Job Description Summary

The Sr. Manager Product Engineering WH&C will provide overall strategic and organizational leadership for product engineering of the Women’s Health & Cancer product portfolio. This position is responsible for leading a team of R&D associates and overseeing the life-cycle management activities for the products through the full change control process in a regulated environment. The Sr. Manager will ensure the business objectives, as related to product engineering and product maintenance, are met. S/he will foster a culture that learns fast and constantly iterates towards improvement, with a focus on delivering measurable results and completing sustaining projects on time and on budget.

Job Description

Leadership

• Provide strategic and organizational leadership for product engineering of the Women’s Health & Cancer product portfolio by; creating a vision, developing plans and executing these for top quality product performance and continuous improvement.
• Provide a focal point for WH&C sustaining efforts to assure effective cross-functional working relationships including Hardware, Software & Systems Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Operations, QA/RA, Medical and Service, across multiple locations.
• Build and nurture a R&D Cytology Systems team that embraces innovation, creativity, quality and reliability.
• Leverage the use of internal and external resources to maximize their effectiveness.

Product Engineering

• Responsibilities include all aspects of product change management: software, hardware, consumables, etc.
• Facilitates and supports, through management and project teams, the completion of product engineering projects across the boundaries of geography.
• Enhance and mature the software development lifecycle by applying industry best practices, processes and metrics.
• Drive standardization and re-use across different projects, where applicable.
• Foster a culture that maintains relationships with key customers to facilitate on-going flow of information concerning current and new product needs, product development initiatives and market conditions that impact WH&C products.
• A focus on improving the customer experience of WH&C products through: procedural knowledge, customer focus, user centered design and usability.

Performance Management

• Provide leadership and guidance to staff for professional development, which includes regular development planning/execution, mentoring, coaching, education and training.
• Provide department-wide consistency in performance accelerators by providing individual feedback and guidance.
• Administer company-wide talent management and total reward programs such as performance management, HR planning and compensation.
• As functional lead, perform workforce planning to ensure ready and available source of qualified software professionals for new product development efforts

Quality/Compliance

• Participates in compliance audits, Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA) activities, and product compliant investigations as required to support the business.
• Implement processes within the product engineering team that improve the quality and compliance of products.
• Ensure that all departmental personnel are aware of and operate according to Becton Dickinson's Quality System Standards and Business Conduct Policies

Min. Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science or Physical Science
• Minimum of 8-10 years of increasing responsibility in a variety of product development or business management; experience focused primarily on complex systems is preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of direct people management experience, leading teams in product development; preferably including complex electro-mechanical devices.
• Demonstrated ability working independently and handling multiple deadline-driven projects simultaneously.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience developing, delivering, deploying and maintaining complex products ideally for the medical industry is required for this position. Must include experience working in a regulated environment while providing a high level of productivity and responsiveness to business needs/schedules
• Experience contracting with, and managing, third party consultants within and outside the U.S is considered a positive. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Medical device product development experience and a strong understanding of FDA, CE and ISO standards.
• Must be a creative problem solver with a passion for innovation and creativity to bring successful solutions to market.
• Must have the ability to deal with ambiguity, establish strong relationships and demonstrate flexibility while driving for consistency, results and accountability.  
• Ability to make pragmatic decisions about design, architecture, and implementation.

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Primary Work Location

USA MD - Baltimore

Additional Locations

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