R&D Program Manager

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Company:

My client in Waterford offers medical products that allows clinicians to provide state of the art clinical solutions that improve hygiene, comfort, compliance and ultimately the healing experiences of their patients. Specialising in the manufacture of innovative orthopaedic Medical Devices, particularly custom mouldable splints, casts and braces, which have received backing of all leading physicians in the US.

Benefits:

Excellent salary, Healthcare cover and Bonus plan.

Opportunity to work lead a team on the full product lifecycle from idea to manufacturing.

Small bit of travel involved to America and Europe.

Team:

As a Program Manager you will work closely with the Director and a team of 20 people on an exciting new product line starting to introduce electrical sensors to their products.

Role: R&D Program Manager

We are looking for a high calibre, senior level R&D engineer/executive that has successfully managed a team, design process and NPD project to develop a medical device product under the ISO13485 standard, from concept stage right through to product launch and post market follow up.

You will get the opportunity to lead, support and work with the team to develop orthopaedic devices using the company's novel proprietary materials and technology, that will deliver clear clinical, functional and economic benefits to patients, practitioners and healthcare organisations worldwide.

Qualifications:

Min degree in any of the following disciplines: Mechanical or Polymer engineering, Industrial design, Chemistry, Biomechanics or Materials Science.

Minimum experience and requirements:

* You will need to have must have a minimum 3 years working in the medical device sector, have at least 2 years "Hands on" experience supervising a team in an R & D / product development environment, and have a proven programme/project management track record.

* Ideally, you will have worked under an ISO or FDA regulatory system, have experience of product verification and validation procedures and techniques and are capable of managing NPD projects from conception to product commercialisation. Familiarity with design and development procedures and experience of building or contributing to a "design history file" during product development is a serious advantage.

* Experience of patents and IP, including preparation of patent specifications, is a distinct advantage, as is set-up and V&V experience of manufacturing systems and the preparation of technical agreements and protocols.

If you are interested in hearing more about this exciting new position or would be interested forward me your up to date CV and we can organize a time to discuss it in more detail.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

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