Job Title: R&D Manager
Company Overview
My client is a Medical Device company recently acquired by a multinational, a global leader in neurovascular care.
About the Role
The R&D Manager will oversee managing design changes and sustaining activities, providing technical leadership and judgment to a team of engineers in the life cycle of a portfolio of devices treating ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
Responsibilities
* Responsible for R&D (LCM) activities for the portfolio of products
* R&D team leadership, with responsibility for team structure, team development, and performance management
* Identify critical project tasks, define project strategy, and set team priorities
* Develop detailed project goals, plans, and budget
* Report progress across the organization
* Organizing and prioritizing activities, including escalations, in collaboration with key functions and aligning on deliverables and timing
* Manage interfaces between other functions, especially Supply Chain, Quality and Regulatory, to plan and support R&D activities required to support product lifecycle management
Key Interfaces
* Quality and Design Assurance in risk identification and assessment of any design and process changes, R&D representative for re-certification and vendor audits
* Supply Chain and Manufacturing in developing and implementing cost improvement programs with external manufacturing partners
* Support R&D department with customer (physician) visitors in terms of presenting on the development history of our product portfolio
* Support customer complaint technical investigations and site representative for review meetings
* R&D point-person to review complaint trending, alert and action levels
Requirements
* Honours degree in Engineering or Science (desired) with strong technical acumen
* Significant experience in an R&D or product sustaining role in the medical device industry
* Team leadership experience required
* Ability to work within design control systems and processes