Senior Program Manager Transformation Office & Consultant

Managed an R&D project in cooperation with Reflow, Eurofins and Lubrizol with focus on GMP

Prepared, implemented and followed up the GMP inspection by the government of Upper Bavaria for extended manufacturing authorization

Tracked and coordinated the project plan and ensured compliance with milestones

Supported operational and development-related topics

Collaborated closely with the development team, internal departments and external partners including customers, analytical laboratories and authorities

Communicated with logistics regarding document review and sampling

Coordinated with laboratory for testing starting materials including offers, ordering and cost assumption clarification

Communicated with all internal and external interfaces in pharma and medical device sectors

Coordinated with logistics and quality management regarding release of materials

Organized transfer of materials to the C-Lab

Coordinated planned sub-projects with all internal and external interfaces in pharma and medical device sectors

Coordinated milestones with customer and project team

Coordinated tasks and priorities with project team and tracked completion of tasks

Coordinated release tests and laboratory timings

Requested quotations and clarified cost coverage

Monitored invoice charging and cost unit processing

Checked and requested external personnel resources

Estimated costs for other departments and created forecasts

Prepared and implemented internal project meetings and customer meetings (weekly major project meetings, biweekly regulatory meetings)

Organized customer visits and on-site workshops

Served as contact person for questions from customers, external consultants and logistics

Created project plan and monitored progress

Reported to C-level management

Coordinated technical internal and external team meetings, reporting and meeting minutes

Managed suppliers and developed a second source strategy

Independently coordinated the project budget

Achieved design freeze including master artwork

Created recycling concept

Set up customer support and 24/7 service concept

Defined market price for the product

Created supplier contracts and monitored verification and validation activities at suppliers

Developed the business case and prepared the launch plan

Conducted agile multi-project management and supported worldwide customer market launches for six product launches

Performed market research for customer values considering cost and value innovation and value proposition design

Defined and implemented the modular product platform SOMATOM.go for the entry-level target market

Established and developed a new modular product platform similar to automotive industry practices

Acted as PMO for efficient strategy implementation and increased profitability in the target market

Moderated reliability FMEA sessions and defined reliability concepts for modular system components (HW and SW)

Defined project and status reports for all components in Germany and China

Planned, organized and moderated cross-departmental meetings and project steering groups

Introduced LEAN structures including daily standups and agile development methods

Managed project prioritization, planning, reporting and controlling

Synchronized annual multi-project management from the platform

Developed measures for critical project phases and overlaps

Co-designed cross-functional business unit restructuring into an agile product line

Successfully launched the modular product platform SOMATOM.go in Europe

Released and market-launched six innovative and low-maintenance products including software versions

Established customer focus and increased product quality in R&D

Supported worldwide customer market launches

Acted as quality gate expert for software version release quality assurance

Conducted system integration testing focusing on integrating customer feedback into the development process

Defined and implemented a training concept for R&D employees in software testing

Reduced software errors, findings and complaints

Integrated hardware and software development to increase product quality and customer satisfaction

Managed agile projects in an extensive environment

Analyzed findings and developed solution proposals with software developers

Defined and tracked content per milestone to increase project transparency

Developed measures for critical project sections

Expanded test methods in system integration

Piloted and set up interfaces for cross-functional collaboration between specialist departments

Established clear quality gates over the development period

Achieved holistic quality improvement and high customer satisfaction