Manager, Acute Disposables

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

About Vantive

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Job Description

As Manager, Disposables & Filters organization, expected to deliver to the department vision that aligns with organization’s vision and strategic plan. Responsible for managing the team developing solutions to challenging issues associated with the design, development, and sustenance engineering for our new and existing Disposables for the Acute Therapies product portfolio. Provide Technical, business and execution leadership for all the projects handled by the team, holding accountability for project schedule, budget, risks and interacts with all functions and levels of management ensuring effective communications.       

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Effectively communicate, realize vision and strategy for the organization that aligns with the business and patient needs.
• Ability to lead technical team in the group that ensures clear accountability and operational excellence.
• Ensures that succession planning and talent pipeline is in place for the team members across multiple functions and/or technical disciplines.
• Leverage partnerships effectively with cross functional teams including the business unit, quality, program management, manufacturing, regulatory, medical and clinical to achieve business results.
• Establish processes for effective resource management from planning through execution in close collaboration with program management.
• Foster an environment where mentoring, coaching, career growth and progression, and employee development are critical focus areas.
• Create a culture and environment that attracts, develops, retains, and grows diverse and top talent aligned with organizational strategy.
• Ensure effective performance management.
• Applies knowledge of medical device lifecycle management to effectively drive specific phases of product development and sustainability with high quality and predictability of timeline and budget.
• Demonstrates understanding of and adherence to FDA, ISO and IEC design control procedures, regulations and standards and ensures appropriate design controls are being adhered to during sustaining engineering efforts and new product development. 
• Takes ownership for the continuous improvement initiatives within the assigned function in alignment with business needs.
• Identifies and builds technical competencies and system approach to realize all aspects of product development including innovation/ideation.
• Drives effective collaboration with external partners.
• Continuously interacts with all functions and levels of management ensuring effective ongoing communications across teams and stakeholders
• Ensures identification and communication of project risks, development of risk plan and proactive management of risk response strategies
• Anticipates potential conflict situations for proactive solutions and manages conflict situations to result in win-win outcomes
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams simultaneously in a matrix environment
• Ensures successful integration of disposables design elements into the overall system. Resolves competing constraints between interrelated functions (R&D, purchasing, manufacturing, regulatory, marketing, medical.,) required to complete the engineering and design tasks.
• Coach the team to select solutions, assess risks and for understanding full range of implications across the system.
• Review and analyze proposals to determine if benefits derived and possible applications meet quality, cost and performance with future roadmap and sustenance considered.
• Provides leadership to effectively transition products to manufacturing and ensure robust products and manufacturing processes.
• Manages integration of deliverables from sub-system design teams and external partners.

 Education and Experience

• Graduate or Postgraduate in Mechanical Engineering/ Polymer Technology/Plastic Technology/Bio Medical engineering or Equivalent.
• Minimum 12 years of experience including 2+ years of functional leadership experience.
• Must be well versed in engineering disciplines Must possess knowledge of related disciplines.
• Knowledge of GMPs, FDA guidelines, purchasing practices and process validation.
• Must be self-motivated, have good interpersonal skills, capable of analyzing and solving complex problems through innovative thought and experience.
• Ability to manage multiple cross-functional teams simultaneously.
• Ability to design and influence outside of immediate scope of responsibility.
• Proven track record of management/leadership effectiveness
• Prior experience of technical and project leadership in Sustenance/New product development in Medical device or other highly regulated industry
• Prior experience in Design and Development of Single use medical device is a plus.

Reasonable Accommodation

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Reasonable Accommodation

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