Product and Systems Manager

**The Company**

IDE is a group of like-minded people who love working together to utilise design, engineering and entrepreneurial capabilities to bring products to life. Since 2003, we have been building better futures with our partners and through over 500 projects across the medical technology landscape, including respiratory care, drug delivery, radiology, and point-of-care diagnostics.

Making a difference matters to us and our values of being resourceful, curious, thinking positively, putting others first, embracing complexity and taking ownership to drive successful outcomes. This position is based in our Head Office in Sydney, Australia.

With a head office in Australia and offices in America and the Netherlands, we are on our way to building better futures in the medical sector. We are an entrepreneurial partner and discover, develop and deliver MedTech innovations. We do this together with multinationals, start-ups and clinical experts. We have grown over 150 companies within medical technology. How do we achieve this? Through a positive mindset and a team of more than 70 professionals in an international team.

**The Role**

We are seeking a Product and Systems Manager with a passion for entrepreneurship and design, and a desire to create great new products and services and get them to market.

The Product and Systems Manager takes the role of Product Lead in IDE product development projects. The Product Lead is responsible for providing technical vision for the product and leading the technical team to execute the project. The Product Lead works with the Project Lead to ensure we create valuable ventures, products and services by balancing quality, time and budget.

The Product and Systems Manager works with the Business Unit Director to ensure the Business Unit and project teams have the technical capabilities and resources required to execute planned product development projects.
- Product Leadership - Work with the Business Unit Director and Client to challenge the brief and identify valuable problems/solutions. Lead technical resources (Designers, Engineers and other specialties) to complete activities (value proposition design, concepting, detailed design, V/V) that create valuable new ventures, products and services.
- Project Planning - Work with the project lead to define solutions that are desirable/feasible / viable in the context of the venture. Assist the project lead to plan and estimate the project by giving input to the required activities and resources to achieve the project aim.
- Risk Management -Identifies and manages Product Risks appropriately, with effective controls implemented. Provide input to the Project Lead to identify and manage project risk.
- Review and Approvals - Ensure effective Technical Reviews for PD activities are conducted as planned. Co-ordinates and conducts effective System Level Design Reviews.
- Mentor and coach others.

**Desired Skills and Experience**
- _ A degree in Engineering, Design, or other appropriate technical discipline._
- _ Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in an R&D environment._
- _ Experience in estimating development effort for the purpose of project planning and making commitments to stakeholders._
- _ Experience working in compliance with Quality Management Systems (ISO9001, ISO13485, GMP or similar) in regulated industry (Medical Device preferred)._
- _ Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite (inc Powerpoint & Project), CAD software (preferably Solidworks and/or Creo/Pro-e), FEA software_
- _Why you will love working with us
- Purpose driven culture “Building Better Futures”
- Take ventures from “idea on a napkin” to “meaningful medtech venture” with your products in-market.
- Learn unique processes that create valuable products for exciting new ventures and get exposure to large multinational partners.
- Experience a variety of projects from basic syringes to advanced networked injector systems, from CPAP masks to pharmaceutical automation.
- Global opportunities across Australia, USA and Netherlands.
- Mentoring program to ensure your career progresses where you want to go
- Employee Assistance Program