Senior Portfolio Manager (m/f/x) - MedTech Venture

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Senior Portfolio Manager (m/f/x) - MedTech Venture

Hamburg, Germany

Olympus, one of the largest medical technology companies globally, in collaboration with BCG Digital Ventures, is building a new Digital Unit that will be tasked with innovating and building three new strategic products that will expand on its product offerings and impact across the globe, alongside a wider strategic focus on digitalization.

For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling by helping detect, prevent, and treat disease, furthering scientific research, ensuring public safety, and capturing images of the world. Olympus medical solutions and products are used to provide better diagnostic outcomes for millions of patients across the globe.

The new Digital Unit will focus on experimenting, incubating and bringing to market new technological offerings and digital products that will not only enhance Olympus’s position in the market but spearhead the development of new technologies that will reconceptualize the experience for both patients and medical professionals globally.

The Senior Portfolio Manager works with the Head of Digital Strategy in setting portfolio strategy, managing the digital portfolio, and closely collaborating with the project managers to optimize the outcome of the digital portfolio.

In your role as Senior Portfolio Manager, you will:

• Lead change management efforts to develop a culture of continuous improvement, accountability and bias for action to aid in the execution and delivery of projects, including further improvements to Portfolio Management tools
• Partner with functional leadership globally to ensure appropriate resource planning, execution, visibility and tracking of projects
• Represent the DU Portfolio team in Divisional and Business Unit communication meetings for the areas of responsibility defined above
• Stay current on industry best-practices in the areas of Portfolio and Project Management
• Closely partner with the Global Project Management, Regional Project Management, and Strategy and Portfolio Management organizations within Olympus
• Collaborate directly with the Head of Digital Strategy to make sure that all parties are on track with project delivery focusing on quality, cost, delivery
• Build up portfolio management and prioritization and establish metrics optimized for the digital portfolio
• Manage resources and budget within the limits of the portfolio
• Prepare decision criteria for strategic portfolio decisions in alignment with the Digital Unit (DU) and Customer Solution (CS) targets
• Track project KPIs and collaborate with Project Managers to understand drivers and implications of project KPIs through subsequent changes
• Improve Tools and templates as needed in alignment with the digital governance boards

A successful Senior Portfolio Manager for this role should have:

• Experience in building up a portfolio management structure
• Experience informal portfolio management methodologies lean portfolio methodologies
• Experience in working in a matrix organization with great collaboration skills in an international environment
• Excellent analytical and complex problem-solving skills with proven expertise in creating reports and tools to analyze and evaluate data
• Experience in developing presentations and communicating data analysis and results to assist decision-making
• Ability to multitask and balance priorities with minimal direction
• Demonstrates strong organizational and planning skills; strong interpersonal and relationship building skills with ability to work in a team environment
• Advance user with MS Project, Excel, and PowerPoint is required
• Bachelor or master’s degree or equivalent
• PMP Certification and SAFe or equivalent project management experience is strongly desired
• 10+ years of experience working in a similar role
• Nice to have if you have experience in Medical Device, digital solutions, AI, B2B SaaS, Healthcare / Life Sciences space

To learn more, visit us at bcgdv.com

BCG Digital Ventures is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law.

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