ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, DEVICE DEVELOPMENT

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, DEVICE DEVELOPMENT(Job Number:1301974)

Description

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company firmly focused on its mission to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. Our BioPharma strategy uniquely combines the reach and resources of a major pharma company with the entrepreneurial spirit and agility of a successful biotech company. With this strategy, we focus on the needs of health care professionals, patients, employees, shareholders and our communities, giving maximum priority to developing innovative medicines, accelerating pipeline development, delivering solid growth, continuing to manage costs, and adhering to high standards of business conduct and ethics. The Device Operations group within Bristol-Myers Squibb is looking for a talented and passionate individual to develop innovative combination products for drug delivery as part of a new and rapidly growing team to address unmet customer and clinical needs. The individual will play a key role in technology development, product development and sustaining engineering. As the leader for new product development efforts, lead cross- functional device development programs from concept through commercialization. This includes the development of user needs and requirements, translating these to product requirements, the development and selection of technologies and concepts to meet the needs, leading design verification and validation activities and support the commercial teams through launch. Partner with the concept development group to understand user needs and disease states including safety, efficacy, user convenience, industrial design and effectively translate these into future device needs to meet BMS internal strategic objectives. Identify and develop innovative technologies to meet these user needs through an effective balance of internal vs. external development activities. Identify best-in-class partners worldwide and maintain a network of experts to be at the forefront of technology development and innovation. Develop intellectual property leading to differentiated drug delivery platforms. Develop functional excellence in the area of complex mechanical engineering design through first principles understanding of design elements and multi-physics interactions. Ensure that these principles are followed through all device development activities. Ensure that all development activities are executed in alignment with the elements of design controls. Sup

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE/SKILL Education: BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or related field. MS degree or PhD strongly preferred. BS with 12 years, MS with 10 years or PhD with 7 years of experience in the field of Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical or Biotech or related industry. Experience/Knowledge Desired: Deep understanding of complex mechanical engineering design demonstrated by past experience developing such products. Deep understanding of multi-physics interactions, design for manufacturing and assembly. Design for environment would be a plus. Advanced knowledge of software such as SolidWorks, ProE, Abaqus, HEEDS, COMSOL, MoldFlow, Fluent etc. Broad understanding of design control elements and past experience developing products under these guidelines. Strong cross-functional leadership skills and ability to influence matrixed teams. Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Job Function: Manufacturing Technology
Primary Location: NA-US-NJ-New Brunswick

Organization
: Tech Op - CNJ - Facilities & Global Engineering