Total Lab Automation Project Manager

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People Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of **WITS associates** supporting Total Lab Automation projects.
• Set clear priorities, expectations, and performance goals for the team.
• Drive strong team engagement, accountability, capability development, and succession planning.
• Manage team workload and resource allocation across multiple customer projects.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, customer focus, urgency, and continuous improvement.

Project Management

• Lead end-to-end execution of **Total Lab Automation projects** across customer sites in Saudi Arabia.
• Define project scope, timelines, milestones, deliverables, risks, and resource plans.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and in line with quality expectations.
• Track project progress and proactively manage risks, issues, and escalations.
• Provide regular project governance, updates, and visibility to key stakeholders.
• Ensure successful go-live, handover, and stabilization following implementation.

Customer & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a key customer-facing project leader throughout the implementation lifecycle.
• Build strong relationships with customer stakeholders, including lab leadership and operations teams.
• Partner closely with commercial, service, applications, informatics, supply chain, and leadership teams for aligned execution.
• Manage customer expectations and support resolution of implementation challenges and escalations.

Operational & Process Excellence

• Drive standardization and best practices in project execution and implementation processes.
• Identify process gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities across project delivery.
• Apply problem-solving and continuous improvement tools to enhance execution quality and customer outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with internal quality, regulatory, safety, and operational requirements.

Commercial Support

• Partner with commercial teams on project planning and implementation readiness for new automation opportunities.
• Provide practical input on implementation feasibility, project timing, resource needs, and customer readiness.
• Support sustainable business growth through strong automation project delivery and customer partnership.

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• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as:
• + Biomedical Engineering

+ Medical Laboratory Science

• + Life Sciences
• + Clinical Diagnostics
• + Engineering
• + Healthcare Operations
• Significant experience in **project management**, **lab automation**, **clinical diagnostics**, or related healthcare environments.
• Prior **people management** experience leading a team.
• Strong experience managing customer-facing implementation projects.
• Experience handling multiple complex projects in parallel.

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• Experience in **Total Lab Automation**, laboratory workflow solutions, or diagnostics automation projects.
• Good understanding of clinical laboratory operations and implementation environments.
• Experience working with healthcare customers in **Saudi Arabia**.
• Strong cross-functional stakeholder management experience.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement tools and structured operating environments.
• PMP, Lean, Six Sigma, or similar certification is an advantage.

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• People leadership
• Project management
• Customer relationship management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Risk and issue management
• Problem solving
• Change management
• Communication and influencing
• Planning and prioritization
• Operational excellence

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• On-time project delivery
• Strong customer satisfaction and implementation experience
• Effective team leadership and team performance
• Milestone and budget discipline
• Escalation handling and resolution
• Quality of implementation and stabilization
• Continuous improvement in execution approach

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• Travel across **Saudi Arabia** as required to support customer projects and stakeholder engagement
• Join our winning team today.
• Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology.
• We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
• For more information, visit www.danaher.com.