Job Title Senior Project Lead – Value Proposition Creation & Advanced Development Job Description As a Senior Project Lead Value Proposition Creation (VPC) & Advanced Development (AD) you will lead front-end innovation projects within Grooming & Beauty — a unique opportunity to shape the future of the Philips personal health products. The projects might be ambiguous in the beginning, requiring you to bring clarity and direction to deliver meaningful results. You will play a pivotal role in translating consumer insights and business ambitions into validated propositions and functional solutions. You will ensure seamless integration between the Value Proposition Creation (VPC) and Advanced Development (AD), applying Waterfall and Agile methodologies to accelerate learning and delivery. Your responsibilities Lead multidisciplinary VPC, AD and Agile teams from consumer insight to concept creation and function-proven solutions. Translate consumer insights and market analysis into superior, evidence-based propositions. Drive technical development by collaborating closely with engineers to define, design, and validate new features, ensuring feasibility, system integration, and performance verification through iterative testing and prototyping. Develop integrated project plans, including objectives, scope, budget, and resources across all relevant functions (Marketing, R&D, Design, Supply, and Procurement). Apply Waterfall, Agile and Lean methodologies to enable adaptive planning, cross-functional collaboration, and transparency throughout the innovation process. Map and manage stakeholders across the organization, ensuring alignment through tailored communication plans and transparent reporting of project progress, results, and risks during key review meetings. Proactively identify and manage risks, developing mitigation actions to keep projects on track with agreed timelines, budgets, and scope. Collaborate with the FEI PMO Group to strengthen project management capabilities, and continuously enhance tools, methods, and best practices. Your team You will join the PMO department at the Philips Innovation Site in Drachten, as part of the Grooming & Beauty Front End Innovation group. This team consists of experienced project leads managing global VPC and AD projects. You will work closely with functions such as Marketing, R&D, Design, and Procurement, ensuring end-to-end collaboration and learning across the product development process. You're the right fit if you have: A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business, Innovation Management, Engineering, or a closely related field that supports project and innovation leadership. 5+ years of experience leading multi-disciplinary projects — ideally in consumer product development or technology-driven innovation. Proven experience with Value Proposition Creation and development of new technologies projects (Advanced Development). Knowledge and experience of Waterfall and Agile project management and a track record of applying Lean and iterative delivery methods. Certified in PMI/PMBOK, SAFe Agile, Philips methodologies such as DfSS, PDLM is a plus Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills in English, Dutch is beneficial A proactive, collaborative, and results-driven mindset, with the ability to lead teams through ambiguity toward clear outcomes. Compensation & benefits Doing meaningful work should come with fair, transparent rewards. The base salary range for this role is EUR 78,187.00 - EUR 130,312.00. We determine pay within the range using objective factors, like the skills the role requires, your relevant experience and the responsibility you'll have in this role, alongside internal equity and local market considerations. This role is eligible for 3% short term incentive with your rewards linked to both individual performance and company results. We’ll share the full approach with you during the interview process, so you can make a clear, informed decision. Benefits include hybrid working, paid time-off, health and wellbeing benefits, learning and development opportunities. 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. This position is based in Drachten, The Netherlands. 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 the lives of others. • Learn more about our business. • Discover our rich and exciting history. • Learn more about our purpose. If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. 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