Principal Technical Program Manager

GE HealthCare•Waukesha, WI

About The Position

The Principal Technical Program Manager provides strategic and operational leadership across a complex portfolio of digital platforms, shared services, and cross-segment programs at GE HealthCare. The role leads the TPM organization and strategic portfolio execution across Digital, Cloud, and AI initiatives, aligning business strategy, customer outcomes, investments, and execution. It establishes a high-performing TPM organization, strengthens program management capabilities, and drives consistent operating mechanisms across a highly regulated healthcare environment. The position is accountable for portfolio planning and execution, governance, risk and dependency management, operational excellence, financial and business management, and executive communication. It partners with leaders across Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Quality, Security, and business segments to coordinate priorities, resources, and adoption of shared platforms, and to provide clear portfolio visibility and informed recommendations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Program Management, or a related field.
At least 10 years of program or portfolio management experience, including 5 or more years leading Technical Program Management teams.
Significant experience leading complex technical programs, strategic portfolios, or program management organizations in a global, matrixed environment.
Demonstrated people-leadership experience, including building teams, coaching program leaders, setting organizational priorities, and developing talent.
Strong experience managing cross-functional programs involving Product, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Security, Operations, Finance, and business stakeholders.
Proven ability to lead portfolio planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, executive governance, and organizational escalation.
Experience operating across multiple products, platforms, services, geographies, or business segments.
Strong understanding of SDLC, AI-DLC, cloud platforms, agile delivery methodologies, and product development processes.
Ability to translate strategic priorities into executable plans, governance mechanisms, and measurable outcomes.
Strong executive communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Experience with enterprise planning and execution tools such as Aha!, Smartsheet, Rally, Jira, Jama, or comparable platforms.
Ability to operate amid technical complexity, interdependencies, changing priorities, and multiple decision-makers.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; GE HealthCare will not sponsor employment visas for this opening.
Offer is conditioned on successful completion of a drug screen, as applicable.

Nice To Haves

Proven leadership in digital transformation, including cloud modernization, platform adoption, and organizational change initiatives.
Experience in healthcare technology, medical devices, or another highly regulated industry, with understanding of quality systems, compliance, privacy, cybersecurity, and risk management.
Knowledge of AI-DLC methodologies, governance frameworks, and responsible AI practices, including deployment of AI-enabled products and services.
Ability to simplify complexity and create clarity across technical, business, and organizational domains, translating strategy into actionable execution plans.
Ability to balance tactical execution with long-term strategic objectives while influencing in highly matrixed organizations.
Current PMP certification preferred.
Lean/Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a high-performing TPM organization supporting complex cross-functional programs and shared services.
Set operating expectations, organizational priorities, and resource allocation in alignment with business objectives.
Coach and develop TPM talent in program leadership, stakeholder management, execution rigor, and strategic thinking.
Foster collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and delivery excellence.
Drive portfolio planning and execution across products, services, and business segments, aligned with strategic priorities and customer outcomes.
Coordinate cross-functional initiatives, dependencies, milestones, and investment priorities across the portfolio.
Partner with segment, product, and engineering leaders to enable adoption of shared platforms and maximize business value.
Establish governance and operating mechanisms to improve execution visibility, predictability, and accountability.
Lead management of portfolio-level risks, dependencies, releases, escalations, and resource constraints.
Facilitate resolution of cross-team challenges and ensure critical issues are communicated and addressed.
Define and drive adoption of common program management frameworks, tools, metrics, and best practices.
Standardize planning, reporting, milestone readiness, release management, and portfolio governance processes.
Monitor and improve portfolio health, compliance requirements, and operational excellence.
Partner with Finance and leadership on budget planning, investment prioritization, cloud cost management, and chargeback processes.
Monitor portfolio performance and provide data-driven recommendations on priorities, investments, and tradeoffs.
Advise senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Quality, Security, and business segments.
Deliver executive-level reporting on portfolio health, risks, dependencies, decisions, and outcomes.
Drive alignment across stakeholder groups and represent a unified portfolio perspective in leadership and business reviews.