R&D Manager, Plymouth.
Who are Advanced Medical Solutions?
AMS is a world-leading independent developer and manufacturer of innovative tissue-healing technology, focused on quality outcomes for patients and value for payers. AMS has a wide range of surgical products including tissue adhesives, sutures, haemostats, internal fixation devices and internal sealants, which it markets under its brands LiquiBand®, RESORBA®, LiquiBandFix8®, LIQUIFIX™, Peters Surgical, Ifabond, Vitalitec and Seal-G®. AMS also supplies wound care dressings such as silver alginates, alginates, and foams through its ActivHeal® brand as well as under white label. Since 2019, the Group has made seven acquisitions: Sealantis, an Israeli developer of innovative internal sealants, Biomatlante, a French developer and manufacturer of surgical biomaterials, Raleigh, a leading UK coater and converter of woundcare and bio-diagnostics materials, AFS Medical, an Austrian specialist surgical business, Connexicon, an Irish tissue adhesives specialist, Syntacoll a German specialist in collagen-based absorbable surgical implants and Peters Surgical a global provider of specialty surgical sutures, mechanical haemostasis and internal cyanoacrylate devices. AMS's products, manufactured in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Thailand, India, the Czech Republic and Israel, are sold globally via a network of multinational or regional partners and distributors, as well as via AMS's own direct sales forces in the UK, Germany, Austria, France, Poland, Benelux, India, the Czech Republic and Russia. The Group has R&D innovation hubs in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Israel. Established in 1991, the Group has more than 1,500 employees. For more information, please see www.admedsol.com
AMS provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants. We highly value and encourage diversity across our workforce meaning that no one will be discriminated against because of their gender, race, age, nationality, disability, or any other protected characteristic as prohibited by law.
R&D Manager of a team of Scientist and Technicians in a Analytical and Physical testing lab in a Medical Device company. Working as part of a multifunctional team to develop, design and validate medical devices
What the role involves:
- To manage, motivate and develop the R&D team they manage.
- To manage the R&D budget for the team.
- To support the design and development of products through analytical and performance testing, against business needs and personal objectives, to a defined time and budget.
- Ensure the R&D team have clear objectives to meet company needs.
- Maintaining ongoing compliance of R&D personnel, facilities, and activities with applicable regulatory requirements, standards, and company policies/ procedures.
- Ensuring R&D personnel maintain Safety practices and GMP/ GLP in company facilities.
- To ensure all devices developed have a maintained design history file and risk management file.
- To originate R&D documentation such as, but not limited to, protocols, and reports.
- To review and approve documents generated by the R&D team, when necessary.
- To generate monthly reports on project, resource, and budget updates.
- To keep all stakeholders informed of R&D progress and issues.
- To ensure the R&D team provide appropriate support to other department objectives, including but not limited to, technology SME, stability, corrective and preventive actions, and audits.
- To analyse, mitigate and monitor project risks. To establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibilities for initiating corrective action.
- Represents R&D interests at a senior level.
- Involved in strategic activities throughout the wider organisation.
What we’re looking for:
- Educated to degree level in a scientific discipline.
- 5+ Years of experience in R&D, with at least 2 years in a managerial role.
- Proven record in test method development and validation.
- Ability to think innovatively to identify solutions.
- Experience of managing an R&D team of scientists.
- Demonstrates ability to apply regulations without guidance.
- Able to work collaboratively and effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
- Driven to achieve results.
- Good time management and organisational skills.