Head, CVS Transformation Office and Enterprise Initiatives

With a passion for life

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

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Job Overview

The Head, CVS Transformation Office & Enterprise Initiatives is accountable for translating the Cardiovascular Surgery (CVS) strategic vision into actionable, measurable, and well-governed execution across the enterprise. This role serves as the central architect and driver of strategy deployment, operating as both a senior strategic partner to leadership and the owner of disciplined execution in a highly regulated environment.

Acting with enterprise-level authority, this leader ensures that strategic priorities are converted into integrated initiative roadmaps, governed decision-making structures, and execution plans that deliver business outcomes while meeting FDA and global quality requirements. The role may lead a team directly and/or operate through significant influence across functions and levels.

Job Responsibilities and Essential Duties

1. Strategy Deployment & Enterprise Execution

• Own the end-to-end deployment of CVS strategy, translating executive vision and priorities into clear, actionable enterprise initiatives, work plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Establish and maintain integrated CVS initiative roadmaps aligned to enterprise strategy, Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and long-range planning cycles.
• Drive structured execution across complex, cross-functional initiatives, ensuring alignment between R&D, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Commercial, Finance, and HR.
• Define, monitor, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) that measure strategic progress, execution effectiveness, and business health.
• Proactively identify execution risks, interdependencies, and constraints; develop and drive mitigation strategies.
• Ensure disciplined follow-through, accountability, and benefits realization.

2. CVS Governance Design & Ownership

• Design, implement, and continuously evolve the CVS governance framework, including decision-making bodies, escalation pathways, prioritization models, and leadership review cadence.
• Ensure governance structures support effective, compliant, and timely decision-making in a regulated environment.
• Prepare and facilitate governance forums, ensuring clarity of decisions, ownership, and next steps.
• Align CVS governance with broader enterprise and Board-level governance expectations.

3. Executive Partnership & Leadership Enablement

• Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the Vice President of Cardiovascular Surgery and senior leadership team.
• Anticipate leadership needs and proactively surface insights, risks, and recommendations.
• Translate strategic direction into executable plans and clearly articulated objectives for functional leaders.
• Prepare executive- and Board-ready materials, including strategic narratives, dashboards, decision documents, and progress updates.

4. Organizational Leadership & Influence

• Build strong, trust-based relationships across functions and levels to drive alignment and execution without reliance on formal authority.
• Influence and align leaders around shared priorities, sequencing, and trade-offs.
• Partner closely with HR, Finance, Regulatory, Clinical, Medical Affairs, and Quality to support workforce planning, budgeting, compliance, and performance management.
• May directly lead a team of project or program management professionals and/or oversee work through matrixed resources.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
• Project Management certification preferred

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 8+ years of progressive experience in strategy deployment, transformation, operations, or enterprise program leadership within a highly regulated industry (medical device, life sciences, or healthcare preferred).
• Demonstrated success translating strategy into execution across complex, cross-functional environments.
• Proven experience operating within FDA-regulated and global quality systems.
• Experience partnering with senior executives and navigating Board-facing initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to lead with or without direct reports through influence and governance.
• Experience leveraging data, automation, and visualization to support decision-making.

Targeted salary range: $200,000- $235,000, depending upon experience and location + 30% bonus target

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About us 

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.  

Benefits at Getinge:

At Getinge, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, which includes:

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance benefits
• 401k plan with company match
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness initiative & Health Assistance Resources
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Benefits
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Benefits
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

Getinge is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.