Senior Manager R&D - IP&SS Design Development - Mechanical

Solventum • Maplewood, MN

10h • Hybrid

About The Position

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue. We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you. The Impact You’ll Make in this Role As a Senior Manager R&D - IP&SS Design Development - Mechanical you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by: Leading a team of R&D Design Development Mechanical engineers and scientists developing products across the Vascular Access Solutions, Assurance & Monitoring Solutions, and Peri-Operative Surgical Solutions portfolios while: minimizing project uncertainty as early as feasible by clearly defining scope and product requirements, aligning program timing and resources with design capability to best fit within the product portfolio, and identifying new capabilities or capacities to develop internally or acquire externally developing component, subassembly, assembly, and product designs that are reliable and manufacturable working in concert with IP&SS R&D Product Development to maintain effective extended team resource allocation – to achieve committed deliverables identifying, planning, documenting, and executing design controls and risk management processes and procedures evaluating product functionality, performance, and safety through characterization, verification, and validation testing continuously evaluating selected designs to ensure they meet design input requirements and performance requirements while reducing project-, cost-, and timeline-risk and increasing certainty of business case attainment transferring technology design knowledge to Sustaining Engineering as products enter the market; maintaining a role as technical subject matter experts to support Sustaining activities as needed Ensuring the health and vitality of our IP&SS new product development portfolio and products by: defining and implementing vision, culture, and development focus areas for the team and our people leading by example with a hands-on, player-coach approach fortifying medical design device rigor, empowering our team, driving accountability, and increasing engagement developing product and technology strategies – and guiding the implementation of them – to maintain viable product portfolios while ensuring inclusion of feature, process, and technology improvements that address unmet needs and improve customer satisfaction and patient outcomes contributing to organic technology-focused ideation and feasibility activities contributing to the review and due diligence of inorganic opportunities leading experienced professional and/or specialist employees who exercise significant latitude and independence

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in an applicable technical field
• Ten years of relevant experience
• Experience in a regulated industry, medical devices preferred, utilizing design controls to design, develop, verify, validate, and commercialize new products
• Previous experience managing people, leading teams, and developing/managing budgets
• Expertise in project technical leadership with the ability to oversee multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with and working knowledge of ISO9000, FDA and GMP requirements including product requirements, specification documents, risk management files
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint), strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to read and understand technical drawings
• Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Nice To Haves

• Strong working knowledge of processes and equipment common to medical device manufacturing; examples include additive manufacturing, machining, extrusion, injection molding, coating, adhesive and thermal bonding, die cutting, flat film converting, automated and semi-automated manufacturing equipment
• Master's degree in an applicable technical or business field preferred
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate, mentor, and grow engineering talent
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, familiarity with statistical techniques, experience with scientific methods and Design of Experiments
• Ability to understand and resolve complex technical and business system issues

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of R&D Design Development Mechanical engineers and scientists developing products across the Vascular Access Solutions, Assurance & Monitoring Solutions, and Peri-Operative Surgical Solutions portfolios while: minimizing project uncertainty as early as feasible by clearly defining scope and product requirements, aligning program timing and resources with design capability to best fit within the product portfolio, and identifying new capabilities or capacities to develop internally or acquire externally
• developing component, subassembly, assembly, and product designs that are reliable and manufacturable
• working in concert with IP&SS R&D Product Development to maintain effective extended team resource allocation – to achieve committed deliverables
• identifying, planning, documenting, and executing design controls and risk management processes and procedures
• evaluating product functionality, performance, and safety through characterization, verification, and validation testing
• continuously evaluating selected designs to ensure they meet design input requirements and performance requirements while reducing project-, cost-, and timeline-risk and increasing certainty of business case attainment
• transferring technology design knowledge to Sustaining Engineering as products enter the market; maintaining a role as technical subject matter experts to support Sustaining activities as needed
• Ensuring the health and vitality of our IP&SS new product development portfolio and products by: defining and implementing vision, culture, and development focus areas for the team and our people leading by example with a hands-on, player-coach approach fortifying medical design device rigor, empowering our team, driving accountability, and increasing engagement
• developing product and technology strategies – and guiding the implementation of them – to maintain viable product portfolios while ensuring inclusion of feature, process, and technology improvements that address unmet needs and improve customer satisfaction and patient outcomes
• contributing to organic technology-focused ideation and feasibility activities
• contributing to the review and due diligence of inorganic opportunities
• leading experienced professional and/or specialist employees who exercise significant latitude and independence

Benefits

• Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially.
• To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
• Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level