Senior Project Portfolio Manager / Team Lead Project Management (m/f/d)
Anvajo GmbH · Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Medical Equipment Manufacturing · 51-200 employees
About the role
The role involves managing the entire project portfolio, driving resource allocation, and identifying cross-project risks to support strategic decision-making. Additionally, the manager will lead and mentor the project management team while overseeing development projects from concept to market launch.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or Project Management and possess several years of experience leading complex development projects. Experience in regulated industries such as MedTech or Biotech and proficiency in project governance frameworks are highly desired.
Benefits
Full description
Full-time/part-time (min. 35h/week) | As soon as possible | On-site in Dresden with option for mobile work
Are you an experienced project manager ready to shape not only individual projects but an entire project portfolio from a strategic perspective? Do you thrive on leading and mentoring project managers, promoting pragmatic planning, and continuously improving project management practices across the organization? Are you excited to take ownership of impactful projects in a cutting-edge MedTech environment driven by emerging technologies?
Then you're exactly who we're looking for!
Your tasks
- Portfolio Management• Maintain a portfolio-wide view of all development initiatives
- Drive resource allocation, scenario planning, and long-term portfolio strategy
- Identify and manage cross-project risks, dependencies, and capacity constraints
- Support management decision-making and prioritization through structured analysis and recommendations
- Team Leadership• Mentor, coach, and develop the project management team
- Promote knowledge sharing within the PM organization and identify training and development needs
- Represent the project management perspective in strategic planning and decision-making processes
- Project Management Support & Governance• Provide senior project management guidance and foster pragmatic, efficient planning and execution approaches
- Review project plans, schedules, and deliverables with a strong focus on quality, feasibility, and risk management
- Drive continuous improvement and standardization of project management processes, tools, and methodologies
- Project Leadership• Lead development projects from concept through to successful market launch
- Take full ownership of assigned projects, ensuring delivery on scope, timeline, budget, and quality objectives
Your profile
- Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related discipline
- Several years of experience leading & delivering complex development projects, ideally within interdisciplinary environments such as MedTech, Biotech, Diagnostics, or Measurement & Testing Systems
- Initial experience in project portfolio management, including project prioritization, resource allocation, and portfolio balancing
- Solid understanding of classical, agile, or hybrid project management methodologies and their practical application
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Structured, pragmatic, and solution-oriented mindset
- Fluent English required, German is a plus
- Experience working in regulated industries (e.g., MDR/IVDR, FDA, ISO 13485) is beneficial
- Knowledge of innovation and project governance frameworks such as Stage-Gate, Three Horizons, Lean Management, V-Model, or comparable approaches is an advantage
Your benefits
- Exciting projects & responsibility from day one
- 30 days of paid vacation & MyFlexTime for extra time off
- Flexible working hours & mobile office option
- One team day per half-year, complemented by company events throughout the year to strengthen team spirit
- Competitive salary & employer contribution to the company pension scheme
- Interdisciplinary collaboration and professional development opportunities within a passionate team working to revolutionize the medical market
- Unlimited: up to 2 consecutive care days in case of illness for you and your children
- 50€ subsidy for the JobTicket, also available as a DeutschlandTicket
- Modern office space with state-of-the-art infrastructure and ergonomic sit/stand workstations
- Free water, fruit & coffee specialities
Contact person
Eva Brunner e-mail jobs@anvajo.com phone +49 (0) 351 8547 8403 mobile +49 (0) 151 1434 4922 About us
anvajo enables access to laboratory diagnostics – for everyone, everywhere and anytime. We are a German MedTech company that develops point-of-care devices for the fast, reliable and cost-effective analysis of liquids, the so-called fluidlabs. Digital holographic microscopy and a compact spectrometer are key enabler of our fluidlabs. Our vision: a world with better healthcare, in which diseases in humans and animals can be recognized more quickly, therapies can be developed more efficiently, and their progression can be tracked more precisely.
