Director Global PMO within R&D

Permobil founder Dr. Per Uddén believed that helping people achieve the greatest level of independence is a basic human right and, for over 50 years, Permobil has held fast to that belief. Permobil is a global leader in advanced rehabilitation technology, passionate about better understanding our users’ needs and improving their quality of life through state-of-the-art healthcare solutions. Today, those solutions include power wheelchairs, seating and positioning products, power assist, and manual wheelchairs. Permobil is part of Patricia Industries, a subsidiary of Investor AB and is headquartered in Sweden. Permobil has 1600 team members in more than 15 countries around the world. For more information regarding the company’s storied history and complete product line visit permobil.com (http://www.permobilus.com/).



What we offer

An attractive workplace in a steady growing, international Medical Device company with a focus on innovation and quality

An exciting and challenging position in an open and dynamic environment with a lot of development potential

We are in the process of expanding the responsibility for the Project Management Office to lead projects and having Project Managers at multi-sites (Europe & US). Our projects include mechanical, electronics and software engineering. Being in the MedTech environment many of our processes are governed by regulations and have a strong focus on risk assessment.

The successful candidate will have a strong professional background and demonstrate teamwork, drive deliverables, excellent oral and written communication skills, and a commitment to excellence, learning, and growth.

Your Role: As Director of PMO you will lead and coach the project managers in the team to deliver our product development projects according to agreement (time, finance, scope). You will continuously develop our project model and make sure it is global and according to MedTech requirements. You will also be responsible for visualizing the project portfolio as well as controlling resources, project costs and investments together with line managers, project managers and the R&D Controller.

You will be a part of a global management team with colleagues in Sweden and US.

Qualifications: We assume that you have acquired leadership and collaboration skills and have experience from both strategic and operational work. You have:

An academic degree, preferably Civ ing (SE) or MSc in Engineering • Experience as a project manager of product development projects • Experience from leading a PMO • Waterfall project model knowledge • Process development knowledge • Fluent written and spoken English

It is a big bonus if you also have experience from working in an international setting with multi-site MedTech development.

Information: For information about the position, please contact Catharina Modahl Nilsson, EVP R&D, phone; +46 73 093 72 60 For information about the recruitment process contact For information about the recruitment process, contact Karin Frisendahl, Jefferson Wells, +46 70 377 45 46, karin.frisendahl@jeffersonwells.se or Mats Andersson +46 70 854 30 42, mats.andersson@jeffersonwells.se. The position is located in Timrå and will include travelling. Please apply at career.permobil.com as soon as possible and no later than 28 March 2021.