PROJECT MANAGER - MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT
| Employment Type | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Location | Cambridgeshire , Cambridge |
| Industry Sector | Medical/Pharmaceutical |
| Start Date | |
| Salary/Rate | £excellent package |
| Reference | J4813 |
| Date Advertised | 02-07-2008 - 13:34 |
Description
Project Manager - Medical Device Development
Your primary role will be taking responsibility for managing and delivering medical technology projects either in the Diagnostics, Drug Delivery or Surgical and Interventional areas.
Project Manager - Medical Device Development
Your primary role will be taking responsibility for managing and delivering medical technology projects either in the Diagnostics, Drug Delivery or Surgical and Interventional areas.
The development of innovative healthcare devices and equipment from concept to prototype manufacture, often incorporating considerable technical challenge.
The Medical Technology Division undertakes development projects in the four focus areas of:
Medical Imaging
Medical diagnostics and instrumentation
Surgical products and medical systems
Drug delivery devices
Combining highly creative lateral thinking with excellent technical skills and a broad base of industry experience to form a powerful development team. Work ranges from undertaking complete product developments from concept to market, to providing consulting services for clients on their technology, strategy or development processes.
The division undertakes both client funded and internally funded projects.
You will be taking the lead role in planning, proposal generation, liaison with clients and project management of teams of up to 20 people. You will also use your strong technical skills to make a significant contribution to development projects, often working on more than one concurrently, and to participate in consultancy work within client companies.
To achieve this, you will be expected to:
Produce consistently excellent work, autonomously, in your area of expertise and be sought out for advice in this area by engineers within the company
Lead meetings with clients, give presentations and communicate ideas and concepts to all disciplines
Support the activities of Business Leaders in sales meetings, writing sales presentations, project proposals and planning projects
Take a role in developing new areas of technical expertise in the company through the recruitment, training and mentoring of engineers
To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will have an excellent first degree in engineering, the physical sciences or a related discipline - a second degree or PhD would be an advantage.
You should also have a good knowledge of the medical device industry and significant experience of product development, preferably within one of the fields listed above.
This experience will extend from requirements gathering through to implementation, verification and validation.
You will have a track record of delivering technically challenging projects against tight time and budget constraints, working within formal development processes - experience of FDA-regulations and ISO 13485 will be an advantage.
You will have a proven ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers and technicians. You will have hands-on experience of engineering complex, multi-disciplinary systems from requirements gathering through to implementation, including verification and validation. You should be proficient in determining compromises between different engineering disciplines at all stages of development. You will also have the ability to communicate technical decisions both within the project team and to clients.
Future Prospects
The company is committed to developing its employees careers and has a flexible policy for individual capabilities and preferences. Within the line management structure there are opportunities for promotion to Group Leader with responsibility for managing one of the companys business areas. The equivalent within our project structure is Programme Manager, a permanent post carrying responsibility for managing our largest and most complex projects. This is a growing company that encourages spin-off enterprises. Promotion is linked to merit.
Employment benefits
Good salaries, based on merit and reviewed annually
Profit share in addition to basic salary
Flexible working hours
Excellent career development and training opportunities
Free lunches and refreshments
Private medical insurance and company sickness scheme
Pension scheme including free life assurance
25 days annual holiday plus bank holidays
Assistance in relocation if applicable
Active social committee
Well equipped and pleasantly situated building
Above all, real responsibility for real business problems, with good career prospects based on merit
Successful candidates will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment.
Mylen Recruitment Ltd is a recruitment agency specialising in Mechanical, Electronic, Production, IT, Software, Automotive and Aviation Engineering.
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