Global Digital Ecosystem Processes & Operational Excellence Lead (m/f/d)

Global Digital Ecosystem Processes & Operational Excellence Lead (m/f/d)

Your Responsibilities

- Performance Optimization: Lead continuous improvement initiatives for the performance, processes, and governance structures of Commercial and R&D teams within the Digital Ecosystem by implementing cutting-edge methods, tools, and best practices.
- Process Excellence: Drive the design and implement advanced processes, governance frameworks, and operational rituals that ensure seamless collaboration across digital solutions, R&D, commercialization, and other functional teams, enabling the successful release of digital products and solutions.
- Establish and oversee clear ownership of end-to-end processes, ensuring adherence to guidelines, optimal preparation, and efficient facilitation of all agile product development and commercialization events, procedures, and timelines.
- Thought Leadership: Act as a trusted advisor for key stakeholders in the organization and regularly seek input and feedback to gain insights into concerns, priorities, and pain points to optimize collaboration. Be an ambassador for cultural change towards agile, solution-oriented ways of working.
- Stakeholder Alignment: Foster seamless collaboration across the Digital Ecosystem (ESE & DU) and other business functions, such as Sales, Marketing, and Market Intelligence, ensuring alignment of processes and governance structures.
- Manage Risks: Identify potential risks and bottlenecks within processes & governance structures and develop mitigation strategies to address them.
- Enable Stakeholders: Ensure that relevant stakeholders and teams are educated on the established processes, governance structures and rituals.

Your qualification

- Education: Master’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Management, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or an advanced degree is preferred (focus on Digital Products or MedTech is a plus).
- Experience: 4–6 years of professional experience in process consulting or management, ideally in the healthcare industry or a related field.
- Certifications: Lean, Six Sigma, or similar certifications are a plus.
- Expertise: Proven track record in designing and implementing agile product development, commercialization processes, rituals, and governance frameworks within complex organizations.
- Industry Knowledge: Strong understanding of regulatory and quality assurance requirements in healthcare, and exposure to digital technologies in medical settings.
- Process Improvement: Demonstrated success in leading initiatives to enhance business processes and adopt agile methodologies, creating value and driving high performance.
- Global Collaboration: Experience working in international environments, partnering with stakeholders across multiple regions.
- Commercialization Skills: Solid knowledge of launching and scaling digital products, including market analysis and business development strategies.
- Agile Expertise: In-depth understanding of agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean, and their application to product development.
- Problem-solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail.
- Communication: Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to simplify complex concepts.
- Mindset and attitude: Entrepreneurial mindset with a “roll-up-your-sleeves” attitude and solution-oriented approach.
- Team-player: Proven ability to inspire, collaborate, and build consensus in dynamic and diverse teams.
- Critical thinking: Commitment to challenging the status quo and fostering innovative thinking.
- Willingness to travel (~10%) and work across time zones as needed.
- Working Style: Organized, methodical, and adept at managing time effectively.
- Lastly, a sense of humor is essential! While this role will be intense and challenging, it’s equally important that we enjoy the journey together.

Your benefits

- Flexible working hours, remote work possible (up to 60%)
- 30 days of holidays per year
- Modern office and an inspiring working environment
- Employee restaurant with live cooking and healthy food (subsidized)
- Public transport ticket (100 % subsidized) or free parking space
- Company sport groups and an inhouse company gym
- Employee Assistance Program to support your health, mental and emotional well-being
- A comprehensive company pension scheme
- Company medical officer and vaccination offers
- Childcare through our ‘Buttje&Deern’ partner
- Bike leasing

About Olympus

At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.

About Olympus

At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.
For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world.
For more information, visitwww.olympus-europa.com and
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