Senior Program Manager - Philips - Amsterdam/Eindhoven
Philips
Job Summary
Philips is seeking a highly skilled Senior Program Manager (TPM) to lead complex, cross-functional programs in healthcare business operations. This role involves driving the successful planning, execution, and delivery of software programs utilizing AI and automation technologies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing large-scale programs in regulated industries, aligning diverse stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with healthcare standards. The position is based in Amsterdam or Eindhoven.
Must Have
- Own end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of high-impact AI and automation programs.
- Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Data Science, Operations, and Business stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain integrated program plans, timelines, and milestones.
- Establish and drive program governance, status reporting, and dashboards.
- Act as the primary liaison across technology and business functions.
- Drive continuous improvement in program management practices.
- Ensure adherence to healthcare regulatory standards, security policies, and quality requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- 4+ years of program or project management experience.
- At least 3 years in a senior or lead role.
- Proven track record of delivering large-scale, cross-functional software programs in AI, automation, or data-driven technologies.
- Deep knowledge of program management frameworks (Agile, SAFe, PMI, or equivalent).
Good to Have
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Strong background in healthcare, medtech, or other regulated industries.
- Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or similar platforms.
Job Description
About the Role
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Program Manager (TPM) to lead and manage complex, cross-functional programs within our healthcare business operations. This role is pivotal in driving the successful planning, execution, and delivery of software programs leveraging AI and automation technologies. The ideal candidate will have deep experience managing large-scale programs in a healthcare or regulated industry and a proven ability to align diverse stakeholders to achieve transformative outcomes. You are based in our Amsterdam office or in our Eindhoven office.
Key Responsibilities
- Program Leadership: Own the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of high-impact AI and automation programs across multiple business units.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Data Science, Operations, and Business stakeholders to define scope, priorities, and success criteria.
- Planning & Coordination: Develop and maintain integrated program plans, timelines, and milestones while proactively identifying risks and dependencies.
- Tracking & Reporting: Establish and drive program governance, status reporting, and dashboards to ensure transparency and accountability at all levels.
- Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary liaison across technology and business functions, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Process Excellence: Drive continuous improvement in program management practices, leveraging agile and hybrid methodologies to optimize delivery.
- Compliance & Quality: Ensure that all programs adhere to healthcare regulatory standards, security policies, and quality requirements.
Experience and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
- 4+ years of program or project management experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead role.
- Proven track record of delivering large-scale, cross-functional software programs in AI, automation, or data-driven technologies.
- Strong background in healthcare, medtech, or other regulated industries is highly desirable.
Skills:
- Deep knowledge of program management frameworks (Agile, SAFe, PMI, or equivalent).
- Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage complex stakeholder environments with diplomacy and influence.
- Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or similar platforms.
- Leadership: Ability to lead through influence, motivate cross-functional teams, and drive alignment across multiple levels of the organization.
Please note: For this position we do not offer relocation support.
Recruitment Process
If you are interested in this opportunity to join us, please read the complete job description on our website and upload your resume and motivation letter through the career site- vacancy number 567246.
Please note that the closing date of this vacancy is Thursday, 18 December 2025.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
This is an onsite role either in Amsterdam or in Eindhoven.
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At , we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life.
For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health.
Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success.
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