R&D Director and R&D Manager
Medical Device Product Development
Northern NJ

R&D Manager and R&D Director
Large global medical products company with expanding R&D groups is looking for a R&D Director and R&D Manager to manage groups of 10-20 engineers and scientists in major product development projects. The persons hired for these roles will be responsible for working with the VP R&D to develop and implement R&D strategies for their product lines and to make sure the R&D projects are on-time and on-budget for product development milestones.

The ideal candidate will have a BS, MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering and a minimum of 7 years of progressively increasing responsibility managing R&D engineers in a fast paced medical product development group. Candidates for these roles should have a successful track record of launching multiple new medical device products from concept through launch. This person must have strong leadership and project management skills, use project management software and be trained on key project management concepts.

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