Senior Program Manager- Global PCS Materials VCP

GE HealthCare•Waukesha, WI

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Program Manager will lead GE HealthCare Patient Care Solutions’ global Materials Variable Cost Productivity (VCP) strategy. This highly visible role manages a portfolio of initiatives to reduce material costs, improve product competitiveness, and unlock value across the product lifecycle. The position partners with leaders in Engineering, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Product Management, Finance, and PCS franchise VCP teams to identify opportunities, prioritize investments, deliver sustainable cost productivity, and achieve measurable results. The role owns the global PCS Materials VCP funnel and its operating mechanisms, including opportunity intake and prioritization, portfolio reviews, KPI management, executive reporting, and tracking. It leads cross-functional initiative execution, validates savings and benefit realization with Finance, and maintains governance, data quality, and VCP Engine fidelity. The manager also advances strategic cost-reduction opportunities, supports planning and issue resolution, develops performance dashboards and control plans, and promotes Lean, simplification, continuous improvement, and value engineering. The position may also support broader PCS portfolio priorities and special assignments. The role is hybrid, with three days per week on-site at the GE HealthCare office in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Domestic and international travel of 5–10% is required, and flexible hours are needed to accommodate global team members. Legal authorization to work in the United States is required; employment visa sponsorship is not available. Relocation assistance is provided.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Operations, or a related discipline.
Minimum of 8 years of demonstrated experience in engineering, program management, VCP, Lean, sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, or process improvement.
Proven ability to lead global cross-functional teams and deliver project goals while meeting quality, performance, schedule, budget, and business targets.
Demonstrated experience driving cost productivity, margin improvement, ICV reduction, or operational efficiency initiatives.
Strong project-management and change-management skills, including action planning, resource planning, stakeholder communication, risk management, and escalation discipline.
Demonstrated experience establishing operating mechanisms, metrics, scorecards, dashboards, and control plans that sustain measurable improvement.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and senior leaders.
Demonstrated knowledge of engineering, product lifecycle, business planning, and program execution processes.
Willingness to work flexible hours to accommodate global team members.
Ability to travel 5–10%, both domestically and internationally.
Willingness to work a hybrid schedule with three days per week on-site at the GE HealthCare office in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Legal authorization to work in the United States; GE HealthCare will not sponsor employment visas for this opening.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Operations, or a related discipline.
10+ years of experience simplifying processes, driving productivity, and delivering measurable results in a complex global environment.
Strategic thinking and ability to translate business priorities into focused actions, clear ownership, and executable plans.
Collaborative leadership with strong influencing and negotiation skills across Engineering, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, Product Management, and senior leadership.
Familiarity with GE HealthCare product-development, sourcing, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory processes, including ISO, FDA, and medical-device requirements.
Knowledge of Patient Care Solutions products, processes, technologies, and full product lifecycle dynamics.
Strong business acumen connecting cost productivity, portfolio prioritization, product competitiveness, and profitability.
Detail-oriented, data-driven experience tracking product cost, operational metrics, and efficiency improvements.
Problem-solving ability, results orientation, and capacity to anticipate issues, remove barriers, and sustain improvement gains.
Ability to identify, scale, and embed best practices while strengthening a Lean mindset and culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Own and manage the global PCS Materials VCP funnel, including opportunity identification, intake, prioritization, pipeline health, and alignment to annual cost productivity targets.
Lead cross-functional execution of material cost-reduction initiatives across Engineering, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Product Management, and Finance to deliver committed savings on time.
Establish and govern portfolio operating mechanisms, including funnel reviews, prioritization boards, KPI management, escalation processes, executive reporting, and PCS-wide VCP trackers.
Partner with PCS Product and sourcing teams to advance supplier optimization, disruptive cost workouts, Hardware Platformization, simplification, cross-product leverage, product tear downs, and design-to-cost initiatives.
Partner with Finance and business leaders to validate savings, track benefit realization, and accurately report funnel, risk-adjusted funnel, actuals, estimates, and portfolio performance metrics.
Build and maintain governance, data quality, and VCP Engine fidelity to improve visibility, accountability, decision-making, and standard work consistency across PCS.
Drive prioritization, project planning, resource alignment, and issue resolution; keep critical VCP programs on track and proactively manage deviations from plan.
Facilitate Lean simplification, continuous improvement, and value-engineering practices to improve product cost competitiveness, operating efficiency, teamwork, and profitability.
Develop dashboards, scorecards, control plans, and operating metrics to measure progress, sustain productivity gains, and enable timely corrective action or escalation.
Champion and implement enterprise-wide best practices across PCS product teams, strengthening accountability, alignment, and cross-functional partnerships.
Support broader PCS portfolio priorities and special assignments as needed, outside the VCP scope.