Job title:R&D 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 LCM 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. The R&D LCM Manager is also responsible for co-ordinating the activities of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure the successful completion of projects within planned timescales.



Some responsibilities include:

• Responsible for R&D Lifecycle Management (LCM) activities for the portfolio of products.
• R&D LCM 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:

• 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.

• 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