Team Lead Project Management (m/f/d)

Permanent employee, Full or part-time · Dresden

Full-time/part-time (min. 35 hours/week) | In Dresden | On site with the option of mobile working

Are you an experienced project manager ready to lead complex, cross-functional development projects from concept to launch while ensuring regulatory compliance?
Do you have a proven track record in managing project portfolios, balancing priorities, and driving process improvements in a regulated environment (MDR/IVDR, FDA, ISO 13485)?
Are you a proactive leader who can mentor and develop a high-performing project management team while effectively collaborating with stakeholders across R&D, QA/RA, and business units?

Then you're exactly who we're looking for!

Your tasks

Project Portfolio Management
- Manage and oversee cross-functional development projects across the full lifecycle
- Monitor progress, risks, budgets, timelines, and resource utilization
- Prioritize and balance the project portfolio in line with business strategy
- Act as escalation point for project risks, compliance issues, and cross-functional conflicts
- Ensure transparent communication with internal and external stakeholders
Processes & Methodology Development
- Continuously improve and standardize project management processes within a regulated environment
- Apply classic, agile, or hybrid development approaches as appropriate
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and standards (e.g. MDR/IVDR, FDA, ISO 13485)
- Align project execution with design control, risk management, and quality system requirements
Project Leadership
- Lead complex, interdisciplinary development projects from concept to market launch
- Manage risks, dependencies, and resource constraints
- Collaborate closely with R&D and QA/RA leaders to ensure alignment and regulatory readiness
- Prepare and present project status updates to steering committees
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop the project management team
- Allocate and plan resources across the project portfolio
- Support hiring, performance management, and team development
- Represent management decisions to the team and the team to internal and external stakeholders
- Ensure adherence to company processes and manage team-related budgets and forecasts

Your profile

Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field
Proven experience managing interdisciplinary development projects
Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (classic, agile, hybrid)
Excellent leadership and people management skills
Structured, documentation-oriented working style
Proactive, reliable, and organized leadership approach
Collaborative, solution-oriented mindset
Business-oriented thinking with solid technical and regulatory understanding
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in English (mandatory) and German (advantageous)
Experience in leading, developing, and mentoring project management teams would be advantageous
Strong planning, risk management, and problem-solving skills are desirable
Ability to navigate complexity, uncertainty, and regulatory constraints is a plus
Solid understanding of regulated product development and quality management systems (e.g., MDR/IVDR, FDA, ISO 13485) would be beneficial

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

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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.

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We look forward to meeting you!

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