POSITION TITLE: Medical R&D Team Lead
REPORTS TO: Director of Innovation
NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS: 6
LOCATION: Chennai
Position Overview
This is an excellent opportunity to work for the global leading company in the field of gas control
equipment. The focus of this role is managing our R&D team based in Chennai who are focused
on Healthcare products and covering mechanical, electrical, electronics and software disciplines.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Managing the team’s actions to delivery New Product development projects. This is an
end to end responsibility of successful project delivery from gate 0 to post project audit. - Manage the R&D budget, timelines, and resources effectively to achieve project goals
on time and within scope - Collaborate with business managers, product managers, regulatory, production,
purchasing to ensure that new products and technologies meet healthcare standards,
regulatory requirements, and market needs. - Contribute to align the R&D strategy with the business growth goals
- Creative input to the NPI projects and program
- Point of contact for technical questions from customers/production/product
management/quality & regulatory - Creation, completion, and management of technical files for relevant product lines
- Determining test criteria, organising testing and interpretation of results
- Working closely with procurement to drive cost savings
- Working closely with production to deliver optimized production processes
Metrics of success for the role
Delivery of the product roadmap
Project performance KPIs including, time to market, development cost, product cost, sales impact
and product performance criteria
Delivery of cost reduction projects
Delivery on quality improvement projects
Qualifications (Include education, experience, technical, travel and language
requirements)
Required Qualifications:
Masters in Engineering Mechanical or Electronics as a minimum
Minimum of 10 years of experience in R&D leadership in the healthcare or medical device
industry or highly regulated industry.
3-5 years experience working in a multinational, preferably American led organization working in
a Global function preferably R&D.
Experience leading Engineering process (Stagegate) and systems (PLM).
Preference to those with a strong understanding of healthcare regulations (FDA, CE), quality
standards (ISO), and product standards (NFPA, HTM, ISO, CFR, CGA, CRN)