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Manager, R&D - Shockwave Medical

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Johnson & Johnson

Manager, R&D - Shockwave Medical

Santa Clara, CA

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for Manager, R&D for Shockwave Medical Inc. located in Santa Clara, CA.

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.

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Position Overview

The Manager of R&D provides leadership, technical support, and effectively manages and develops direct reports. Responsible for product and process development, resources, and project management activities associated with executing the company's goals and objectives.

Essential Job Functions

  • Manage, lead, and mentor engineer(s) and/or technician(s).
  • Lead all cross-functional project activities from concept through clinical trial and commercial release of product.
  • Mentor and support a variety of development and engineering activities, which mainly focus on catheter design and development.
  • Design and develop product(s) in full compliance with the company's Design Control requirements and consistent with FDA, ISO and MDD requirements.
  • Coordinate technical personnel and their activities involved in developing new and improved products and manufacturing processes.
  • Ensure that development activities are properly documented through lab notebook, history file, and other records.
  • Coordinate cross-functional alignment and support for program success.
  • Manage outside vendors and contractors providing products or services.
  • Create, maintain, and communicate project timelines for internal and outside development projects.
  • Provide regular updates of key milestones and issues to the project team as well as management.
  • Identify issues and recommend solutions for products in development.
  • Contribute ideas to new products, as defined by product specification requirements.
  • Approve test methods, acceptance criteria, and test equipment for all stages of product development.
  • Coordinate and participate in events, which provide clinical feedback such as animal studies, physician interface meetings, and Human Clinical Studies.
  • Ensures that products satisfy acceptable quality standards and customer needs with consensus from cross-functional groups.
  • Review and approve documents as specified in Document Control SOP.
  • Compile the Design History File and conduct design reviews in compliance with Design control procedures.
  • Ensure that products have capable manufacturing processes and that process verifications and validations are completed.
  • Interact with cross-functional groups to ensure that products are compatible with other products in the intended operating system, and have met all requirements per design control process.
  • Other duties as assigned.


Qualifications

Requirements

  • B.S. in Engineering or equivalent work experience.
  • Minimum of 10 years' progressive experience in medical device development, including 3+ years' experience in leading projects in all phases of product development.
  • 2+ years managing direct reports or equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge of QSR and applicable Quality System Standards.
  • Experience with disposable medical device development preferably coronary and/or vascular catheters.
  • Strong understanding of engineering materials, component selection, and design for safety, reliability and manufacturability.
  • Solid communication and presentation skills with level of comfort being the spokesperson and leader of a team.
  • Experience taking a product from concept through clinical or commercial release.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities
  • Operate as a team and/or independently while demonstrating flexibility to changing requirements.
  • Employee may be required to lift objects up to 25lbs.

Additional Information

  • The anticipated base pay range for this position is $141,000 to $227,700 annually.
  • The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.
  • Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
  • Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
  • Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
    • Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
    • Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year
    • Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com.

Client-provided location(s): Santa Clara, CA, USA
Job ID: Johnson&Johnson-2406228360W
Employment Type: Other