Product Innovation Process Lead - Digital & AI

Cochlear Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

Close to public transport

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Cochlear is seeking a senior Process Innovation Lead to transform how product development happens across Cochlear. This role owns the evolution of the Product Innovation Process and documentation practices to deliver faster, compliant medical devices.

You will simplify processes, strengthen governance and lead digital platforms, workflows, automation and AI initiatives while ensuring quality and regulatory compliance in a highly regulated industry.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience across product development in a regulated environment.
• Strong experience designing and improving end-to-end product development processes or lifecycle frameworks.
• Experience leading significant process, operating model or business transformation.
• Strong understanding of stage-gate product development, process architecture, governance and continuous improvement.
• Experience delivering digital platforms, workflows, automation or AI-enabled solutions that have created measurable business value.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change across a complex, global matrix organisation.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, design controls, risk management and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated people leadership and the ability to build capability within a team.
• Experience within medical devices, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology or another highly regulated industry will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future of product development by designing and continuously improving Cochlear’s end-to-end Product Innovation Process.
• Simplify the way we work, removing unnecessary complexity and helping reduce development cycle times while maintaining quality and compliance.
• Establish effective governance, including stage gates, decision rights, KPIs and performance measures.
• Use data to drive improvement, identifying bottlenecks, risks and opportunities across the product lifecycle.
• Lead digital innovation, defining the roadmap for platforms, workflows, automation and AI that enable better product development.
• Transform product documentation, improving how information is created, managed, traced and used to support regulatory submissions.
• Influence across the enterprise, partnering with senior leaders across R&D, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and Technology to embed new ways of working.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team while remaining close enough to the work to personal.

Skills

Process excellence

Stakeholder influence

People leadership

Regulatory compliance

Digital platforms

AI solutions

Product development

Change management

Stage-gate governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Cochlear is seeking a senior Process Innovation Lead to transform how product development happens across Cochlear. This role owns the evolution of the Product Innovation Process and documentation practices to deliver faster, compliant medical devices.

You will simplify processes, strengthen governance and lead digital platforms, workflows, automation and AI initiatives while ensuring quality and regulatory compliance in a highly regulated industry.