Regional Readiness Program Manager

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We continually look for motivated and skilled individuals who are interested in supporting our customers – healthcare professionals who use our products to help patients and their communities.

We currently have the following opportunity available - please contact us for more details!

We don’t just build technology. We build hope for everyone dealing with cancer.  

Preferred Locations: Atlanta, GA; San Jose, CA; Portugal; Crawley; Spain

The Regional Readiness Program Manager will be hands-on orchestrating the deliverables between product software delivery and consumability from a regional perspective. The position will play a critical role in determining if a product is ready for commercialization to global regions, identify where that product can be supported and removing products from the regions. This position will work closely with Product Management, Global Education & Training, Product Support Engineering, Technical Publications, Engineering, Cloud, Product Marketing, Order Fulfilment and Service & Support to ensure product release completeness. This role will provide input into global market introduction plan and prepare additional regional resources according to plan. Other responsibilities include coordination with global teams to adopt the release/new product, ensure regional resources have been identified and trained on the product and the product is fully supported prior to launch within a given region. The Release Readiness Program Manager will track product availability through the regions, progress on product supportability and be the ambassador for the regions back to the business.

Responsibilities-

• Accelerate quality software to the market through readiness preparation, appropriate knowledge transfer to the regions and region’s ability to support release.

• Establish and perform checklist review of market requirements for the Products

• Quality documentation and delivery of all deliverables included within the project lifecycle.

• Identify and manage project scope using appropriate project management processes.

• Build and manage project timelines, dependencies, and integration points.

• Management of project deliverables (timeline, communications plans, action items, risks and issues).

• Process improvement / change management with regard to processes that impact the regions.

• Timely escalation of issues or potential high-impacting risks and communication to all effected parties with specific details including actions needed.

• Primary point of contact between the business line and regional teams.

• Recommend product improvements to Product Management

• Accelerate time to revenue for new releases

Qualifications-

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Employees must be able to read, speak, write and comprehend the English language.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher

• PMP or equivalent certification preferred

• A minimum of 8+ years of project management or equivalent experience

• Must have demonstrated knowledge of sdlc and product commercialization processes

• Demonstrated experience bringing products from concept to commercialization

• Experience working on global projects with global teams

• Experience working with software products, development, and software interdependencies

• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time

• Skilled leader, communicator, negotiator with demonstrated problem solving skills, courage to make tough decisions and takes ownership.

• Detail oriented, self-starter, assertive with intense focus on delivering outstanding project results

• Demonstrated experience communicating with individuals at all levels of the organization

• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment without direct supervision and across multiple levels of the organization.

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

What you’ll get:

In this role, you will work for a higher purpose; hope for everyone dealing with cancer, and for everyone regardless of where in the world, to have access to the best cancer care.  In addition to this, Elekta offers a range of benefits.  

What we offer:

• Opportunity to work with a proactive and supportive team

• Hybrid work option (you are required to work on location at least 3 days/week) 

• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision coverage 

• 401k, paid Vacation and Holiday 

• A health of additional benefits including wellness reimbursement, tuition reimbursement and flexible spending account 

• Opportunity to work on cutting edge in medical advancement. 

• Close-knit company culture 

• Upward mobility 

How to proceed? 

We are looking forward to hearing from you! Apply by submitting your application and résumé in English, via the “Apply” button. Please note that we do not accept applications by e-mail.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. 

The US base salary range for this position is $130,000- 140,000. 

About Elekta 

As a leader in precision radiation therapy, Elekta is committed to ensuring every patient has access to the best cancer care possible. Elekta is a proud innovator and supplier of equipment and software used to improve, prolong, and save the lives of people with cancer and brain disorders.  

More than 6,000 hospitals worldwide rely on Elekta technology. We openly collaborate with customers to advance sustainable, outcome-driven, and cost-efficient solutions to meet evolving patient needs, improve lives and bring hope to everyone dealing with cancer. To us, it's personal, and our global team of 4,700 employees combine passion, science, and imagination to profoundly change cancer care. We don’t just build technology, we build hope. 

Elekta is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with presence in more than 120 countries and listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. For more information, visit elekta.com or follow @Elekta on Twitter and on LinkedIn.