Director, Medical Device Product Development

Director, Medical Device Product Development

Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia (on-site)

Department: Product Development

Job Type: Full-Time

Shift: 8:15 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. (ET), Monday- Friday

Clinical Classification: Clinical

LifeNet Health is searching for talented individuals who will embrace our mission of saving lives, restoring health, and giving hope.

LifeNet Health, headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is the largest nonprofit organ procurement organization (“OPO”) and tissue processor in the United States, as well as a leading innovator in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Our goal is to improve the quality of human life through the provision of organs, tissues, and cells for transplantation; to provide innovation in the fields of bio-implants, regenerative medicine and research; and, to serve the community with educational and support services that enhance the donation process.  LifeNet Health has over 1200 employees and has a growing global presence.

How you will contribute to LifeNet Health’s success:

The Director, Medical Device Product Development will serve as the global functional leader for the Product Development Engineering team for the franchise and will be primarily responsible for the leadership of this team. Reporting to the VP of Product Development, this position is responsible for developing the strategy for the systems, processes, and organizational structure to deliver on the franchise product portfolio pipeline to facilitate strategic growth of the business. The incumbent will directly and indirectly support multi-functional program teams and will partner with the R&D leadership team, affiliated GMs and operational leadership to develop and implement an overarching vision and strategy for product development within the franchise. Manages multiple product development teams to plan and execute projects according to goals, budgets, and timelines to achieve corporate objectives. Guides projects through LifeNet Health’s Design Control Process. Manages Engineers, Technical staff and Project Managers and allocates resources to support corporate priorities.

What you’ll do:

• Provides department leadership to Product Development by leading, guiding and directing employees to be effective team members. Ensures that everyone is equipped with the right skills, tools, and talents necessary for executing their duties. Using the established people processes (performance, development, succession, and career) to ensure that the Product Development team’s level of performance and capabilities meet current and future standards.
• Direct and lead development of new tissue engineered solutions and processes initial design to market release consistent with corporate priorities. This will include strategy for the systems, processes, and organizational structure to deliver on the franchise product portfolio pipeline. This will be performed both through internal development as well as via external partnerships which meets or exceeds established qualify, reliability, delivery and cost targets, facilitating strategic growth of the business.
• Collaborate with senior management and general managers to develop new product pipeline strategy for specific technology focus area including timelines and resource needs.
• Provides technical leadership to support sustaining manufacturing and quality control measures. Leverages technical expertise to provide support and direction for technical staff, including project, study designs, verification and validation planning and adherence to LNH’s quality management system.
• Leads the development and improvement of business process and methodologies driving culture/environment of operational excellence and continuous improvement including cross-functional collaboration activities to drive increased efficiency, innovation and execution on new product initiatives in compliance with appropriate regulatory requirements.
• Collaborates with senior leadership to ensure that the financial, staffing and operational infrastructure are in place to deliver upon agreed strategy. Responsibl