R&D & Innovation BD Excellence Leader

Becton, Dickinson and Company; Covington (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) is seeking a Senior Manager, BD Excellence - R&D and Innovation, UCC, to accelerate innovation, product-development velocity, and predictable execution while maintaining quality and compliance.

The role connects Upstream Marketing, Innovation, Engineering, Program Management, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and Commercial teams to move priority products quickly from insight to launch.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years in R&D, Innovation, Engineering, Program Management, Product Management, or related product-development transformation.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional development or innovation initiatives from concept to launch.

Responsibilities

• Partner with R&D and Innovation leaders to deploy BD Excellence strategy and operating model.
• Support implementation of the innovation and NPD operating system to improve readiness, scope clarity, and schedule quality.
• Lead Kaizens, critical-path reviews, and structured Problem Solving across priority programs.
• Improve project quality by strengthening consumer and customer insight, prototyping, and risk retirement.
• Coordinate with Program Management to improve resource visibility and reduce over-allocation.
• Help establish development pathways that balance speed with design controls, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

R&D leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Lean/Agile methods

Problem solving

Portfolio management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) is seeking a Senior Manager, BD Excellence - R&D and Innovation, UCC, to accelerate innovation, product-development velocity, and predictable execution while maintaining quality and compliance.

The role connects Upstream Marketing, Innovation, Engineering, Program Management, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and Commercial teams to move priority products quickly from insight to launch.