Associate Manager R&D

Position Summary:

We are looking for a passionate and inspiring leader for the Trauma Cork team with profound knowledge about design development around the Trauma & Extremities field. In this manager role you will be part of the Trauma Cork management team and be responsible for a high-performing team of engineers. Your main responsibilities include mentoring and coaching as well as driving design development excellence in our new product introduction (NPI) landscape and contributing to shape the future of our Trauma portfolio.

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 based on the application of problem-solving and process improvement methodologies.

• 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.

• Oversee all feasibility, verification and validation testing activities to ensure user needs are satisfied and all safety and efficacy requirements are met.

• Distill platform objectives, goals, strategy and mission into performance objectives for direct reports, provide coaching / guidance, and deliver performance evaluations and feedback.

Business Responsibilities:
• Drive financial accountability across direct team. Participate in cost center budget creation, projections, and tracking activities.

• Partner with senior leaders to strategize and execute customer facing activities like Voice of Customer and customer centric design across the business.

• 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.
 

What you will need:

Minimum Qualifications (Required):
• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Engineering or applicable technical field.
• 6+ years applicable experience, with 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 (esp. Trauma) 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.
 

Posted Date: 05/21/2026
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.