Job Description

Job Title Head of Vendor and performance Management



Philips is a global leader in health technology, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide and striving to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Driven by the vision of a better tomorrow.

But it's not just what we do, it's who we are. We are 80,000, wonderfully unique individuals, with two things in common. and a relentless determination to deliver on our customers' needs. It's what inspires us to create meaningful solutions - the kind that make a real difference - when it matters most.

The world and our customers' needs are changing faster than ever before and while we are proud of what we do already, we know we can do more. That's why we need you, to help us tackle increasingly complex challenges posed by ever evolving health and well-being needs.

In this role, you have the opportunity to make life better
Program manager will lead an outcome creation (such as improvement change/business process reengineering/business transformation) through multiple and interrelated project

You are responsible for

Has responsibility and authority to contribute to the financial results for the business.

Builds and maintains the program organization, chooses the ways of working, and defines the interfaces with other functions.

Defines the portfolio of programs and projects and their goals, in consultation with management and relevant stakeholders, as input to the performing organization to manage the project pipeline, estimates the budgets and risks and appoints the Program/Project Managers in agreement with general or business management.

Keeps up-to-date with the evolving business and application domain in order to optimize the goals of each program and maximize the synergy

Deploys Process Improvement and Quality Assurance and makes the program organization efficient and transparent, in line with business and program processes

Ensures cross-pollination, maintains a historical database for estimates of future programs, manages lessons learned, incorporates continuous improvement, facilitates harmonization across functions and departments

Provides business management with regular program performance status, variances to plan and identification of corrective actions, reports on performance to the hierarchical superior of the project managers

Gives direction and enables programs, interacts within a single area

Dimensions related to Know-How, Complexity, and Accountability

Domain knowledge and understanding of the relevant disciplines

Knowledge of project management methods in Philips (e.g. PMBOK) and of estimation techniques (resources, time and risks) for the relevant functions / disciplines

Knows and applies the guidelines for Sponsors and Stakeholder of projects

Has adequate soft-skills

Manages multi-site programs

Responsible for synergy between projects within the program

Proactively manages change

Manages the funding of all projects and investments in the program

Motivates, directs, and integrates multiple functions and staff

Defines the measures for success

Is responsible for synergy between the projects within the program

Defines projects, budgets and necessary resources for the program

Managing at least 2 project leaders

Average budget:
EUR 3M

Reporting to Business Manager or Head of Operations

To succeed in this role, you'll need a customer-first attitude and the following

Knowledge of project management methods in Philips (e.g. PMBOK) and of estimation techniques (resources, time and risks) for the relevant functions / disciplines

May require specific IT education/training depending on program

Typically BSc/MSc

PMP certified

Minimum Philips Project Management Certification = Practitioner or Expert

Typically, 5+ years of experience in the job

How we work at Philips
Our newly-adopted hybrid work concept fuses flexibility with collaboration to deliver great outcomes for our people and our customers. We are embracing an approach wherein we spend more time together than apart - which for full-time employees translates to an average of at least 3 days working from the office and up to 2 days from home - for our hybrid roles.
Hybrid work flexibility means people can meet the changing demands of work and home in the most balanced, productive, and healthy way.

Our hybrid working model is defined in 3 ways:
We believe in the importance of impactful collaboration: There's a certain energy when everyone's in the same room that can heighten idea generation and creative friction needed for problem-solving.
We embrace flexibility: Choosing where, when and how to work can vary according to task and team schedules. Flexibility isn't office or online, it means choosing the space that works best for you, your teams and our customers on a case-by-case basis.
We want to be at our best: The way we work and our workspaces are designed to support our well-being, offer career advancement opportunities, and enable us to be at our best.

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 innovative, customer-first health technology solutions. Help us improve the health and well-being of billions of people, every year. Ultimately creating a career that no one could have planned for. Even you.