Philips

Senior Director – Ultrasound Product Industrialization

Philips

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Reedsville • Massachusetts • Pennsylvania • United States

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Salary

💰 $176,250 - $282,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Defines and executes the industrialization strategy for Ultrasound systems and transducers across multiple product lines.
  • Oversees end to end product industrialization for systems and transducers: PM, unique manufacturing/testing operations, supply optimization, product manufacturability, and scalability.
  • Ensures robust product readiness, manufacturability, reliability, cost performance and compliance with regulations.
  • Drive long-term roadmap for manufacturing technologies, smart automation/AI, sourcing and process innovation to further modernize Product Industrialization Engineering and drive competitive advantage.
  • Technical leader representing ISC in forums where new technology is being discussed for Ultrasound.
  • Leads PIE teams end to end, including Advanced Development teams.
  • Drives culture of impact with care and high performance while working closely with R&D and other functions to deliver cutting edge technology that will keep differentiating Ultrasound from competitors.
  • Develops technical capabilities within PIE team to align with new technologies and world advancements in product industrialization.
  • Establishes robust process validation and ensures regulatory compliance.
  • Champions continuous improvement and lean manufacturing to drive productivity, cost competitiveness, yield improvement and sustainability across product lines.
  • Best organize PIE resources according to skillsets needed to strengthen system performance (transducer & consoles).
  • Coordinates knowledge transfer between engineering organizations within ISC to improve process yields and ways of manufacture.
  • Owns industrialization budget, capital planning.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical, Manufacturing Engineering or other related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • Minimum 15 years of relevant (Leadership + Technical) experience in medical device / health technology industry, including minimum 5 or more years’ experience in leadership roles.
  • Ultrasound experience strongly preferred.
  • Minimum 5+ years managing large geographically distributed teams (100+ FTEs) up to and including director level reports with direct line management and budget accountability > 10M.
  • Knowledge of relevant international medical device regulations and standards for medical devices.
  • Proven experience and knowledge of Ultrasound technologies including: acoustics, materials engineering, SW/HW testing and design, product manufacturability, process industrialization, lean product & process designs, micro-processing manufacturing design, smart automation, AI implementation.
  • Demonstrated success in leading large technical teams and driving cross-functional collaboration to bring innovations to market.
  • Strong leadership with ability to demonstrate impact to business in prior roles, including evidence of continuous improvement (such as major quality, reliability, and performance initiatives), building high-performing teams and developing talent.
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver continuous short term business results (in a complex and constrained environment) combined with creating and implementing a competitive long-term strategy.
  • Ability to express ideas effectively in both verbal and written formats with both technical and non technical audiences.
Benefits
  • Generous PTO
  • 401k (up to 7% match)
  • HSA (with company contribution)
  • Stock purchase plan
  • Education reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Ultrasound technologiesacousticsmaterials engineeringSW/HW testingproduct manufacturabilityprocess industrializationlean product designmicro-processing manufacturing designsmart automationAI implementation
Soft Skills
leadershipcross-functional collaborationcontinuous improvementteam buildingtalent developmenteffective communicationstrategic thinkingimpact demonstrationproblem-solvingorganizational skills
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Biomedical EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering