Senior R&D Manager

Job Overview

Life. Unlimited. At Smith+Neu we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. As a Senior R&D Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of advanced wound care. Based at our Hull site, this is a highly influential leadership position where your expertise will drive innovation, guide talented scientific teams and help bring complex medical devices from concept through to manufacture. If you are motivated by meaningful work, scientific excellence and real world patient impact, this is a role where your experience will truly matter.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction across multiple wound dressing and drug device combination programmes.
• Lead and inspire a team of scientists, guiding them through the full development lifecycle from early design and materials selection through prototyping, testing and design for manufacture.
• Balance hands on technical leadership with people development, cross functional collaboration and external engagement.
• Ensure robust design control, risk management and regulatory compliance, contributing to Design History Files and supporting successful design transfer into manufacturing.
• Work closely with system engineering, operations, regulatory and quality partners to unlock technical challenges and keep programmes moving forward.

Qualifications & Experience

• Extensive experience in medical device development with a strong understanding of the full product development lifecycle, ideally within wound dressings and drug device combinations.
• Proven capability to lead, coach and develop scientific teams, creating an environment where high performance and innovation can thrive.
• Strong knowledge of risk management, design control, change control and quality systems within regulated environments such as ISO13485, EUMDR and FDA regulations.
• Confidence to provide strategic technical direction, engage with senior stakeholders and work effectively with external partners and suppliers.

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