Description

At Olympus, we are committed to our purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.
For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world.

Within the Olympus Corporation, Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe (OSTE) is the global competence center for development, production and repair services for rigid endoscopy, bipolar high-frequency surgery and reprocessing. With a total workforce of about 3,600 employees at 14 locations in EMEA and its headquarters in Hamburg, the company stands for exceptional performance in medical technology and therapy and offers a full range of the most modern endoscopic applications from single products to procedure-oriented system solutions.

Drive innovation in endoscopic and therapeutic solutions as a Project Manager in Hamburg, with a focus on our Chief Manufacturing & Supply Chain Organization (CMSO)—a dynamic unit dedicated to optimizing manufacturing processes and supply chain strategies to ensure seamless product transitions from design to production.

  • As Project Manager, you actively manage projects within the lifecycle domain within our endoscopic and therapeutic business units
  • You and your team will be responsible for transferring diverse changes into production because of product maintenance and cost improvement reasons
  • You will define project plans including timeline, budget and resources allocation, pulling in project members from multiple functions like R&D, Quality, Manufacturing and Regulatory
  • Working within a matrix organization, you will steer and monitor time, cost, people and quality within the managed projects as well as perform controlling and monitoring of financial aspects
  • You will build, manage and motivate teams as well as resolve technical and interpersonal conflicts
  • You will ensure project deliverables (incl. documentation, reporting of relevant project results etc.) and closely align with the project sponsor and stakeholders regarding status and progress

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent
  • Several years of experience in leading complex projects within the medical technology environment at a large to medium multinational organization
  • Knowledge of transferring product design to production preferred
  • Project management expertise with certification in project management on IPMA level C / B or equivalent certification; experience as Agile Scrum Master or Agile Coach advantageous
  • Confident handling of Microsoft Office 365 and the MS Project application
  • Good communication skills in English and German
  • Proven intercultural and contextual awareness working in blended matrix organizations
  • Organizational and administrative skills and ability to lead and work in collaborative teams
  • Highly motivated with a high level of personal initiative in building effective teams

  • 30 days of annual leave
  • Up to 60% mobile work possible + flexible work time model with overtime compensation
  • Holiday and Christmas bonuses
  • Corporate benefits discounts for employees
  • Comprehensive company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits
  • Company restaurant with live cooking and healthy food (subsidized)
  • Employee Assistance Program of FamPLUS to support your health, mental and emotional well-being
  • Subsidy for public transportation (Deutschlandticket), free parking spaces and bike or car leasing
  • Various subsidized company sports groups and access to the inhouse company gym