Global Technical Product Lead - IVD Consumables

Randstad Switzerland

Risch-Rotkreuz

On-site

CHF 140,000 - 180,000

Full time

8 hours ago

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Job summary

Randstad Switzerland seeks a Technical Product Lead for consumables in a global diagnostics environment. You will own the product lifecycle from quality and supply to cost management, leading a cross-functional squad and interfacing with suppliers and regulatory teams.

You will drive production capacity planning, manage budgets (OPEX/CAPEX), and represent External Manufacturing in system development, while traveling as needed to support global operations. English and German are required.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical or business field (Engineering, Natural Science, or Business Administration).
1–3 years of product leadership experience, ideally in a matrixed environment.
Proven track record in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) spanning quality, supply, compliance and cost management.
Experience in External Manufacturing with day-to-day supplier interaction and managing production risks/issues.
Experience in strategy and capacity planning, including multi-year plans and business-case calculations for new investments.
Experience navigating IVD or medical device environments with strict regulatory/product documentation requirements.
Fluent in written and spoken English and German for global stakeholder presentations.

Responsibilities

Maintain accountability for the assigned product across its lifecycle including quality, supply, compliance, cost, risk and documentation.
Manage product changes, complaints, deviations and production assets and execute risk management.
Develop and implement product-wide production capacity plans aligned with strategy and investments.
Manage budget planning for SMC cost accounts, chair the Squad and decide on prioritization and resource allocation.
Coordinate with suppliers, sub-suppliers, procurement, IPM and other functions to align on demand forecasts and performance.
Represent External Manufacturing in system development projects and PCQT-level business teams.
Compile Annual Product Review Report with stakeholders and trigger actions, risks, mitigations.
Chair operative Product Meetings with suppliers, monitor contract content and safety/ hub stock.
Develop production output reports and report progress to leadership.
Track demand forecasts with partners and trigger follow-up actions.
Foster strategic prioritization and support team development and leadership feedback.