Job Description Summary

We are a global business within BD Medical, dedicated to delivering quality and innovative solutions in Advanced Access Devices (AAD). The business is committed to maintaining its accelerated growth through portfolio diversification, differentiated offerings and geographic / market expansions, while maintaining the profitability of the core product lines. We manage a healthy portfolio of programs ranging from incremental innovation to disruptive & breakthrough opportunities enabling medication delivery solutions. Our project managers have passion for bringing new technical solutions to market to meet serious unmet clinical needs, have strong records of professional achievement, and have the capacity and desire for continuous development and growth. We strive to provide each individual with opportunities to develop skills, gain and share knowledge, understand and deliver what our customers want and build a rewarding and fulfilling career.

Job Description

We are the makers of possible 

 

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. 

 

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us. 

Responsibilities:

• This high visibility position will be responsible for leading and motivating a large scale cross functional NPD team of high complexity within the AAD Platform within the Business Group of MDS.

• Complete understanding of a wide application of project management principles, theories, and concepts. Including but not limited, customer scope requirements, work breakdown structures, risk management, integrated business plans, and product requirements.

• Delivers projects on-time through predictable and transparent execution.

• Serving as an agile problem solver, master negotiator, motivational coach, product development process expert, prudent risk taker, and team champion.

• Influences solutions and works to resolve business and/or technical problems at all levels of the organization.

• A strong, influential communicator who implements the strategic and technical direction for the project/program team.

• Finds and creates new avenues of excellence.  Self-starting and will take action without prompting or direction from others to solve problems. 

• Demonstrates a working knowledge of business, market growth drivers and trends, influences business case development. 

• Has a thorough understanding of all functional work streams in a phase gate process and a vision of an integrated project plan.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery, review and approvals via multiple regional registrations in addition to other conflicting/dependent programs.

• Responsible for the execution, quality, and results of the projects and the success of the resulting products for the business or in the market.

• Interact with functional managers and business leaders to communicate critical project risks, mitigations, questions and/or challenges.

• Define program resource needs and negotiate program resourcing plans. Work with functional leaders to ensure the appropriate core team resources are committed to the program and contribute to the required performance levels.

• Mentor, coach and challenge core team members, functional leaders and business leaders regarding functional and cross functional strategies and approaches to improve program development outcomes.

• Analyze development situations and data with in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.

• Influence solutions to business or technical problems.

• Communicate and implement the strategic and technical direction for the project/program teams.

Minimum Requirements:

• BS degree in engineering (required)
• At least 10 years relevant experience in medical device product development and design
• 3+ years of experience leading medical device cross-functional, global teams through complex projects or programs
• New product development experience with Class II medical devices    
• Successful launch experience of medical device produ