Product Development Manager - Neurotechnology

Newton Colmore
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
9 months ago
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Product Development Manager - Neurotechnology

Newton Colmore is working with a growing medical devices company in Cambridge and we are assisting them in their search for a product development manager.

This is a key role for the company, as they look to add more structure to their design team, and you will be leading development projects on technology that aims to interact with the nervous system to diagnose, monitor, and treat hard-to-treat conditions.

As well as managing projects, and a team, you will also be manging internal and external stakeholders to ensure projects are on time and within budget. You will also have responsibility for mentoring the next generation of engineers and scientists working on your team and help shape future development pipelines.

There will also be some commercial aspects to the role, collaborating with suppliers, distributors and people that will need to understand the capabilities of the technology.

This is an exciting time to join this company and so to be considered for this opportunity go ahead and make an application. One of our team will then be in touch with you to discuss it further, confidentially.

To be considered for this exciting role we are looking for candidates with the following;

Experience with leading product development projects.
This will ideally be within a medical technology setting
Strong academics and fundamentals.
A strong interest in working on highly complex technology.

Get in touch to explore this opportunity in more detail. The company put together bespoke salary packages and offer comprehensive benefits including share options and bonuses.

Newton Colmore is a leading recruitment consultancy that is dedicated to the medical devices and life sciences sectors. NC has been operating within these fields since 2015 and have placed hundreds of engineers and scientists into exciting companies and positions

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