Director, Project Management Office (PMO) – Medical Business

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At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

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At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions.  With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

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The Director Medical PMO is responsible for leading the Project Management Office (PMO) for our Medical products and Strategic Projects (digital microscopy, Image Processing, next generation digital microscopy, augmented reality, clinical applications, China for China) in the Global R&D organization and fosters an environment that delivers innovation, high product quality and on-time delivery of projects within our product portfolio.

This position reports to the Vice President Medical Business Unit and is part of the Medical Business Unit located in Singapore and will be an on-site role.  

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Develop and improves cross functional processes to deliver new products to market on time with world class quality

• Provides leadership and direction to the Medical Project Management Office through global Project Managers, ensuring standardization of processes, tools, and reporting across sites.

• Act as primary owner of PMO processes, ensuring consistency, transparency, and disciplined execution that contribute to the success of the Medical BU strategy

• Partner with VP Medical BU to build cross-functional capability and ensure focus on key strategic programs.

• Own end-to-end project delivery performance (scope, schedule, budget, risk) of the global Medical portfolio (New Product Introduction projects as well as Life Cycle Management projects of the active portfolio).

• Drive a culture of customer-focused innovation supported by clear processes, tools, and decision frameworks.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a global PMO team.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• 10+ years of experience in R&D project/program management, preferably in medical devices, acceptable in other regulated, or complex opto-/electro-mechanical systems industries.

• Proven success delivering complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects on time and within scope and quality.

• Experience leading distributed teams across time zones.

• Strong understanding of product development lifecycle, including hardware, software, and design transfer.

• Familiarity with regulated environments (ISO 13485, IEC standards, etc.).

• Experience with lean project management, agile practices, and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Life Science, or related technical field.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel 30% of the time

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.