Hobson Prior are working with a world-wide healthcare organisation whose products and services are used to help care for patients who are critically ill. Our client is looking for a Senior Manager Medical Device Project Leader to join them on a permanent basis in Nyon, Switzerland.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible to lead cross-functional exercises to define targeted device profiles.
• Deliver quality products and processes with appropriate validation and regulatory documentation.
• Develop device development project plans and budget with internal and external cross functional teams.
• Report and tightly control device development timelines, budget and risks to biosimilars project development team.
• Act as the main interface between the biosimilars project development teams and the subteams (e.g. medical devices, manufacturing & supply, etc.) as well as device vendors.
• Deliver technical and business inputs to projects. Analyze risks and suggest mitigation plans.
• Oversee device development, manufacturing, validation and regulatory activities.
• Proactively anticipate and identify risk areas and alert stakeholders appropriately.
• Report and escalate to management potential issues as needed.
• Recognise new device opportunities.

Key Skills:

• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication.
• Fluent in English, both oral and written; additional languages (German or French) are an asset.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills with the ability to establish a trusted role with the various stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in an applicable Product design, Mechanical, Process, Materials Science or Electronic Engineering field.
• 5+ years of experience in project management
• 5+ years of experience in device development with an understanding of device safety, regulatory requirements, policies and procedures.
• Deep technical understanding of device design, validation, verification and their link to other drug development activities (clinical, manufacturing, commercial, etc.) in the overall drug development plan.
• Experience in FDA regulated medical devices, standalone CE marked devices and combination drug device products.

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