Senior Packaging Development Manager

Jobtailor; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DePuy Synthes is seeking a senior Packaging Lead to direct a team of packaging engineers and project managers, delivering development, design, and commercialization from launch through end of life.

You will partner with R&D, Commercial, Operations, Regulatory, Quality, and Labeling to deploy enterprise packaging strategy, ensure validations, and manage budgets while driving continuous improvement across medical device products.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8–10 years in packaging/engineering/quality/operations or related supply chain discipline.
• Experience in Medical Device or regulated industry preferred.
• Experience in Package Engineering and supplier management preferred.
• Past people management experience preferred.
• Ability to lead transformational change across functions with innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of packaging engineering professionals and project managers.
• Own packaging development, design, development, and commercialization from launch through end of life.
• Deploy enterprise packaging strategy across R&D, Commercial, Value Stream, NPI, Operations, Regulatory, Quality, Labeling.
• Drive technical development and validation for device packaging solutions.
• Prioritize and execute packaging continuous improvement projects.
• Ensure timely, on-budget packaging validations with third-party suppliers as applicable.
• Maintain compliance with internal and external quality standards and environmental requirements.
• Manage departmental and project budgets including capital and expense spend.

Skills

Packaging Engineering

Project Management

ISO13485 Knowledge

Statistical Analysis

Financial Acumen

Continuous Improvement

Packaging Supplier Management

Quality Compliance Standards

New Product Launch

Budget Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Lead, motivate and develop a team of seasoned packaging engineering professionals and project managers to deliver excellence.
• Ownership of packaging development packaging design, development, and commercialization from new product launch through end of life.
• Synthesize and deploy enterprise packaging strategy aligned with key business partners across R&D, Commercial, Value Stream, New Product Introductions, Operations, Network Strategy, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, and Product Labeling.
• Ensure strong technical development of team and partnership with critical functions in the development, testing, validation, and commercialization of device packaging solutions for both new and existing products.
• Lead team in the identification, prioritization, and execution of packaging continuous improvement projects.
• Ensure packaging validations are completed on time, on budget, and within quality compliance/expectations with third party suppliers, as applicable.
• Ensure packaging technologies for currently marketed products meet or exceed both internal DePuy Synthes and/or external quality/compliance/environmental standards.
• Maintain departmental and project budgets and ensure timely capital and expense spend within targets.

Requirements

• A minimum of 8-10 years of experience in packaging, engineering, quality, operations, or related supply chain discipline required.
• Experience working in the Medical Device or other regulated industry is preferred.
• Experience in Package Engineering and packaging supplier selection/management is preferred.
• Past direct people management experience is preferred.
• The ability to successfully lead and support transformational change across functions involving innovative solutions is required.
• The ability to lead and/or support multiple project teams simultaneously is required.
• Experience with Business Excellence and Project Management methodologies is preferred.
• Knowledge of sterile packaging material characteristics and validation practices is preferred.
• Past experience in process development and in writing and executing validations is preferred.
• Knowledge of ISO13485, ISO11607, ISTA and ASTM standards and their application to medical devices is preferred.
• Understanding of statistical analysis is required.
• Strong financial acumen, including the ability to complete financial analysis for capital purchases, estimate manufacturing costs, estimate component cost is preferred, and support NPV/IRR calculations for investment decisions is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications are required.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in packaging development, design, and commercialization within the medical device industry, ensuring compliance with quality standards and effective project management. Proven ability to lead and develop teams while driving continuous improvement initiatives and managing budgets.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Packaging Development
• Project Management
• ISO13485 Knowledge
• Statistical Analysis
• Financial Acumen

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Packaging Engineering
• Validation Practices
• Process Development
• Business Excellence Methodologies
• Packaging Supplier Management
• Quality Compliance Standards
• New Product Launch
• Continuous Improvement Projects
• Sterile Packaging Material Knowledge
• Budget Management

Soft Skills

• Team Leadership
• Motivation
• Transformational Change Support
• Collaboration
• Communication

Industry Keywords

• Medical Device
• Regulated Industry
• ISO11607
• ISTA
• ASTM Standards

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Office