Job Description Summary

- Build the BD TCI sustaining engineering team through effective selection, organizational, and development of highly skilled engineers.
- Manage sustaining engineering projects and personnel including engineers and technicians. Projects include, but are not limited to, supporting Peripheral IV Catheter product lines, supply chain, and operations.
- Ensure compliance with BD quality policies, procedures, and practices through appropriate communication, training, and education of sound quality assurance principals.
- Ensure compliance with all local, state, federal, and BD safety regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Budgeting: Develop detailed budgets in accordance with project and department plans, and business objectives. Manage budget diligently and be accountable to perform to the budget.
- Technology transfer: Ensure efficient and effective transition from research to development to manufacturing in locations throughout the world
- Process effectiveness: Ensure appropriate processes are followed for effective and timely engagement of other parts of the company in project activities.
- Innovation: Develop and apply innovative approaches to ensure best outcomes in all aspects of the role. Create an environment in which innovation can flourish through empowerment, encouragement, and support.
- Associate development: Actively develop and mentor associates. Provide frequent feedback. Be accountable for their success. Continue to raise the bar on the group and help associates rise to expectations.
- Customer focus: Develop credibility for the BD-TCI sustaining engineering team by obtaining has advanced understanding of external and internal customer requirements, establishing and delivering to clear expectations.
- Accountability: Demonstrate strong and clear accountability for the group’s performance and delivery.
- R&D communication: Conduct and encourage frequent formal and informal communication within the group to ensure full engagement and efficient operation.

Job Description

Job Title:       Manager, PIVC R&D Portfolio Engineering

Reports To:  R&D Senior Manager / Associate Director, PIVC R&D Portfolio Engineering

General Function

• Build the BD TCI sustaining engineering team through effective selection, organizational, and development of highly skilled engineers.
• Manage sustaining engineering projects and personnel including engineers and technicians. Projects include, but are not limited to, supporting Peripheral IV Catheter product lines, supply chain, and operations.
• Ensure compliance with BD quality policies, procedures, and practices through appropriate communication, training, and education of sound quality assurance principals.
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, federal, and BD safety regulations, policies, and procedures.

Organizational Management

• Quality systems processes: Ensure implementation of quality systems processes including design controls and change control.
• Project planning: Ensure quality and accuracy of integrated project plans encompassing all cross-functional activities.  Engage in detailed review of cross-functional plans and be accountable for their success.
• Project management: Ensure comprehensive and effective project plans are developed and actively monitor progress against plans.  Monitor timely delivery of all project deliverables as specified in the plans.
• Budgeting:  Develop detailed budgets in accordance with project and department plans, and business objectives.  Manage budget diligently and be accountable to perform to the budget.
• Resourcing:  Align dedicated and shared resources cross-functionally to optimize and ensure success of sustaining engineering projects.
• Technology transfer: Ensure efficient and effective transition from research to development to manufacturing in locations throughout the world
• Process effectiveness: Ensure appropriate processes are followed for effective and timely engagement of other parts of the company in project activities.
• Innovation: Develop and apply innovative approaches to ensure best outcomes in all aspects of the role.  Create an environment in which innovation can flourish through empowerment, encouragement, and support.

Organizational Development

• Associate development:  Actively develop and mentor associates.  Provide frequent feedback.  Be accountable for their success.  Continue to raise the bar on the group and help associates rise to expectations.
• Human resource planning: Actively participate in human resource planning.
• Organization building: Develop a strong and deep leadership talent bench.  Build a team with world-class expertise in sustaining engineering.
• Recruiting and talent retention:  Establish a high bar for recruiting talent.  Actively recruit best talent and design long-term career paths and development to attract and retain.
• Customer focus: Develop credibility for the BD-TCI sustaining engineering team by obtaining has advanced understanding of external and internal customer requirements, establishing and delivering to clear expectations.
• Continuous learning: Develop an actively learning organization willing to take risks, systematically learning and applying new lessons.

Leadership

• Accountability: Demonstrate strong and clear accountability for the group’s performance and delivery.
• R&D communication:  Conduct and encourage frequent formal and informal communication within the group to ensure full engagement and efficient operation.
• Influence others: Intuitively and quickly assess people and situations and act accordingly.  Demonstrate strong persuasion and timing skills.  Remain open to be persuaded when appropriate.
• Inclusive work environment: Promote and leverage diversity to achieve best outcomes.  Ensure all interested parties have opportunities to influence and contribute to decisions and outcomes.
• Leadership courage: Demonstrate and promote leadership courage by doing what is right.  Engage those who disagree to persuade or be persuaded.  Instill confidence in associates and customers.
• Dealing with ambiguity: Demonstrate agility and action orientation when facing change and uncertainty.  Effectively manage change and instill confidence.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational leadership skills.
• Strong interpersonal and influence skills.
• Advanced Problem-solving skills.
• Strong Cross functional Project Leadership skills.
• Strong technical and managerial judgment.
• Strong communication skills.
• Team orientation.
• Strong skills in project planning and management.
• Broad and deep understanding of disciplined change control processes, regulatory, and quality requirements.
• Strong motivational fit.
• Strong fit with BD values.
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in related technical field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in engineering/technical field, with 3-5 years demonstrated project and people leadership, preferably in the medical device industry with successful track record of project completion.  People Management experience strongly preferred.

Required Skills

Optional Skills

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Primary Work Location

IND Bengaluru - Technology Campus

Additional Locations

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