Manager, Design Assurance

Why Hologic Hologic empowers people to live healthier lives everywhere, every day. We are the leading Innovator in women's health, helping healthcare professionals worldwide diagnose and treat their patients with precision, certainty and confidence. Opportunity Overview This Design Assurance Manager position will oversee a team of engineers supporting new product development and sustaining products, ensuring that products are designed, tested, and manufactured to the highest levels of customer quality. This role will support a growing business to meet new challenges through talent development, resource management, and technical leadership. What to Expect Manages a team of Design Assurance Engineers to develop, implement and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems and activities. Responsible for the implementation of standards, methods, and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision, accuracy and reliability of company products. Ensures safety and effectiveness are designed into and maintained in medical devices, through expertise in design control, risk management, quality systems and change management. Evaluates final results of new product development and on‑market projects to assure accomplishment of technical objectives. Prepares and presents reports outlining the outcome of technical projects and makes recommendations for actions necessary to achieve desired results. Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function. Works on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends. Follows processes and operational policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Acts as advisor to subordinates to meet schedules and/or resolve technical problems. Develops and administers schedules, performance requirements; may have budget responsibilities. Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals. Provides guidance to subordinates within the latitude of established company policies. Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s). Manages, perhaps through subordinate supervisors, the coordination of the activities of a section or department with responsibility for results, including costs, methods and staffing. In some instances, this manager may be responsible for a functional area and not have any direct reports. What We Expect Manages the Design Assurance staff’s day to day activities by setting clear objectives, while working with leadership to improve individual and team engagement. Provides technical and project leadership. Maintains and employs extensive integrated knowledge of products, Medical Device Quality Regulations, Compliance and Safety. Promotes learning, development, and knowledge transfer. Fosters an environment that drives continuous improvement and maintains compliance throughout the organization. Drives and challenges the organization to achieve “state of the art” practices. Captures and communicates lessons learned while acting as an agent of change across the organization. Champions opportunities to implement new tools, technologies, and methods to improve organizational processes. Establishes a strong network and cross‑functional collaboration within the organization. Recruit, lead, mentor, and develop team members. Lead the performance management process to provide feedback, recognize high performance and provide professional development opportunities. Experience & Education 8+ Years Experience with Bachelor's Degree 5+ Years Experience with Master’s Degree 3+ Years Experience with PhD Experience with Oracle ERP System or Agile Product Lifecycle Management System is beneficial. Advanced knowledge of FDA‑Medical Devices‑820 Quality System Regulation, especially Design Control requirements, ISO 13485 Medical Device Quality Management System, ISO 14971:2019, Risk Management, Directive (ED)93/42/EEC (MDD) European Union Medical Device Directive, Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) European Union Medical Device Regulation Skills Advanced knowledge of Risk Management Advanced knowledge of verification and validation requirements for a regulated product Advanced knowledge or requirements analysis, including development of testable and measurable specifications. Strong ability to assess and analyze written product and teams and manage success factors. Strong ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from all level of the organization. Demonstrated ability to develop and lead a high performing team; effectively manage direct reports and projects; strong mentoring and coaching skills. Demonstrated ability to lead large and complex projects. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate with both technical and non‑technical peers and management. Proficient in Microsoft Office Bilingual is beneficial. ASQ Certified Quality Engineer is beneficial. Six Sigma Certification is beneficial. The annualized base salary range for this role is $122,000 to $200,000 and is bonus eligible. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, geography, education, business needs and market demand. Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice Agencies that submit a resume to Hologic must have a current executed Hologic Agency Agreement executed by a member of the Human Resource Department. In addition Agencies may only submit candidates to positions for which they have been invited to do so by a Hologic Recruiter. All resumes must be sent to the Hologic Recruiter under these terms or they will not be considered. Hologic, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer inclusive of disability and veterans. Must follow all applicable FDA regulations and ISO requirements. Hologic is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disabled and veterans, (F/M/D/V). #J-18808-Ljbffr Hologic, Inc.