R&D Project Manager

Job Title

R&D Project Manager

Job Description

As an Innovation Project Manager, you will lead multidisciplinary projects from planning through execution, ensuring alignment with timelines, budgets, and resources while fostering collaboration, resolving challenges, and maintaining clear communication across teams and stakeholders. You will champion customer-centric solutions and innovation that drive business impact, build strong stakeholder relationships, and support organizational goals while promoting continuous improvement, professional development, and knowledge sharing.

 

 

Your role:

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering and innovation projects, managing scope, timelines, budgets, resources, and risks to ensure successful delivery and alignment with business objectives.
• Drive project execution and continuous improvement, applying structured project management methodologies such as PMBOK, SAFe, Agile, or equivalent to resolve challenges and implement effective solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, delegate responsibilities, and foster an inclusive environment that promotes accountability, knowledge sharing, and effective communication.
• Engage customers and internal and external stakeholders to align expectations, incorporate feedback, maintain project documentation, and deliver innovative solutions that create measurable business value.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement skills, with knowledge of project management methodologies such as PMP/PMBOK, PRINCE2, or Agile.

 

You're the right fit if:  

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Project Management, Program Management, or a related field.
• 4+ years of working experience in R&D project management, successfully leading small- to medium-scale projects and initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and cross-functional teams using a structured project management approach.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.  

 

How we work together 

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. 

 

This is an office role

 

About Philips 

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.  

 

• Learn more about our business.  
• Discover our rich and exciting history.  
• Learn more about our purpose.  
• Learn more about our culture. 

 

Philips Transparency Details  

The pay range for this position in (WA) is $118,000 to $182,000.00. 

 

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.     

 

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered.  Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.  Details about our benefits can be found here.   

 

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.   

 

Additional Information 

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future. 

  

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position.  For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Bothell, WA. 

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.  Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.