Job title: Lifecycle 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 that has recently been acquired by a multinational, a global leader in neurovascular care. They have a broad portfolio of devices used in the endovascular treatment of haemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. My client invests in their people, taking great pride in 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 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 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 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 includes 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.
- 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 identifying 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.
This role is subject to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action laws and regulations. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
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