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Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is currently looking to recruit a
Senior Director, Research & Development, Infectious Disease (m/f/d)
Based in Galway, Ireland
The Infectious Disease (ID) business unit is part of Abbott Rapid Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.
The position is within our ID Business Unit and is a member of the R&D senior leadership team. Oversight and leadership over all of the division's Lateral Flow R&D activities. Establish vision and strategy for the division's platforms and execute upon strategy to support the division's long-range plan and beyond.
Ensure a properly gaited product launch cadence so that products are developed and commercialized, including achievement of product claims and regulatory approvals, to drive increases in ID market share.
This position reports directly to the DVP, Global R&D, to ensure efficient and effective management of the R&D functions including P&L. The role is responsible for ensuring compliance with global regulatory agencies and ensuring compliance with systems, procedures and ensuring management structures are in place to meet the goals in an ethical and legally compliant manner.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- As a leader of a Global Lateral Flow R&D team, this role requires a strong commitment to understanding leading practices in product development processes, clinical program management and structures and leading teams to these practices.
- Excellent leadership and communication style with ability to influence stakeholders, peers across the business.
- Lead team to meet deliverables and hold self and team accountable for on-time delivery, right first time, financial stewardship, and predictability in all R&D activities.
- Execution and delivery of products on time for commercial launches, within defined scope, meeting product requirements, and on budget.
- Model behaviors of a learning-focused, continuous improvement mindset and be a self and team practitioner of R&D Excellence. Demonstrate enterprise and critical thinking and act in the best interest of the business over individual function.
- Key leadership role in NPI process and drives stage gate discipline and compliance.
- Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
- Evaluate new technologies for potential acquisition or internal funding/development.
- Work with U.S. and OUS marketing staff to enhance product launches through effective utilization of clinical study results.
- Oversight and leadership of the Lateral Flow Research and Development activities. Establish vision and strategy for the lateral flow technology and execute upon strategy to support the long-range plan and beyond.
- Accountable for the successful research, development and maintenance of key assay development knowledge and application processes.
- Provide direction for improvements to the Design Control policies and practices by maintaining and updating the Design Control Systems training function and subject matter.
- Lead internal innovation initiatives to assure organic growth of new ideas and identification of new opportunities to fuel the product pipeline.
- Develop R&D goals and oversee execution of multiple research and development projects and product support activities. Establish resource needs including staffing requirements.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS | EDUCATION:
- Expertise in Lateral flow technology including assay design, development, and transfer.
- Comprehensive understanding of IVD market and regulatory environment with the ability to incorporate that knowledge into strategic R&D business plans.
- Bachelor of Science in biological or medical science preferred. Master's Degree or higher is desirable.
- 12-15 years of R&D experience with a background in the medical diagnostic industry
- Demonstrated working knowledge of design controls, QSR and all relevant regulatory requirements for the design, development, and commercialization of medical diagnostic technologies.
- Knowledge of regulations and standards (GCP) affecting IVDs and Biologics required.
COMPETENCIES:
- Results Orientation: Energized by challenges and the opportunity to over-deliver. Using relevant metrics, they set new and stretching goals for themselves or their teams in order to achieve beyond what is expected. Adverse circumstances only intensify their drive to take action. This person will have experience setting milestones and goals that motivate and challenge an organization and a track record of achieving such milestones or courageously terminating programs that failed to achieve his/her goals.
- Team Leadership: This leader must have the leadership skills to integrate a geographically dispersed R&D team and review, align and increase the efficiency of core processes. S/he must be tenacious and able to work within challenging circumstances. This will require strong communication skills, the ability to convey a strategic vision, and the ability to develop a highly engaged team and sense of community and urgency.
- Change Leadership and Collaboration: The role will be at the center of many changes, including strategic changes, alignment of technologies, and creation of centers of excellence. This leader must have the emotional intelligence needed to find the right approach to these changes, and the interpersonal skills required to lead and influence the company's evolution in key areas. The new leader must be able to build relationships across sites and teams and align them around thinking of the company's platforms and technologies. Compromising one's own preferences where necessary, for the team or organization and demonstrating to others how their mutual objectives can be complementary is a key competency.
- Strategic Thinking: The candidate will define and articulate a clear strategic vision for R&D, which focuses on the business. S/he needs to be able to take customer needs and develop strategic path from product design to through clinical roadmap and approval. S/he must be able to contribute to the company's strategic direction and highlight operational implications of strategic options. S/he must be able to have clarity and understanding of decisions and be empowered to act accordingly with what's needed to make the business successful.
An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.