Product Design Consumables, Senior Manager, RD

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking an R&D Senior Manager (Consumables) to join Vision located in Irvine, CA.

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/

We are seeking a highly skilled, experienced, and passionate leader to transform the future of ophthalmic surgery. In this role, you will lead a team of engineers and cross-functional partners in the design and development of innovative surgical instrumentation, consumables and accessories critical to cataract extraction and related procedures. Your leadership will be guided by the principles of Our Credo as you coach and develop your team and work hands-on together to solve complex problems and bring innovations to market that address unmet needs for our patients and customers.

Responsibilities:

• Recruit, train, motivate, review, and develop your high-performance staff in the design and development of advanced ophthalmic surgical instruments, consumables, and accessories from conceptualization to final product sales, to achieve short-term and long-term project milestones and business objectives

• Collaborate closely with surgeons and their staff, industry-leading scientists, product managers, global marketing, industrial designers, and engineers from such disciplines as systems integration, electrical, mechanical, reliability, test, and manufacturing to define project requirements, specifications, and objectives

• Coach your team to excellence in the use of design tools such as CAD software, modeling and simulation, GD&T, six sigma, CTQ flow down, tolerance analysis design for X, and other relevant tools & techniques to create high-performing designs, 3D models, engineering drawings, and specifications

• Architect systems, propose process improvements, and collaborate hands-on with engineering colleagues to solve challenging requirements and optimize for interoperability between consumables and capital equipment

• Drive innovation and research efforts to identify and incorporate new technologies, materials, and design concepts that enhance product performance and usability. Seek out new technology partners. Create and drive technology and product roadmaps. Submit invention disclosures and participate in patent drafting and review.

• Identify opportunities for process improvements, propose and implement design enhancements, and optimize product designs for manufacturability, cost-effectiveness, reliability, and quality.

• Create, contribute to, review, and/or approve change orders, technical reports, regulatory submissions, risk assessments, industry presentations, and promotional material - providing subject matter expertise, adhering to standard operating procedures and industry standards, and demonstrating exceptional attention to detail.

• Develop and manage capital, expense, project, and travel budgets.

• Manage the use of laboratory/facility space and equipment in a safe and compliant manner. Ensure group compliance with applicable corporate and divisional policies and procedures as well as global standards and regulatory requirements.