R&D Sustaining Manager
Job title: R&D Sustaining Manager Location: Ballybrit, Galway Benefits: Excellent salary, bonus, pension, healthcare and opportunity to grow your career with hugely exciting Medical Device organisation.
About the Company
My client are a Medical Device company who have recently been acquired by a multinational, a global leader in neurovascular care. They invest in their people, and take great pride in providing a positive work environment which respects diversity, supports wellbeing, and embraces innovation.
About the Role
The R&D Sustaining Manager will be responsible for 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 to treat ischaemic and haemorrhage stroke.
Key Responsibilities:
* Responsible for R&D (LCM) activities for the portfolio of products.
* R&D team leadership, with responsibly 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 organisation.
Collaboration and Interface Management
Manage interfaces between other functions, especially Supply Chain, Quality and Regulatory, to plan and support R&D activities required to support product lifecycle management. This will include working with:
* 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.
Additional Responsibilities
* 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.
* Contribute to the cultural development of the R&D department by identify opportunities for improvements in ways of working, and proactively implementing ideas for continuous improvement.
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
What Awaits You
This is an opportunity to work with a ground-breaking biomedical operation, part of a company with an excellent record in employee continuous professional development and business improvement.
* An opportunity to be part of a global market leader.
* A dynamic and inspiring working environment.
* Opportunities to work on challenging projects and assignments.
* Possibilities for further personal and professional development/education.
* Excellent benefits