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In this role, you have the opportunity to drive the strategy direction of the Chief Architect Office and HealthSuite Reference Architecture at Philips globally.

You are responsible for

• Formulating, driving and being accountable for an overall program/project plan (CAO and HealthSuite Reference Architecture), in consultation with management and other parties;

• Defining projects and their goals, coordinating the resources to be used (time, budget and information) and specifying quality standards;

• Defining the risk of the projects and program and developing scenarios to mitigate these risks;

• Ensuring accurate execution vs the project/program plan;

• Coordinating effective communication-, change management-, collaboration- strategies for projects/programs as appropriate;

• Support development of business cases for new products and services for consideration in the portfolio;

• Keeping up-to-date with technical basics and new technology, in order to optimize the goals of each project and improve the alignment between the projects;

• Deploying Process Improvement and Quality Assurance and making the project organization efficient and clear, in line with departmental and project processes.

You are a part of

The Philips Chief Architect Office (CAO) part of Chief Technology Office has the mission to define and drive Philips Architecture, Technologies and Platforms for Software and Systems, to deliver the Healthsuite System of Engagement and to ensure capabilities in software development, systems engineering, data science and AI. The CAO defines and drives the Philips HealthSuite Reference Architecture and Modular Systems Architecture, applicable for all systems, products, services, solutions and digital IT in Philips. The organization owns and realizes the ExCo-critical metric on soft- and hardware harmonization across all Philips businesses.

The CAO is consists of Program Managers, Senior Architects, Product Management and Project level teams driving defined initiatives. The role of the Philips CAO Program Manager will be to span Philips clusters and platforms – to have a large and positive impact on the strategy, revenue and cost savings for Philips as a company.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

• Over 5 years of experience in leading R&D programs across different locations/cultures;

• Inspiring leadership skills on program management and facilitating change;

• Results driven, strategic vision with good balance between now and future;

• Organizational change skills, collaboration and networking à you can get groups to change direction.

• Easy communication style with very strong influential skills;

• Entrepreneurial leadership skills à crafting a strategy and actually get it done (hands-on);

• Business skills: insight in business and financing planning

In return, we offer you

We believe that our team and our mission crafts an outstanding career runway. Luckily, you are the benefactor of this unique opportunity and leadership commitment- likely to experience an exciting high stakes, mobility-focused environment from which to build your own future – personally, professionally & financially.

• A competitive salary;

• 25 Days of leave and the possibility to purchase up to 20 extra days off annually;

• A variable bonus based on both Philips results and personal performance;

• Extensive set of tools to drive your career, such as a personal development budget, free training and coaching;

• Colleagues who are skilled and passionate in their field;

• Competitive company pension scheme and attractive collective health insurance package;

• Opportunity to buy Philips shares and products with discount;

• Healthy work-life balance and exciting, international environment at the High Tech campus in Eindhoven.

Why should you join Philips?

Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a healthier society through meaningful work, focused on improving 3 billion lives a year by delivering innovative solutions across the health continuum . Our people experience a variety of unexpected moments when their lives and careers come together in meaningful ways. Learn more by watching this video .

To find out more about what it’s like working for Philips at a personal level, visit the Working at Philips page on our career website, where you can read stories from our employee blog . Once there,you can also learn about our recruitment process , or find answers to some of the frequently asked questions .

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