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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