R&D Manager leading a multidisciplinary team in dental materials for healthcare innovations. Collaborating with R&D, Marketing, and Engineering for technological advancements in medical devices.
Responsibilities
Leading a multidisciplinary team with deep expertise in dental materials and delivery systems, fostering strong cross ‑ functional alignment across R&D, Marketing, Product Engineering, Regulatory, and Manufacturing.
Defining and executing technology platform strategy aligned with pipeline and portfolio priorities.
Driving the development of new technologies and developing an IP strategy and portfolio protection plan to strengthen competitive advantage.
Partnering closely with upstream marketing and portfolio teams to identify and address high value problems using existing or novel technologies.
Establishing and managing collaborations with universities, third party partners, and internal Solventum R&D teams to accelerate innovation.
Taking full accountability for technical outcomes, ensuring scientific rigor, and robustness of solutions.
Requirements
Ph.D. (in chemistry, material science, engineering or related discipline) or Master´s degree with profound job experience within the medical device industry
Profound experience in a regulated industry, medical devices preferred, utilizing design controls to design, develop, verify, validate, and commercialize new products
Full professional proficiency in German and English
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, familiarity with strategizing early technical innovations
Previous experience in managing people, and leading teams
Broad technical depth across relevant disciplines including materials, engineering, intellectual property and chemistry
Benefits
Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially.
Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
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