Lab Manager

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the LifeThe R&D Lab Manager will be responsible for providing leadership for lab operation for  product development/ R&D team. The team supports the full technology lifecycle for technical feasibility, product development and sustaining. The role requires strong technical leadership, expertise in lab operation, strong cross functional collaboration, and communication & operational excellence with continuous improvement mindset. Lab Manager, in addition to having direct reports, will be responsible for implementing operating mechanisms to enable effective technical lab support, Stakeholder communication, SOP drafting and compliance, accountable for internal & external audit, can do attitude while interfacing with other engineering, quality, facilities, EHS, regulatory and other cross functional  teams.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned ​:

• Responsible for development & tracking procedures, establishment and maintenance of service contracts and warranties with vendors.

• Be accountable for compliance to Lab and MEIC procedure including presenting required evidence during audit.

• Directs and coordinates the laboratory support staff for R&D Project Lab activities & support.

• Plans and execute preventative maintenance and calibration for lab requirements. Maintains an adequate inventory of materials, and laboratory equipment.

• Ensures effective operation of all laboratory equipment and serves as point of contact for instrument repairs.

• May organize and participate in vendor negotiations, product and software evaluations, tutorials, and facility modifications.

• Interfaces with Employee Health and Safety (EH&S) and acts as a liaison between departments and the scientific staff to complete lab modifications and ensure safety compliance.

• Provides technical input to purchasing and other functional areas.

• May trouble shoot and repair general instrumentation.

• Trains new scientific staff in the general use and function of designated instrumentation and creates and refines user protocols for general use.

• Be the single point of contact for stakeholder holder communication, maintain dashboards.

• Enable operational excellence & continuous improvement initiatives

• May have budget accountability for a department, function.

• Manages subordinate supervisors and/or experienced professionals who exercise latitude and independence in assignments.

• Provides tactical and / or operational leadership and coaching.

• Receives assignments in task and objective oriented terms. Risk identification and mitigation

• Decisions impact program schedules, customer satisfaction levels, or allocation of time, material resources, expenditures and funds.

• Innovation and Complexity: Proposes modifications to functional operating policies and day-to-day processes.

• Problems and issues faced are complex, difficult and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem.

• Communication and Influence: Communicates with internal and external customers and vendors regarding ongoing operations.

• Uses information exchange, influence and active persuasion without direct exercise of command to gain cooperation of other parties

• Defining performance goals and targets, conducting performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals.·

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering

• 12 + years of engineering lab / product development experience and 5+ years of leadership or managerial experience

• Prior work experience in a regulated industry (medical device, pharma, aerospace, defense)

• Strong coaching and people leadership skills

• Experience in R&D feasibility studies and product development

• Effective engineering/analytical/problem solving skills in a team environment

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here  
 

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