Are you an experienced Project Manager with a background in the Medical Devices industry? Do you thrive in a dynamic international environment, leading a cross-functional team to develop innovative endoscopy solutions for Gastroenterology and Urology? If so, you might be the perfect fit for the Project Manager role in GI & Urology Solutions within Global R&D.

Now is the time to join!

Ambu is experiencing significant growth and has an ambitious plan for future innovation. By joining us now, you will play a key role in shaping and developing our future product portfolio and mature the future Manufacturing concepts. Your base will be in our newly established Innovation Centre in Penang, Malaysia.

At our Innovation centres in Ballerup, Denmark, Ausburg, Germany and Penang, Malaysia, we develop our new medical devices, we have a great culture and a clear focus on bringing products to the market that is based on a thorough understanding of the customer's needs. We focus on developing new products and production processes that combine several technologies in new and innovative ways. This sets high demands to your project management skills, business and technical understanding, and broad medical device development experience.

About the Department

The global team consists of strong project manager profiles, UX researchers and solution architechts - and is based across our Innovation sites in Ballerup, Denmark, Ausburg, Germany and Penang, Malaysia. We are driving the active product development portfolio within the Busines Areas GI & Urology, and we are involved from early screening to sucessful launch... and keep product responsability, with a secondary discipline in Product Lifecycle Management. We take pride in being a global team, with different cultures, close, trusting relations, and one common goal: improving patient care.   

Key responsibilities:

As Project Manager, you will:

• Lead development projects from early scoping through development, production setup, and product registrations, following the product to market introduction
• You will together with your team develop and mature new production technologies, establish the first production line and production for samplebuilds, and initial launch
• Collaborate closely with the Global Project Manager, Global Marketing and Clinical departments to ensure customer needs are integrated into the design
• Head a cross-functional international team through all development stages, following Ambu's innovation process
• Mature new technologies to deliver advanced and innovative solutions, ensuring high quality and compliance

Additional responsibilities include:

• Establishing a motivating and collaborative working environment in a global project team
• Maintaining close collaboration with globally based stakeholders, especially with the Solution Steering Committee, to align on resources, timelines, budgets, and strategies
• Setting direction and tracking project budgets and progress
• Being part of the Gi & Urology Solutions Team, sharing and supporting best practices and lessons learned

Suggested candidate profile

Skills and experiences can be earned in many ways, and we understand that the best fit for the role cannot be prescribed on paper. We are imaging that you as a person possess strong leadership skills and are curious, open-minded, and have excellent interpersonal skills.

You are, however, likely to succeed in this position if you: 

• Hold a degree in engineering and have technical work experience to support decision-making and challenges during the project
• Have several years of experience in medical device project management and come with a broad project management skillset and toolbox  
• Are familiar with an international working environment, managing globally based project teams and suppliers
• Are committed, structured, and have a strong sense of responsibility towards your work and team members
• Ideally have a certification in Project Management
• Ideally have experience with Process development and Production set-up for Medical devices 
• Are willing to travel up to 20 days per year

It is a requirement that you are fluent in oral and written English.

Ambu – a visionary and international workplace where your efforts matter

Ambu is a company that expands rapidly and has ambitious growth targets. We meet these targets through interdisciplinary teamwork between motivated and highly skilled employees. Your contributions and efforts are crucial to our success and by joining us you will get the opportunity to work in an international head office with an informal working environment.

We offer great opportunities for personal development. Furthermore, we offer a wide range of professional, social and financial employee benefits in addition to exciting job challenges and continuous professional and personal development.