Senior Manager R&D - IP&SS Product Development - PeriOperative Surgical Solutions

SOLVENTUM•Maplewood, MN

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue. We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you. As a Senior Manager R&D - IP&SS Product Development - PeriOperative Surgical Solutions you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by: Leading a team of R&D Product Development engineers and scientists developing products across the PeriOperative Surgical Solutions portfolio while: partnering with Upstream Marketing and FEI R&D in our strategic marketing efforts (early-stage product strategy and product roadmaps) to fill the product pipeline with advancements in existing products and entry into new areas that address unmet clinical needs partnering with Upstream Marketing, Downstream Marketing, and Medical Affairs to develop and maintain clinical customer relationships and build employee clinical acumen working in concert with the Project Management Office to maintain effective core team resource allocation, and IP&SS R&D Design Development to maintain effective extended team resource allocation – to achieve committed deliverables owning R&D design control deliverables for new product development efforts decreasing portfolio uncertainty as early as feasible by clearly defining program scope and aligning program timing with technology capability continuously evaluating selected designs to ensure they meet user needs and design input requirements while reducing project-, cost-, and timeline-risk and increasing certainty of business case attainment transferring product design knowledge to Sustaining Engineering as products enter the market; maintaining a role as product design subject matter experts to support Sustaining activities as needed Ensuring the health and vitality of our IP&SS new product development portfolio and products by: defining and implementing vision, culture, and development focus areas for the team and our people leading by example with a hands-on, player-coach approach fortifying medical design device rigor, empowering our team, driving accountability, and increasing engagement developing product and technology strategies – and guiding the implementation of them – to maintain viable product portfolios while ensuring inclusion of feature, process, and technology improvements that address unmet needs and improve customer satisfaction and patient outcomes contributing to organic technology-focused ideation and feasibility activities contributing to the review and due diligence of inorganic opportunities leading experienced professional and/or specialist employees who exercise significant latitude and independence

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in an applicable technical field
Ten years of relevant experience
Experience in a regulated industry (medical devices preferred) utilizing design controls to design, develop, verify, validate, and commercialize new products
Previous experience managing people, leading teams, and developing/managing budgets
Expertise in project technical leadership with the ability to oversee multiple projects simultaneously
Experience with and working knowledge of ISO9000, FDA and GMP requirements including product requirements, specification documents, risk management files
Proficiency in MS Office applications (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint), strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to read and understand technical drawings
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of processes and equipment common to medical device manufacturing; examples include additive manufacturing, machining, extrusion, injection molding, coating, adhesive and thermal bonding, die cutting, flat film converting, automated and semi-automated manufacturing equipment
Master's degree in an applicable technical or business field preferred
Demonstrated ability to evaluate, mentor, and grow engineering talent
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, familiarity with statistical techniques, experience with scientific methods and Design of Experiments
Ability to understand and resolve complex technical and business system issues

Responsibilities

Leading a team of R&D Product Development engineers and scientists developing products across the PeriOperative Surgical Solutions portfolio while: partnering with Upstream Marketing and FEI R&D in our strategic marketing efforts (early-stage product strategy and product roadmaps) to fill the product pipeline with advancements in existing products and entry into new areas that address unmet clinical needs partnering with Upstream Marketing, Downstream Marketing, and Medical Affairs to develop and maintain clinical customer relationships and build employee clinical acumen working in concert with the Project Management Office to maintain effective core team resource allocation, and IP&SS R&D Design Development to maintain effective extended team resource allocation – to achieve committed deliverables owning R&D design control deliverables for new product development efforts decreasing portfolio uncertainty as early as feasible by clearly defining program scope and aligning program timing with technology capability continuously evaluating selected designs to ensure they meet user needs and design input requirements while reducing project-, cost-, and timeline-risk and increasing certainty of business case attainment transferring product design knowledge to Sustaining Engineering as products enter the market; maintaining a role as product design subject matter experts to support Sustaining activities as needed
Ensuring the health and vitality of our IP&SS new product development portfolio and products by: defining and implementing vision, culture, and development focus areas for the team and our people leading by example with a hands-on, player-coach approach fortifying medical design device rigor, empowering our team, driving accountability, and increasing engagement developing product and technology strategies – and guiding the implementation of them – to maintain viable product portfolios while ensuring inclusion of feature, process, and technology improvements that address unmet needs and improve customer satisfaction and patient outcomes contributing to organic technology-focused ideation and feasibility activities contributing to the review and due diligence of inorganic opportunities leading experienced professional and/or specialist employees who exercise significant latitude and independence