, and regulatory guidelines to support, plan, monitor, control, and implement projects
• Coordinate project documentation
• Create and maintain project schedules
• Assist in tracking and communication of project risks
• Maintain project team SharePoint Site
• Monitor project budget commitments, including purchasing of supplies and equipment as needed
• Supporting specialist departments
• Coordinating complaint investigations
• Coordinating external development partners
• Coordinating field observation reviews

Unique Qualifications And Skills

• Strong attention to detail
• Strong leadership potential
• Understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Laboratory Practices and Product Development Process requirements
• Experience with scheduling software
• Product Development experience, familiarity with Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)

Education And Experience

• Bachelor level degree or equivalent experience with 1-2 years project management experience, and 2 years of product life cycle experience
• Advanced presentation and communication skills

What We Offer You

As an internationally active company, we offer you professional training opportunities and fair remuneration with above-average social benefits, a company pension scheme, a share plan for employees, 30 days vacation plus special leave, and additional insurance is a matter of course, for us.

For further information, please reach out to Sebastian Lange via E-Mail: sebastian_lange@baxter.com

Equal Employment Opportunity

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