Senior Project Manager, Research and Development

Cook Medical; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Company sponsored Defined Contribution

Medical Health Insurance cover for you

Life Assurance and Income Protection

Educational Assistance

Performance related Bonus

Health & wellness program

Fully equipped gym on site

39-hour week with flexible start & end

Paid volunteering time

Free parking

Subsidised restaurant

Sports & Social club

Job summary

Cook Medical in Limerick seeks a Senior Project Manager, Research & Development, to lead end-to-end projects for innovative medical devices. You will coordinate with engineering leads, manage budgets, risks and schedules, and report progress to senior management.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, at least 5 years of PM experience, and PM certification. A hybrid work model, strong regulatory knowledge and collaboration with global teams are key assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience is required.
• Certified in Project management is essential.
• Agile methodology is preferred but not essential.
• Knowledge of ISO, EU, FDA medical device standards is required.
• Strong leadership and ability to deliver quality results on schedule.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management of R&D projects from design to market for medical devices.
• Coordinate with technical leads, manage budgets and risks.
• Establish routine team meetings and stakeholder reporting.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and vendor interactions.
• Ensure compliance with Quality, Regulatory and company policies.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Presentation skills

Agile experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

About Cook Limerick

Cook Medical has been in Limerick since 1996, starting out with labeling and distribution and steadily growing and evolving to include manufacturing, centralised customer support and on to collaborative product development in the Innovation Centre. The Ireland location is our European headquarters and houses our EMEA Support Centre. This location currently employs more than 1000 people and manufactures 10% of Cook’s products for global markets.

Research and Development in Limerick

Our mission with R&D is to invent, manufacture, and deliver a unique portfolio of medical devices to the healthcare systems of the world.

Our R&D team in Limerick is split into two divisions, Vascular and Medsurg. The R&D engineering teams are responsible for bringing a product from idea or concept all the way to market launch.

The R&D Vascular division in Limerick has two programs, peripheral arterial disease (PAD ) and venous therapies. The R&D engineers have the opportunity to create novel ideas within feasibility, learn and meet the requirements to bring a medical device through verification and validation, generation of a design history file and be a part of bringing a new product onto the market. All this is done through collaboration within small or large R&D teams and working with cross functional teams both locally in Limerick and globally with our sister companies.

Our Employee Benefits Include

• Hybrid Work Model
• Company sponsored Defined Contribution pension scheme
• Medical Health Insurance cover for you and your immediate family
• Life Assurance and Income Protection cover
• Educational Assistance
• Performance related Bonus
• Extensive health & wellness program including Indian head massages, healthy lifestyle seminars, mindfulness courses, physio sessions, flu vaccinations, nutrition talks
• Fully equipped gym on site
• 39-hour week with flexible start & finish times
• Paid time off to participate in volunteer activities
• Free parking
• Subsidised restaurant
• Sports & Social club

Overview

Lead the project management efforts for Research and Development projects through design, development and taking to market of medical devices.

Reporting to: Manager, Research and Development

Responsibilities

• Perform Duties of Senior Project Manager, Research and Development:
  • Project management lead for assigned projects.
  • Lead project management of projects and coordinate with technical leads to progress projects.
  • Establishment and management of routine team meetings to facilitate plan updates, decision-making, problem solving, escalations e.g. resourcing gaps, mitigations vs non-adherence to plan.
  • Assist with the introduction of best practice project management methodologies.
  • Maintains oversight on Project budget; manages project risks i.e. leads the development of risk register and mitigations with the project team.
  • Manage the key activities of the project and drive project tasks to ensure timely completion of project milestones
  • Generate and monitor project metrics, including ownership of communicating to team/s and senior management.
  • Responsible for realising business metrics within projects.
  • Work closely to build effective relationships with cross functional groups to achieve project and company goals.
  • Work closely with vendors as required to facilitate, plan development, monitoring and controlling.
  • Retrospective project reviews to understand lessons learned.
  • Compliance with Quality, Regulatory and company policies and systems.
• Mentoring, coaching and development of direct reports if required.
  • Foster innovation and creativity within team and perform disclosure reviews.
  • Compliance with Quality, Regulatory and company policies and systems.
• Communications:
  • Development, update and utilisation of the project stakeholder register.
  • Regular communication to cross-functional teams, senior management and business unit leaders.
  • Project status communications and reporting.
• Ensure effective reporting to all relevant stakeholders.
• Remain on the forefront of emerging industry practices.
• Instrumental in driving and implementing change to improve departmental and company performance.
• Educating oneself in the medical area for which the new devices are being developed in order to have an appreciation for what needs to be achieved with these products.
• Support other cross functional groups to deliver company goals.
• Act as a delegate for the Manager, Research and Development.
• Ensure that Cook’s Code of Conduct is considered in all business matters carried out on Cook’s behalf.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience is required.
• Proven Project Management methodology and skills.
• Certified in Project management is essential.
• Agile methodology is preferred but not essential
• Proven Project Leadership abilities.
• Proven track record in delivering quality results in a timely effective manner.
• Good presentation skills (working knowledge of MS PowerPoint).
• Attention to detail and Quality focus.
• Knowledge of relevant ISO, EU, FDA medical device standards regulations is required.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• An ability to think and plan strategically.
• Highly motivated individual, self-starter with a passion for excellence.
• Must be able to work in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to foster relationships with key stakeholders required to ensure on time project delivery.
• Experience of medical device development from concept through to commercialisation.
• Ability to effectively translate needs of clinicians and SBU into project inputs is preferred but not essential.
• Willingness and availability to travel on company business.