Director, R&D Product Development

Expected Travel: Up to 25%

Requisition ID: 9222

 

About Teleflex Incorporated

Teleflex is a global provider of clinically effective medical technologies designed to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. We apply purpose driven innovation – a relentless pursuit of identifying unmet clinical needs – to benefit patients and healthcare providers. Our portfolio is diverse, with solutions in the fields of vascular and interventional access, interventional cardiology, surgical, anesthesia, cardiac care, interventional urology, urology, emergency medicine and respiratory care. Teleflex employees worldwide are united in the understanding that what we do every day makes a difference. For more information, please visit teleflex.com.

 

Interventional - The Interventional business unit at Teleflex offers innovative medical devices that are used to diagnose and treat coronary and peripheral vascular diseases. We place a strategic emphasis on complex coronary and peripheral interventions, vascular access, bone access, specialty biologic treatments and cardiac assist. Our current Interventional products include a broad range of clinically relevant solutions, such as our GuideLiner® and Turnpike® Catheters, AC3 Optimus™ Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump and OnControl® Powered Bone Access System. With a strong R&D footprint and pipeline, our fast-growing Interventional business unit is poised to continue the development of new technologies to serve critically ill patients for years to come. Join a dynamic, growing team that offers healthcare providers an array of medical technology solutions that make a difference in patients’ lives.

Position Summary

Lead the Mechanical Circulatory Support New Product Development team and MCS NPD Program within R&D, focusing on technical engineering excellence of detailed design across mechanical, electrical, software, hardware, and disposables functions
•    Ensure the health and vitality of our product portfolio by
o    leading other R&D leaders, team, and organizational partners to develop next generation capital/disposable product platform in the MCS franchise, addressing clinical and technology advancements
    leading organic technology-focused ideation and innovation
    leading evaluation of external/inorganic technology acquisition/partnerships
    identifying industry partners to de-risk development cycle and increase confidence
o    decreasing portfolio uncertainty as early as feasible by identifying and evaluating known technology building blocks’ fitness-for-purpose for inclusion in product development programs
o    delivering highly functional detailed designs for features, components, and assemblies that meet our customer requirements and performance specifications
o    continuously evaluating capability of designs to meet product specifications across the new product development lifecycle (i.e. that we are designing the product correctly)
o    identifying, leveraging, and developing technical core competencies
o    effectively and proactively managing resource capacity and allocation across the product development program to deliver designs per committed project schedules
o    leading both R&D functional team members, and program/project team members in creating, managing, and executing to the NPD program schedule and budget while delivering commitments on time  

Works in concert with R&D leaders across Design Development, Product Development, Process Development, Project Services, and Sustaining Engineering to
o    define and implement vision, culture, and development focus areas for the department and our people
o    fortify medical design device rigor, empower our team, drive accountability, and increase engagement
o    develop product and technology strategies – and guide the implementation of them – to maintain viable product portfolios that safeguard our reputation as the interventionalist’s partner in pioneering category-defining innovations while ensuring inclusion of feature, process, and technology improvements that address unmet needs and improve customer satisfaction and patient outcomes
o    maintain the health and stability of our product development process and our current technologies while identifying new technologies for application/integration into products
•    Manages experienced professional and/or specialist employees who exercise significant latitude and independence; often manages subordinate management.
•    Often heads more than one team, department, or function; often has employees at more than one site.
 

Principal Responsibilities

•    Directs a business-critical function through line or functional management levels where the scope and complexity of responsibilities require the integration of multiple disciplines and/or departments. Establishes stra