Job title: Project Manager – R&D
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.



Job summary:
I am recruiting for a Research & Development Project Manager to lead projects from early concept stage development right through to commercialization.

The Research & Development Project Manager will drive cross functional engagement, budget management and critical path deliverables in addition to being part of a global R&D team in based Galway, Ireland. The area of project focus will be developing device concepts and treatments to solve unmet needs in neurovascular disease states.



Key Responsibilities:
As an R&D Project Manager you will responsible for managing neurovascular interventional device product development from concept through to commercialization. Provide technical leadership to a team of engineers and scientists and is responsible for coordinating the key technical activities of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure the successful completion of the project within planned timescales and budget.



Technical Responsibilities

• Drive ownership of critical technical tasks in the execution of new product development projects.
• Liaise with key opinion leaders/physicians to develop a deep understanding of the disease state, gather user needs; and articulate throughout the team.
• Translate needs requirements into technical specifications.
• Provide leadership to the team in the development of test models for prototype performance evaluations, building and testing of prototypes, test data analysis and interpretation, component and finished device assembly drawings/specifications, product materials selection, and process development.
• Identify and manage key technical risks and appropriate mitigations throughout the product lifecycle.
• Identify and recommend optimal solution(s) for commercialization being mindful of COGs targets.

• Develop project goals, project plan and budget estimates.
• Identify critical project tasks, define project strategy, and set team priorities.
• Identify and manage key program risks and associated stakeholders.
• Manage direct team and across functions to deliver on performance, time and cost targets.
• Report progress across the organization and to senior leadership.
• Leverage and liaise with external resources to achieve project goals.

• Honours degree in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering or equivalent.
• Project management qualification preferred.

• Significant experience in the medical device industry with experience of technical project leadership, and prior device product development experience as a Senior R&D Engineer is required.
• Experience working with interventional catheter, delivery systems and vascular implants a distinct advantage.
• Prior project management experience preferred, especially in relation to project planning, budget management & financial acumen, use of project tracker tools etc.