Sr. Manager R&D - Belfast

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Permanent hybrid role based in Stryker, Belfast

What you will do:

Technical / Managerial Responsibilities

• Execute a robust talent offense, including management of a talent bench, for one or more teams by attracting, developing, retaining, and engaging top talent while driving personal/professional growth of individuals, the team and delivering high quality results with passion, energy and drive.

• Lead and mentor others in driving positive outcomes to abstract technical, business, and personnel problems based the application of problem-solving and process improvement methodologies.

• Make independent decisions for project, program, or portfolio level issues.

• Leverage strong listening skills and written / verbal communication to influence and convey complex business, regulatory compliance, and/or technical ideas to customers, employees, peers, external partners, and senior leaders.

• Lead a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging at a team level in hiring and staff development.

• Lead high complexity projects and initiatives within the business unit, with responsibility for planning, budgeting, meeting project goals and adequately staffing with talent.

• Lead and mentor others in complex cooperative efforts across cross-functional teams and business units, influencing multiple technical areas of expertise and building key relationships, to drive innovation and ensure achievement of business goals.

• Distill department Objectives, Goals, Strategy and Mission into performance objectives for direct reports.

Business Responsibilities:

• Drive financial accountability across direct team and roll-up at a project level. Lead cost center budget creation, projections, and tracking activities, and contribute to higher-level R&D budget at business unit level, projections, and tracking activities.

• Mentor, teach, and develop best practices for Voice of Customer and customer centric design activities. May lead Voice of Customer activities.

• Assess emerging opportunities and technologies that can better meet clinical needs and partner with customers, internal and external key opinion leaders (KOLs) to develop technical strategies that meet clinical/business needs.

• Collaborate and mentor on financial / business modeling and lead strategy and execution for one or more product segments / business function.

Med Device Compliance:

• Lead multiple programs of direct and indirect oversight to demonstrate compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.

• Provide overall direction to direct reports/department as related to design controls for new and existing processes/products.

• Review and approve (or delegate) program / project specific technical documentation and deliverables across multiple programs of direct and indirect oversight.

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Engineering or applicable technical field.

• 10+ years applicable experience, with 4+ years direct people management experience preferred.

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):

Technical Skills:

• In-depth understanding of, experience in, and ability to mentor in one or more technical / functional disciplines.

Leadership Experience:

• Talented performance coach who is skilled at providing actionable feedback to team members, setting clear performance objectives and managing team member performance.

• Advanced understanding of the healthcare market and competitors, conversant in clinical issues of relevance to Stryker.

• Experience executing a talent and performance management strategy.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex plans and technical information to team members within a division.

• Proven ability to deliver programs or other business goals on time, on quality and within budget.

Travel Percentage: None

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