WS Audiology

Formed in 2019 through the merger of Sivantos and Widex, WS Audiology combines over 140 years of experience in pioneering better solutions to help people with hearing loss. With a passion for impact, our 11.000 employees are committed to achieving our purpose: wonderful sound for all. 

With brands like Signia, Widex, Audio Service, Rexton and Vibe, and with diverse assets across wholesale retail, online, managed care and diagnostic solutions, we are active in over 125 markets. Going beyond together, we achieve annual revenues of around EUR 2 billion.

As a global leader, our ambition is to unlock human potential by making wonderful sound part of everyone’s life.

Learn about us on www.wsa.com and take a look at why you will love working here:

The Team

To deliver on our purpose of making wonderful sound part of everyone’s life, we are strengthening our capabilities with an additional passionate and purpose-inspired team player in the Research & Development Program Level of Mobile Apps and other Products in the B2C Department. 

The Role

As Software Program Manager/ Portfolio Manager (m/f/d) you will be part of our Research & Development team and here you will join the B2C management team with being the lead coordinator for different product streams, representing the project progress of the B2C roadmap to the R&D leadership team.

In this role you will have the following responsibilities:

• Brainstorm strategies for meeting business needs
• Oversee budget and resources for different projects
• Manage coordination and communication between different R&D departments and the different areas within B2C
• Represent B2C in governance forums for different HA programs and monitor compliance by different projects against Program Plans
• Discuss results and findings with the executive leadership forums like PLM
• Assess risks and take preventive and corrective measures
• Provide guidance to project managers
• Prepare detailed reports for the management

Requirements

You most likely fit the following profile:

• You have 5+ years experience in managing larger software projects in an international environment, particularly in the medical and technical area
• You have completed your university studies with a master degree in Business Administration, Engineering or a comparable subject
• You have a leadership personality with great presentation skills
• You are result-oriented with focused to our mission and business
• You are familiar with the agile values and have working experience in large scale agile software projects in an agile framework, in combination with a good understanding on PLM process
• You have advanced communication skills in written and spoken English

What we offer 

We are inspired by innovation and development so working with us is a constant learning curve. You will be located in our site in Erlangen, Germany with dynamic and progressive colleagues, who are highly skilled and empathetic. 

We offer flexible working times & opportunities for working from home. You can always get free coffee at the office. We are part of the IG Metall tariff agreement offering attractive compensation and futher benefits like contributions to the company pension plan or child-care.

Join WS Audiology

If this opportunity sounds interesting to you, please submit your application stating your earliest starting date and your salary expectations and we will get back to you as soon as possible.