Senior Manager, BD Excellence - Innovation and R&D

Becton Dickinson NA; Covington (GA); In loco; USD 150.000 - 190.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Becton, Dickinson, and Company (BD) is seeking a Senior Manager in BD Excellence for R&D and Innovation. This role partners with UCC R&D leadership to accelerate product development velocity while ensuring quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.

You will implement the BD Excellence operating system, deploy Kaizens and problem-solving processes, and drive faster, more predictable launches across functions.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 5 years of demonstrated experience in R&D, Innovation, Engineering, Program Management, or product-development transformation.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional product-development initiatives from insight to launch.
• Experience improving development speed, schedule predictability, and regulatory compliance.
• Knowledge of phase-gate development, design controls, risk management, and trade-offs among value, time, cost and quality.

Mansioni

• Partner with R&D and Innovation leaders to deploy the BD Excellence strategy and operating model.
• Support deployment of the innovation and NPD operating system to improve readiness and schedule quality.
• Lead Kaizens, red-team reviews, and structured Problem Solving across priority programs.
• Improve project quality by strengthening consumer insight, prototyping, and learning cycles.
• Enhance resource visibility and resolve capacity gaps to focus on vital priorities.

Conoscenze

R&D leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Lean product development

Agile methodologies

Formazione

Bachelor's degree

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Description

Position Summary

We are the people who give possibilities purposeBD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health is our Purpose, and it's no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us-from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year-to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

The Senior Manager, BD Excellence - R&D and Innovation, UCC will partner directly with the UCC R&D leadership team to accelerate innovation, product-development velocity, and predictable execution while maintaining quality, safety, and regulatory rigor. Reporting to the Senior Director, BD Excellence - UCC, this leader will help design and deploy the operating system, capabilities, and continuous improvement practices required to move priority products from consumer and customer insight through innovation, development, and launch with greater speed and discipline. The role will connect Upstream Marketing, Innovation, Engineering, Program Management, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and Commercial partners to improve technical and market readiness, clarify scope and decision rights, strengthen schedules and resource plans, and rapidly resolve barriers. A particular focus will be enabling UCC to operate as both a MedTech and consumer-focused product company, translating unspoken user needs into rapid prototypes, learning cycles, and a sustained pipeline of meaningful product and service innovations.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with UCC R&D and Innovation leaders to support and deploy the BD Excellence strategy, operating model, and improvement priorities for speed to market and portfolio vitality.
• Support the deployment and continuous improvement of the innovation and NPD operating system that improves readiness, scope clarity, schedule quality, critical-path execution, decision speed, and launch predictability.
• Deploy Obeya, visual project management, velocity scorecards, operating reviews, and escalation mechanisms that create cross-functional transparency, accountability, and timely decisions.
• Lead and coach schedule Kaizens, critical-path challenge reviews, red-team peer reviews, hot washes, and structured Problem Solving Process work on priority programs and systemic barriers.
• Improve the quality of projects entering development by strengthening consumer and customer insight, technical and market readiness, prototyping, experimentation, and risk retirement.
• Partner with Program Management and functional leaders to improve resource visibility, reduce over-allocation, resolve critical capability gaps, and focus capacity on the vital few priorities.
• Help establish fit-for-purpose development pathways that simplify work and accelerate iteration for lower-risk products without compromising design controls, quality, safety, or regulatory requirements.
• Build capability in BD Excellence methods across R&D and Innovation through hands‑on coaching, training, standard work, and development of practitioners who can sustain the system independently.
• Use time-to-market, design-iteration, milestone, resource, quality, and learning metrics to assess performance, trigger countermeasures, and standardize effective practices across UCC.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 5 years of demonstrated experience in R&D, Innovation, Engineering, Program Management, Product Management, or product-development transformation.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional product-development or innovation initiatives from insight and concept through design, transfer, launch, and learning.
• Experience improving development speed, schedule predictability, technical readiness, resource effectiveness, or portfolio execution while maintaining quality and compliance.
• Working knowledge of phase-gate product development, design controls, risk management, critical-path management, and the trade-offs among customer value, scope, time, cost, quality, and risk.
• Experience applying structured problem solving, Kaizen, visual management, Obeya, Lean product development, Agile, or related continuous improvement methods.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders, technical experts, project teams, and external partners without direct authority.
• Experience working across innovation, product development, and commercialization functions to accelerate successful product launches and adoption.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as business needs require.
• Ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed environment and engage teams at the Gemba.

Knowledge, Skills, and Leadership Profile

• Innovation and consumer mindset: starts with observed and unspoken user needs, converts insight into testable concepts, and values rapid learning and iteration.
• Systems thinker: connects portfolio strategy, product roadmaps, technical work, governance, resources, manufacturing, commercialization, and customer outcomes.
• Execution oriented: creates clarity on scope, milestones, decision rights, risks, owners, and next actions, and maintains urgency without sacrificing rigor.
• Technically credible and commercially aware: can engage engineering and scientific teams while keeping customer value, market readiness, and business impact visible.
• Curious and analytical: challenges assumptions, uses data to expose constraints, and focuses teams on root causes and the critical path.
• Pragmatic change leader: simplifies work, builds followership, and balances thoughtful risk-taking with quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Coach and facilitator: develops others, creates constructive challenge, and builds cross-functional accountability in complex situations.
• Learning agile and resilient: adapts thinking as evidence changes and helps teams turn lessons learned into better standards and faster execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Focus of bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Product Development, Business, or a related field
• Experience in MedTech, healthcare, consumer products, software-enabled devices, or another complex product-development environment strongly preferred.

At BD, we prioritize on-site collaboration because we believe it fosters creativity, innovation, and effective problem-solving, which are essential in the fast-paced healthcare industry. For most roles, we require a minimum of 4 days of in-office presence per week to maintain our culture of excellence and ensure smooth operations, while also recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance. Remote or field-based positions will have different workplace arrangements which will be indicated in the job posting. For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company's receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD's Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.

Why Join Us?

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do.

We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare.

At BD, you'll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.

We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture.

Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.

To learn more about BD visit https://bd.com/careers .

Becton, Dickinson, and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Required SkillsOptional Skills.Primary Work LocationUSA GA - Covington BMDAdditional LocationsWork Shift