Programme Manager - Surgical & Interventional Group
Main purpose of the job
Your primary role will be to take the project management role on surgical and interventional product developments.
Type of work undertaken by the division/group
The Medical Technology Division develops innovative healthcare devices and equipment from concept to prototype manufacture, often incorporating considerable technical challenge. We undertake development projects in the three focus areas of:
- Medical diagnostics and instrumentation
- Surgical products and medical systems
- Drug delivery devices
We combine highly creative lateral thinking with excellent technical skills and a broad base of industry experience to form a powerful development team. Our work ranges from undertaking complete product developments from concept to market, to providing consulting services for our clients on their technology, strategy or development processes.
The group undertakes both client funded and internally funded projects.
Specific responsibilities
You will be taking the lead role in project planning, proposal generation, liaison with clients and hands-on leadership of teams of engineers. You will also use your strong project management skills and industry knowledge to make a significant contribution to development projects and to participate in consultancy work within client companies.
To achieve this, you will be expected to:
- Manage complex, high-value, multi-disciplinary programmes to the client’s and Cambridge Consultants’ satisfaction in terms of time-scales, budgets, quality standards and specification.
- Lead meetings with clients, giving presentations, running workshops and communicating ideas and engineering concepts to all disciplines
- Interact with senior management within our client companies
- Have a strong appreciation for the technical issues on your projects
- Support the activities of the Campaign Leaders in sales meetings, writing sales presentations, project proposals and planning projects
- Provide input for detailed contract negotiations
- Contribute to Cambridge Consultants’ quality procedures for projects
- Act as a Project Management Coach for less experienced Project Managers within the group
- Contribute to recruitment within the MedTech division
Minimum requirements
To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will have an excellent degree in engineering, materials science or a related discipline, with a further degree or PhD being an advantage. You should also have significant industrial experience of the surgical or medical products industry, with a good grasp of theory, practical laboratory work and device design techniques. A thorough understanding of the regulatory framework in which medical products are developed is essential for this role and experience of materials selection, manufacturing techniques and sterilisation processes would be strongly advantageous.
A proven ability to manage a team of engineers and technicians is essential. You will have an appreciation of risk management tools used in product development and have had hands-on experience of design and analytical tools.
Future Prospects
Cambridge Consultants is committed to developing its employees’ careers and has a flexible policy for individual capabilities and preferences. This role is an ideal opportunity for the right candidate to demonstrate their value to our organisation and to progress to a director level. This would allow the individual to participate in the management of the company and setting its future direction. Cambridge Consultants is a growing company that encourages spin-off enterprises. Promotion is linked to merit.
Employment benefits
- Good salaries, based on merit and reviewed annually
- Bonus scheme in addition to basic salary
- Flexible working hours
- Free lunches and refreshments
- Private medical insurance and company sickness scheme
- Pension scheme including free life assurance
- 25 days annual holiday plus bank holidays
- Assistance in relocation if applicable
- Active social committee
- Well equipped and pleasantly situated building on the Cambridge Science Park
- Above all, real responsibility for real business problems, with good career prospects based on merit
- Excellent career development and training opportunities
To apply, send your CV to: UKrecruitment@CambridgeConsultants.com