Associate Manager, R&D

Associate Manager, R&D

Stryker

Cork, Ireland

Who we want:

We are looking for an exceptional individual who shares our passion within NS for making healthcare better.

The ideal candidate will be someone who is:

• Passionate about making an impact on patients lives with our technology.
• Organized and capable of managing multiple priorities effectively.
• A self-starter who takes initiative and brings fresh ideas to the table.
• Skilled at building and fostering a positive culture within a team.

What you will do:

Technical/Managerial Responsibilities:

• Execute a robust talent offense 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.
• Proactively drive positive outcomes to technical, business, and personnel problems.
• Make decisions under guidance for project level issues.
• Leverage strong listening skills and written/verbal communication to influence and convey business, regulatory compliance, and/or technical ideas to customers, employees, peers, external partners, and senior leaders.
• Support a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging at a team level in hiring and staff development.
• Lead projects and initiatives within the business unit, with responsibility for planning, budgeting, meeting project goals and adequately staffing with talent.
• Support and mentor others in complex cooperative efforts across cross-functional teams, influencing one's own technical areas of expertise and building key relationships, to drive innovation and ensure achievement of business goals.

Business Responsibilities:

• Drive financial accountability across direct team. Participate in cost center budget creation, projections, and tracking activities.
• Contribute and execute customer facing activities like Voice of Customer and customer centric design in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.

Med Device Compliance:

• Lead a team and cross-functional counterparts to demonstrate compliance with applicable regulatory requirements for a specific project/program.
• Follow and set example for others on procedures and design controls.
• Review and approve (or delegate) program/project specific technical documentation and deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Engineering or applicable technical field.
• 6+ years applicable experience, with 0+ years direct people management experience preferred.

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):

Technical Skills:

• Good level of understanding of, experience in, and ability to mentor in one's own 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.
• General knowledge of the healthcare market and competitors.
• Experience executing a talent and performance management strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate plans and technical information to team members within a business unit.
• Proven ability to deliver programs or other business goals on time, on quality and within budget.

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