Job title: R&D Sustaining Manager
Location: Ballybrit, Galway
Benefits: Excellent salary, bonus, pension, healthcare, and opportunity to grow your career with a hugely exciting Medical Device organisation.
Company:
My client is a Medical Device company recently acquired by a multinational, a global leader in neurovascular care, with a broad portfolio of devices used in the endovascular treatment of haemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. The company invests in its people and prides itself on providing a positive work environment that 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 throughout the lifecycle of a portfolio of devices to treat ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
Some responsibilities include:
* Responsible for R&D (LCM) activities for the portfolio of products.
* Leading the R&D team, including team structure, development, and performance management.
* Identifying critical project tasks, defining strategy, and setting team priorities.
* Developing detailed project goals, plans, and budgets.
* Reporting progress across the organization.
* Organizing and prioritizing activities, including escalations, in collaboration with key functions and aligning on deliverables and timing.
* Managing interfaces between functions such as Supply Chain, Quality, and Regulatory to support product lifecycle management, including working with:
o Quality and Design Assurance in risk assessment of design and process changes, re-certification, and vendor audits.
o Supply Chain and Manufacturing in developing cost improvement programs with external partners.
o Supporting customer visits with presentations on product development history.
* Supporting customer complaint investigations and representing R&D in review meetings, including complaint trending and alert/action levels.
* Contributing to the cultural development of the R&D department by identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements:
* Honours degree in Engineering or Science (desired) with strong technical skills.
* Significant experience in R&D or product sustaining roles within the medical device industry.
* Leadership experience in managing teams.
* Ability to work within design control systems and processes.
What awaits you:
This is an opportunity to join a groundbreaking biomedical organization, part of a company known for excellent professional development and continuous improvement.
- Be part of a global market leader.
- Work in a dynamic and inspiring environment.
- Engage in challenging projects and assignments.
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth and education.
- Excellent benefits.
Interested? To apply or for more information, please send your application via the provided link or contact Thomas Gallagher at 087 0612325 or thomas.gallagher@lifescience.ie.
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