Senior Project Manager - Liquids

Senior Project Manager - Liquids

We are looking for an experienced and results-oriented Senior Project Manager - Liquids to lead projects in ophthalmic liquids, including endotamponades, vital dyes, and hydrogels. This role requires expertise in project management, in-depth knowledge of ophthalmic product development, and the ability to lead and mentor cross-functional teams.

You will be responsible for delivering projects on time and within budget while ensuring compliance with regulatory and quality standards. Additionally, you will play a key role in advancing our ophthalmic liquid product line, driving innovations that improve patient care and expand our market presence. As a member of the liquids team, you will lead research and product development initiatives, provide technical guidance for existing liquid products, and collaborate closely with R&D, QARA, SPMD, and Marketing. This role may involve occasional travel for meetings or site visits. Ready to make an impact in the field of ophthalmology? Join our team!

Tasks and responsibilities:

Strategic Project Leadership and Execution:

• Lead and oversee multiple complex projects within the ophthalmic liquids portfolio, ensuring alignment with the companys strategic objectives.
• Develop, refine, and implement comprehensive project plans that detail scope, timelines, resources, and critical milestones.
• Mentor and guide project team members, fostering collaboration and promoting a culture of continuous improvement and professional development. Implement best practices in project management and product development to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Facilitate effective cross-functional teamwork, ensuring that all team members understand project goals and their individual responsibilities.

Innovation and Continued Improvement:

• Drive initiatives to leverage best practices in project management and product development, fostering innovation within the ophthalmic liquids portfolio.
• Conduct post-project evaluations to derive insights and improve processes for future projects.

Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance:

• Proactively identify potential project risks and implement mitigation strategies to minimize impact on timelines and deliverables.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for issue resolution, maintaining project momentum through proactive problem-solving.

Financial Oversight and Budget Management:

• Develop and manage project budgets, ensuring resource allocation and tracking financial performance.
• Provide regular financial updates to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and accountability in project expenditures.

Stakeholder Communication:

• Prepare and communicate project status reports, highlighting key achievements, challenges, and upcoming milestones to the Head of R&D Liquids and other senior stakeholders.
• Lead project review meetings to assess progress, address concerns, and align on next steps.

Skills and qualifications:

• Proven track record of successfully managing project teams with a keen eye oo delivering complex projects and commercially viable products on time and on budget.
• General understanding of ophthalmic surgery, preferably with a good understanding of clinical applications of ophthalmic liquids.
• Exceptional leadership and team-building capabilities.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting critical deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Customer focused and product passionate.
• In-depth knowledge of regulatory requirements and quality systems specific to ophthalmic liquids.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and strategic thinking skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Good knowledge on R&D processes, quality and regulatory; proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and on budget in a medical devices/pharma environment.
• Bachelors degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field; Masters degree or MBA preferred.
• 7+ years of significant project management experience within the pharmaceutical or medical device industry, preferably with a strong focus on ophthalmic products
• Proven experience leading cross-functional project teams, with demonstrated success in mentoring and developing talent.

Does DORC make you happy?

Does working for you mean working together? Realising surgical devices together that help to make people see again? With a hands-on and both legs on the ground mentality? Do you want to work for an organisation where you get freedom and responsibility? Where you are fully stimulated to come up with new ideas? And where innovation, quality and technology are woven into the DNA? Then DORC is the place for you.

Would you like to know more about working at DORC? Then read on here.

What does DORC have to offer you? At DORC, you play at top level. It is therefore only logical that we reward you as a top player. You can expect the following:

• 27 holidays for a 40-hour full-time job
• 8% holiday pay
• 13th month
• Bonus scheme
• A travel allowance of € 0.23/km
• And a non-contributory pension, which means you will receive a substantially higher net salary

What else can you expect from us? Every opportunity to learn and grow. Your own laptop and smartphone. And a fantastic company restaurant full of delicious, fresh products.

Did you know ...?

DORC, short for Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center, manufactures equipment, instruments and liquids used in eye surgery.

DORC is a ZEISS company, an internationally leading technology enterprise that develops, manufactures and sells highly innovative products and solutions in a variety of business fields, such as medical technology. As a company wholly owned by a foundation, ZEISS is rooted in and committed to responsibility in all its activities.

Will you be our new Project Manager - Liquids?

Are you up for this? Then apply directly via the red button! Do you still have questions? Then contact Monique Meiling our Global Recruiter: m.meiling@dorcglobal.com. Country

The Netherlands

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