About the Role
This role sits within the R&D PDM organisation and typically reports to an R&D PDM Senior Associate. It is designed to support the delivery of design work, risk management, and medical-device compliance activities within R&D PDM.
While the primary responsibilities are outlined below, the role may also include additional tasks depending on organisational needs.
Your responsibilities
- Maintaining and updating the Design History Files for the IW portfolio during base-business projects.
- Coordinating and driving postlaunch reviews according to the agreed schedule.
- Providing subjectmatter expertise in medical devices to the wider R&D organisation and the business.
- Contributing to and executing project plans and other operational tools to ensure smooth delivery of basebusiness projects.
- Identifying and solving problems, and determining best practices within medicaldevice projects.
- Supporting the achievement and reporting of business KPIs and metrics relevant to the role.
- Plan, manage, and deliver project and postmarket activities to meet agreed timelines and milestones.
- Provide medicaldevice subjectmatter expertise to the R&D PDM team and the wider R&D organisation.
- Lead a small team to ensure all deliverables meet required standards.
- Support ongoing improvements in quality and efficiency across projects.
- Contribute to defining functional best practices and strategy within relevant areas.
- Ensure all product development and maintenance activities are completed according to agreed timelines, and promptly communicate any risks or issues to the line manager.
- Work with crossfunctional internal and external teams to ensure technical milestones are achieved.
- Ensure all required product specifications and internal documentation are complete, current, and fully approved prior to implementation.
- Demonstrate a strong consumer mindset by understanding behaviours across different regions and applying these insights to product design and development.
- Lead the preparation, approval, and distribution of designcontrol and riskmanagement documentation throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Ensure all assigned activities comply with legislative, health, safety, and environmental requirements.
- Support team operations, including shared activities such as audit preparation.
- Assist the Senior Associate in measuring, tracking, and reporting team KPIs to senior management.
The experience we're looking for
- Minimum of an undergraduate degree in a scientific field relevant to the product technologies within the portfolio.
- Minimum of 3 years experience in either healthcare/FMCG product development or in the medicaldevice industry, with focus on design control, risk management, or quality management.
- Experience in line management is preferred but not essential.
The skills for success
- Strong understanding of R&D and product lifecycle management.
- Commercial awareness and ability to partner with business stakeholders.
- Excellent collaboration and relationshipbuilding capabilities.
- Ability to challenge the status quo and drive improvement.
- High accountability and adaptability in a dynamic environment.
