Senior Director PMO HI Solution

Location: Staefa (Switzerland)

Who we are

Sonova is a global leader in innovative hearing care solutions: from personal audio devices and wireless communication systems to audiological care services, hearing aids and cochlear implants. Sonova operates through four businesses: Hearing Instruments, Audiological Care, Consumer Hearing and Cochlear Implants – and the core brands Phonak, Unitron, AudioNova, Sennheiser (under license) and Advanced Bionics as well as recognized regional brands. The Group’s globally diversified sales and distribution channels serve an ever-growing consumer base in more than 100 countries.

The Role

The Senior Director PMO HI Solution leads the Project Management Office for HI Solutions, driving consistent and effective project execution across global R&D sites. This role defines and governs design and development standards, processes, and project rituals to ensure that projects achieve their scope, quality, schedule, and cost objectives.

The position oversees high-level SOPs and best practices, manages day-to-day project operations, and ensures standardized processes across locations, including Murten, Stäfa, and Kitchener. It also organizes project controlling and reporting, while collaborating closely with other PMOs, the IPMO, and the wider HI Solution organization to ensure alignment and operational excellence.

She / He will be accountable for:

• Sustain Solution projects in the HI PMO, including strategic roadmap fulfillment. Sustain and manage HI PMO assets over their life cycle.
• Contribute to Change Management in the HI Solutions.
• Contribute to succession planning in the HI Solutions.
• Contribute to operational workforce planning.

Key responsibilities

Organizational Development & Collaboration

• Contribute to culture and collaboration in the HI Solution. Build a culture of high individual responsibility and ownership.
• Define organizational setup and interfaces with other business units (AC, AB, CHB).
• Build global collaboration and effective leadership within the HI Solutions Project Management Office.
• Establish and foster relationships with external stakeholders.
• Lead and participate in organizational change projects.

People Leadership

• Provide line and functional leadership for Project Management Leaders in the R&D sites.

Process, Standards & Infrastructure

• Define and maintain high-level SOPs for Design and Development, as well as Project Management best practices within HI Solutions.
• Establish common processes and rituals globally for the sites R&D sites (Murten, Stäfa, Kitchener).
• Ensure compliance and quality standards for all development activities.
• Participate in project reviews, approvals, and audits.
• Accountable for infrastructure budget and cost.
• Ensure efficient, state-of-the-art infrastructure, tools, and equipment.

What We Are Looking For

Education

• Formal technical education with diploma or
• Higher level science or engineering degree.

Work Experience

• >5 years' leadership experience in an R&D role.
• Working in/with international and multi-site teams and organizations.
• Strategic planning according to business needs.
• MedTech R&D experience, experience in one or more fields of expertise which are part of the Scape will be an advantage.

Personal Competencies

• Resilient under pressure and uncertainty.
• Proactive problem solver.
• Assumes ownership and accountability for outcomes.
• Analytical and strategic mindset.
• Continuous learner.
• Demonstrates self-control and self-awareness.
• Ethical behavior.
• Impact oriented and pragmatic, big picture thinking.

Social Competencies

• Strong collaborator and networker.
• Clear communicator.
• Empathetic listener.
• Builds consensus.
• Can work with different behavioral styles in a global setup.
• Strong people interaction skills.

Leadership Competencies

• Inspires shared vision.
• Drives improvement and efficiency (initiatives).
• Engages stakeholders.
• Decisive and transparent.
• Fosters team ownership.
• Champions company culture.
• Collaborative leadership style.

Professional Competencies

• Strategic planning skills. 
• Process improvement focus.
• Risk management ability.
• Navigates change with certainty.
• Technical domain understanding.
• Knowledge of Medical Device Regulations.

IT Skills

• Office tools for project administration tasks, Jira, Confluence, Planning tools.

Languages

• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Proficiency in German and / or French will be an advantage.

Why Join Us

Sonova is an equal opportunity employer.

We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the marketplace. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate’s ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.