RandD Manager

Life Science Recruitment

  • Galway
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
  • Apply easily
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.Company:
My client are a Medical Device company who have recently been acquired by a multinational, a global leader in neurovascular care. And a broad portfolio of devices used in the endovascular treatment of haemorrhagic and ischemic stroke.My client invests 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.Some responsibilities include:
  • 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.
  • 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. This will include working with:
o Quality and Design Assurance in risk identification and assessment of any design and process changes, R&D representative for re-certification and vendor audits.o Supply Chain and Manufacturing in developing and implementing cost improvement programs with external manufacturing partners.o 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 benefitsDoes this sound like your next career move? To apply and For more info forward your application to the link provided or contact me on 087 0612325 OR

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