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 personEva Brunner
e-mail jobs@anvajo.com
phone +49 (0) 351 8547 8403
mobile +49 (0) 151 1434 4922

About usanvajo 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.