Summary

We are looking for an Senior Manager of Engineering, PLM, with strong technical management skills, a proven track record, excellent communication, leadership skills, coupled with a passion for quality, agility, and efficiency.  As a functional and project manager, you will be responsible for managing a specialized staff of IDS Systems, Systems Test, and Hardware associates with responsibility for direct management and realization of project and/or program development objectives in support of BD’s key business goals.  Accomplishment of these goals will require the associate to manage internal engineering resources, leverage external development partners, and provide guidance and oversight to cross-functional resources. A successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of leadership and management proficiency in each of these areas.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Accountable for the project planning, management, and technical resourcing of critical technical programs and projects from conceptualization to implementation.

• Through close collaboration with IDS Engineering, SRO/PMO, and Marketing business partners, accountable for gathering critical business inputs necessary to drive development of project budgets and schedules.

• Manages relationships with key functional groups (Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Service, Medical Affairs, etc.) to identify technical and program risks and track status towards completion of business objectives.

• Builds, maintains, and strengthens effective engineering teams and fosters an environment in which associates want to do their best.

• Acts as a leader within team to provide guidance, training, and direction of work assignments to less experienced team members; routinely consults with functional leadership on resourcing needs and project risks.

• Serves as a mentor to other team members, motivates and empowers project team members, and fosters an open and collaborative environment for the development team.

• Actively reviews career goals for direct reports and holds frequent development discussions to facilitate progress.

• Provides current, direct, complete, and actionable corrective / constructive feedback to direct reports or team members as needed.

• Provides technical guidance or connections to technical team members as needed for a wide range of difficult problems.  Drives for solutions which are creative, thorough, practical, and consistent with objectives.

• Develops and maintains an understanding of the full breadth of platforms available in the clinical and non-clinical diagnostic industries and leverages this information to develop a model for on-going and future collaborations.

• Provides guidance to technical leadership relating to industry best practices, including systems and toolchains to support new or changing process or business requirements.

• Accountable for the management of product requirements, high-level design specifications, integration plans, and other elements of the Design History File in a manner that is consistent with BD’s product development processes and policies.

• Accountable for planning and resourcing of system verification and validation activities.

• Accountable for employing DFSS (Design for Six Sigma) and Technology Development best practices to manage technical risk and impart product robustness and reliability.

• Accountable for the transition from R&D to manufacturing and to system troubleshooting activities for products in the field.

• Maintains frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contact.  Represents the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.

• Promotes competitive industry intelligence analysis and facilitates the capture of product and process innovation through the company’s invention disclosure process.

Minimum Qualifications – Knowledge and Skills

• Experience with Systems Engineering approaches to in vitro diagnostic development

• Experience with project planning and product portfolio management tools

• Experience with automation, data acquisition, and statistical methods

• Familiarity with diagnostic instrumentation such as liquid handlers, EIA analyzers, blood chemistry analyzers and incubation systems

• Experience in the development of Lab or Industrial Automation equipment and instrumentation preferred.

• Experience with requirement and specification management for FDA regulated products

• Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills

• Experience working in a large-scale organization driving collaboration across multiple disciplines and teams

• Experience with project management methodologies and tools

Minimum Qualifications – Education

• B.S., M.S, or Ph.D in Mechanical, Biomedical, Electrical Engineering, or closely related discipline 

• 10-15 years relevant experience