Senior Manager, R&D

Job Description

The Senior R&D Manager will play an important role in the development of technical strategies and be a critical leader for the development of new product programs and be responsible for leading a team of engineers for product design and development. The Senior R&D manager is also responsible for the recruitment, hiring and development of R&D staff to support the overall development and research activities. This role will collaborate with cross-functional leaders to plan and support the business and partners with the other Olympus R&D Centers in developing and leveraging technologies to move the business forward.

Job Duties

• This role has direct supervisory responsibility for engineers, designers, and technicians who act as a core team and extended team members on product and technology development projects (PDP’s & TDP’s).
• Functions as a core team member on complex product and technology development projects and leads R&D efforts in support of core team milestones.
• Participates in regular meetings with project teams to resolve issues and risks to maintain R&D staff engagement/focus and to communicate technical development updates and plans with all team members.
• Coordinates with project managers to foresee/understand critical project activities and enable them to manage team resources and tasks to avoid critical path slippage.
• Partners with project team members outside R&D to maintain engagement and focus on joint project commitments and dependencies.
• Partners with marketing to generate ideas and solutions for new products and sustain engineering support for current products.
• Reviews and analyses including formal reports such as product concepts, patent needs, sales and marketing plans, etc.
• Ensures project compliance with regulatory requirements including company design control procedures and that R&D activities are performed to governing standards IISO9001, EN46001& FDA QSR’s).
• Interfaces with supplier design partners and other external partners as required for component product and process design.
• Assists in establishing and maintaining budgets for the dept. and assists program managers with estimating project costs.
• Responsible for recruitment of staff and their performance and will provide development through challenging assignments, guidance and other mentorship.
• All other Essential duties as directed.

Job Qualifications

Required:

• B.S. Engineering (mechanical or biomedical preferred) or equivalent experience and technical education is required. 
• Minimum of 8 years experience in development design and or engineering of products & processes.
• Minimum of 5 years managing project.
• Minimum of 3 years management experience in R&D. 

Preferred:

• Preference for medical device and cross –functional experience.
• Software skills. Analytical skills. Presentation skills.
• Must be a collaborative team player.
• Effective leadership in motivating a team and team building skills.
• Demonstrated decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to build strong relationships and ability to manage both up and down the organization.
• Self-motivated, hands on and participatory with strong results orientation.
• Ability to establish appropriate priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Computer skills – Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project.
• Preferred experience includes analytical engineering skills such as structural, thermal, dimensional, or designed experiments.
• Solid Works CAD/CAM software skills preferred.

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