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VitalPath · 1 day ago

Sr Director, New Product Development

St Paul, MN

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$160K/yr - $200K/yr

15+ years exp

VitalPath is a trusted contract manufacturing partner that delivers high-quality complex catheter solutions around the world. The Senior Director, New Product Development will be pivotal in developing breakthrough medical products and leading the Engineering Team, ensuring effective costing, program management, and smooth transfer-to-manufacturing.

Medical Device

Responsibilities

Pipeline Growth: Collaborate with Commercial Teams to identify and secure new business opportunities, leveraging your technical expertise and industry insights to support business growth and expand our market presence

Team Leadership: Lead the recruitment, development, and management of the NPD Engineering Team; fostering a culture of catheter expertise, customer collaboration, rapid response, successful development and design transfer into Operations

Culture: Further develop and maintain a culture of internal and external stakeholder collaboration

Training: Ensure the NPD Team has training necessary to excel at their jobs

Succession Planning: Coach and develop team members to ensure proper bench strength and succession planning

New Technology: Enhance VitalPath’s overall technical capability by seeking out and putting together a business case for new technologies and coordinating a Technology Roadmap which aligns with the strategic focus of the company

Product and Process development Excellence: Drive product and process development to align with internal (Phase-Gate) and external (ISO 13485) process guidelines and effectively address customer needs

Problem Solving: Engage and lead cross functional teams to address design, product and process requirements, utilizing effective planning and problem-solving methodologies and subject matter experts to optimize processes and outcomes

Design Transfer: Work cross functionally to ensure a smooth transfer of new products into Operations. This role is critical in ensuring the NPD Engineering Team does the necessary product and process development to enable a smooth Transfer-to-Manufacturing

All other duties as required

Qualification

Catheter developmentProduct designProcess validationTeam leadershipFDA regulationGMPGDPQMS requirementsBudget managementProject schedulingCommunication skills