Senior Program Manager - Ultrasound Probes
GE HealthCare · Valbonne
Job Description Summary
Pilote des initiatives visant à améliorer l’efficacité de la fonction Ingénierie et collabore avec les autres fonctions afin d’assurer une coordination efficace des indicateurs de performance, des tableaux de bord, des processus fonctionnels et des initiatives transverses. A un impact sur les approches, projets et programmes de son domaine fonctionnel ou de l’organisation concernée, ainsi que sur les méthodes de travail. Contribue à la qualité, à l’efficacité et à la performance de son équipe. Joue un rôle important dans la définition des priorités. Travaille dans le cadre de pratiques professionnelles et de politiques influencées par la nature du poste. Dispose d’une autonomie modérée et doit faire preuve d’un solide jugement opérationnel.Drives initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the Engineering function and interfaces with other functions to provide effective coordination of metrics, dashboards, functional processes, and cross-functional initiative coordination. Impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working. Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team. Has significant input into priorities. Guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.
Job Description
Role Summary
The Senior Program Manager - Ultrasound Probes will lead complex, cross-functional programs across the global Probes organization. This role spans the full Probes portfolio and will work closely with Probes segment leaders, who serve as Product Managers, to translate business and portfolio priorities into disciplined execution.
The Senior Program Manager will drive strategic and operational initiatives across R&D, Product Management, Supply Chain, QARA, Manufacturing, Service, and Regions. Key areas of focus include complex NPI programs, Hoshin Kanri deployment, operating rhythm improvements, and embedding the HeartBeat operating principle into NPIs and other cross-functional programs.
This role requires a strong operational leader who can bring structure to complexity, align diverse stakeholders, manage multiple workstreams and swimlanes, and drive execution with rigor and transparency.
Key Responsibilities
Program Leadership & Execution
- Lead complex, cross-functional programs across the Ultrasound Probes organization, including NPIs, portfolio priorities, operational initiatives, and strategic deployment activities.
- Translate business priorities into clear program plans with defined scope, milestones, owners, deliverables, risks, and decision points.
- Manage multiple workstreams and swimlanes, ensuring strong execution discipline, timely escalation, and clear accountability.
- Establish and maintain program governance, dashboards, operating rhythms, and leadership review mechanisms.
Partnership with Segment Leaders / Product Managers
- Work closely with Probes segment leaders / Product Managers to align program execution with portfolio strategy, customer needs, product roadmaps, and business priorities.
- Support prioritization, trade-off discussions, resource alignment, and decision-making across segments and functions.
- Ensure product and segment priorities are translated into executable plans across R&D, Supply Chain, QARA, Manufacturing, Service, and Regions.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as a key integrator across R&D, Product Management, Supply Chain, QARA, Manufacturing, Service, Finance, and regional teams.
- Facilitate alignment across global stakeholders, ensuring objectives, risks, dependencies, and decisions are clearly understood.
- Influence without direct authority in a global matrix environment.
Hoshin Kanri, HeartBeat & Operating Rhythm
- Support deployment of Hoshin Kanri priorities across the Probes organization by translating strategic objectives into measurable action plans and governance routines.
- Embed the HeartBeat operating principle into NPI and cross-functional program execution.
- Drive standard work, disciplined operating mechanisms, transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement across program teams.
Risk Management & Compliance
- Identify program risks, interdependencies, resource constraints, and execution barriers.
- Lead mitigation planning, escalation, and countermeasure execution.
- Ensure programs are executed in alignment with applicable quality, regulatory, and product development requirements in a medical device environment.
Stakeholder Communication
- Provide concise, data-driven updates to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
- Develop program dashboards, milestone reviews, risk summaries, and decision documents.
- Communicate complex issues clearly, including options, trade-offs, recommendations, and required decisions.
Qualifications & Experience
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Business, Operations, or related discipline.
- Significant experience in program management, project management, operations, product development, or business execution in a medical device, healthcare technology, life sciences, or similarly regulated industry.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional, multi-site programs with multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
- Strong operational skillset, including program governance, milestone management, risk management, escalation, prioritization, and execution tracking.
- Experience working across functions such as R&D, Product Management, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Service, Finance, and Commercial/Regional teams.
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
- Proven ability to influence without direct authority in a global matrix organization.
Desired Characteristics
- Advanced degree such as MBA, MSc, or equivalent experience.
- Program management certification or training such as PMP, Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, or equivalent.
- Experience with medical device product development, design controls, design transfer, regulatory submissions, manufacturing readiness, or post-market support.
- Experience with ultrasound, imaging systems, probes, transducers, or related healthcare technologies.
- ·Experience with Hoshin Kanri, strategy deployment, operating rhythms, Lean management, or enterprise transformation.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
- Strong problem-solving mindset, with the ability to bring clarity, structure, and momentum in complex environments.
· Preferred location: Valbonne, France
· The role is global in scope and may require travel to support program execution, stakeholder alignment, and cross-functional collaboration.
Inclusion et diversité :
GE HealthCare est un employeur offrant l'égalité des chances où l'inclusion compte. Les décisions relatives à l'emploi sont prises sans tenir compte de l’origine nationale ou ethnique, de la religion, du sexe, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'identité ou de l'expression de genre, de l'âge, du handicap, du statut d'ancien combattant protégé ou d'autres caractéristiques protégées par la loi.
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A propos de nous :
GE HealthCare est l'un des leaders mondiaux dans le domaine des technologies médicales et des solutions numériques. Il permet aux cliniciens de prendre des décisions plus rapides et plus pertinentes à travers des équipements intelligents, des analyses de données, des applications et des services. Avec plus de 100 ans d'expérience dans le secteur de la santé et environ 47 000 employés dans le monde, la société est au centre d'un écosystème qui travaille pour une médecine de précision.Présent en France depuis 1987 avec aujourd’hui 2 800 collaborateurs, c’est un acteur solidement ancré dans l’hexagone à travers son empreinte industrielle, son centre de R&D et de production à Buc dans les Yvelines et des partenariats de recherche avec des entreprises et des centres de recherche français.
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