Job Responsibilities

General Function
• Build the BD TCI sustaining engineering team through effective selection, organizational,
and development of highly skilled engineers.
• Manage sustaining engineering projects and personnel including engineers and technicians.
Projects include, but are not limited to, supporting Peripheral IV Catheter product lines,
supply chain, and operations.
• Ensure compliance with BD quality policies, procedures, and practices through appropriate
communication, training, and education of sound quality assurance principals.
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, federal, and BD safety regulations, policies, and
procedures.

Organizational Management
• Quality systems processes: Ensure implementation of quality systems processes including
design controls and change control.
• Project planning: Ensure quality and accuracy of integrated project plans encompassing all
cross-functional activities. Engage in detailed review of cross-functional plans and be
accountable for their success.
• Project management: Ensure comprehensive and effective project plans are developed and
actively monitor progress against plans. Monitor timely delivery of all project deliverables
as specified in the plans.
• Budgeting: Develop detailed budgets in accordance with project and department plans, and
business objectives. Manage budget diligently and be accountable to perform to the budget.
• Resourcing: Align dedicated and shared resources cross-functionally to optimize and ensure
success of sustaining engineering projects.
• Technology transfer: Ensure efficient and effective transition from research to development
to manufacturing in locations throughout the world
• Process effectiveness: Ensure appropriate processes are followed for effective and timely
engagement of other parts of the company in project activities.
• Innovation: Develop and apply innovative approaches to ensure best outcomes in all aspects
of the role. Create an environment in which innovation can flourish through empowerment,
encouragement, and support.

Organizational Development
• Associate development: Actively develop and mentor associates. Provide frequent
feedback. Be accountable for their success. Continue to raise the bar on the group and
help associates rise to expectations.
• Human resource planning: Actively participate in human resource planning.
• Organization building: Develop a strong and deep leadership talent bench. Build a team
with world-class expertise in sustaining engineering.
• Recruiting and talent retention: Establish a high bar for recruiting talent. Actively recruit
best talent and design long-term career paths and development to attract and retain.
• Customer focus: Develop credibility for the BD-TCI sustaining engineering team by obtaining
has advanced understanding of external and internal customer requirements, establishing
and delivering to clear expectations.
• Continuous learning: Develop an actively learning organization willing to take risks,
systematically learning and applying new lessons.

Leadership
• Accountability: Demonstrate strong and clear accountability for the group’s performance and
delivery.
• R&D communication: Conduct and encourage frequent formal and informal communication
within the group to ensure full engagement and efficient operation.
• Influence others: Intuitively and quickly assess people and situations and act accordingly.
Demonstrate strong persuasion and timing skills. Remain open to be persuaded when
appropriate.
• Inclusive work environment: Promote and leverage diversity to achieve best outcomes.
Ensure all interested parties have opportunities to influence and contribute to decisions and
outcomes.
• Leadership courage: Demonstrate and promote leadership courage by doing what is right.
Engage those who disagree to persuade or be persuaded. Instil confidence in associates
and customers.
• Dealing with ambiguity: Demonstrate agility and action orientation when facing change and
uncertainty. Effectively manage change and instil confidence

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge

• Medical Device and/or pharmaceutical industries
• Minimum 4 years of experience directly leading product development teams
  (20+ members) in a cross-functional environment
•  Minimum 4 years of leading teams (5+ members) performing design &
  verification testing, including creation/execution of test protocols and
  procedure, conducting failure investigations, performing data analyses using
  MINITAB, STATISTICA, R or other statistical software.
• Proven ability to recruit, build talent and nurture teams through various
  milestones in a regulated environment to deliver designs on time, at cost and
  with quality.
• Demonstrated ability to guide and mentor teams in solid works and other
• CAD/CAE tools, expertise in DMAIC/DFSS using Stata, R, SPSS or relevant
  statistical package is necessary.

• In-depth understanding of various design tools used in requirement flow-down,
  tolerance analyses, loop-equations, FMEA, SPC and risk-retirement is
  required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Skills

• Strong interpersonal and influence skills.
• Advanced Problem-solving skills.
• Strong Cross-functional Project Leadership skills.
• Strong technical and managerial judgment.
• Strong communication skills.
• Team orientation.
• Strong skills in project planning and management.
• Broad and deep understanding of disciplined change control processes,
  regulatory, and quality requirements.
• Strong motivational fit.
• Strong fit with BD values.