Senior Project Manager (m/f/d)

Who we are

BICO is a global life science company developing technologies that enable and automate the laboratories of the future. Across our group of life science businesses, we combine advanced instrumentation, automation, software and intelligence to help researchers accelerate scientific discovery.

Our R&D team in Bandung, Indonesia, is part of BICO's international product development organization and works closely with our teams and businesses around the world. The team contributes to the development of our advanced liquid-handling technologies and microscopy and imaging portfolio, combining precision mechanics, optics, electronics, software and automation in sophisticated life science instruments.

Our vision is: To enable and automate the life science lab of the future.

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager (m/f/d) to join our team in Bandung and lead international product-development and industrialization projects, with a particular focus on our microscopy portfolio.

Responsibility:

• Lead complex product development projects from initiation through development, verification, industrialization, design transfer and formal project closure.
• Set, protect and deliver on project scope, timelines, budgets and resource plans.
• Prepare projects for gate reviews and making sure each gate's acceptance criteria are met.
• Track progress, costs and risks, and reporting regularly to the project sponsor and steering group.
• Identify, assess and mitigate project risks, and escalate issues when needed.
• Drive industrialization and design-transfer activities in close collaboration with R&D, Quality, Operations and external manufacturing partners.
• Drive stakeholder management across R&D, Operations and Product Management teams in multiple sites and time zones.
• Manage project documentation, change requests and the handover to production and service.

• Run retrospectives and capturing lessons learned so our processes keep improving.

• Lead, motivate and hold cross-functional teams accountable with a proactive, hands-on approach, and see every project through to full completion, including the final documentation, handovers and formal closure.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics or Biomedical), Computer Science, Life Sciences or a related field
• 5+ years of project management experience in technical product development, with a proven track record of successfully leading complex, cross-functional development projects.
• Demonstrated experience in industrialization and design transfer, ideally including transferring complex products from R&D into series production.

• Experience working with contract manufacturers, CDMOs or other external manufacturing partners in an international environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across engineering teams, management and external partners.

• Strong understanding of project management methods and structured product-development processes. A PMP, PRINCE2 or Scrum certification is a plus.
• Experience with project tools such as Jira, MS Project or similar, and with Microsoft 365
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to drive accountability and results across cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.
• Strong interest in using AI-enabled tools to improve engineering productivity and product development. Hands-on experience with AI tools for engineering, coding, data analysis, documentation or workflow automation is a strong plus.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally on a regular basis, particularly to R&D sites and manufacturing partners in Thailand, the USA and Germany.

What we offer

Joining BICO means being part of an international life science technology organization developing advanced instruments and solutions for laboratories around the world.

• Impact: Develop technologies that help researchers accelerate scientific discovery.
• International collaboration: Work with R&D, product and operations teams across our global organization.
• Ownership: Take real responsibility and contribute from development through industrialization and product release.
• Innovation: Work with advanced engineering technologies and actively use AI-enabled tools to accelerate product development.
• Growth: Develop your expertise through challenging projects, experienced colleagues and an open, collaborative environment.

Do you want to become part of our success story? Then apply online via our job portal. Please note that for Data Privacy compliance we are not able to accept any e-mail applications!

BICO leverages a global portfolio of pioneering brands fusing automation, intelligence, and data to unlock scientific discovery at scale in pharma and biotech. With 53,600+ instruments installed in over 65 countries, BICO products, software, and solutions are found in more than 3,500 laboratories, including the world’s top 20 pharmaceutical companies, and have been cited in over 13,000 publications. BICO strives towards the vision to enable life-science labs to accelerate the discoveries that change lives. BICO is listed on Mid-Cap, Nasdaq Stockholm under BICO. www.bico.com