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Posted : Wednesday, October 18, 2023 05:17 AM
Job Title: Director of Research and Development
Reports To: CEO
FLSA Status: Exempt
About Boston Orthotics & Prosthetics: As a leader in specialized pediatric orthotics, we take great pride in having the industry's top clinicians, technicians, and administrative staff, led by an executive team dedicated to advancing the orthotics and prosthetics profession.
Boston O&P Vision: To be recognized as the premier provider of pediatric orthotic and prosthetic services and products in the United States.
Boston O&P Culture: There are two key pillars to our Company culture, Employee Ownership and Lean.
All of our employees are expected to fully understand how these two pillars affect what they do everyday.
Our team believes in respectful truth and transparency when interacting with patients, referral sources, and our own team members.
We hold ourselves accountable for providing only the best products and services to our patients.
Our team is engaged and committed to continuous improvement of our products, our patient care, and ourselves.
Position Description: This position will lead Boston O&P’s newly developed R&D team based out of our new Stoughton, MA headquarters that will be responsible for the design and execution of new pediatric specialty bracing product and service ideas throughout the full life cycle from idea creation to development and introduction into the market.
This senior leadership role will develop a team of engineers to work with an already existing team of pediatric certified orthotic and prosthetic clinicians to develop these products and services.
Core Leadership Responsibilities: Teams under your leadership are committed to and practicing continuous improvement to improve the patient experience every day.
Teams under your leadership are committed to and practicing our standard processes for order to cash and procure to pay every day.
Teams under your leadership are trained in all of our key services including scoliosis, plagiocephaly and lower limb and committed to using our best practices to grow our business in these areas.
You will work directly with peers in our Corporate Team for Compliance, Central Billing, Supply Chain, and Clinic Operations to ensure proposed processes are properly reviewed and maintained and problems are identified and resolved promptly.
You will allocate a minimum of 4% of time per each employee being led to leadership activities every week and prioritize these activities over any other job duties.
Other Leadership Responsibilities: Participate with Human Resources in the full employee life cycle from hiring decisions, onboarding, training and performance management.
Coaches and provides ongoing direction and feedback to develop team members as well as administer our formal Performance Review Process.
Acknowledge team and individual successes as well as use the tools for corrective action i.
e.
; additional training, performance improvement plans or warning process.
Manages teams payroll, time off requests and employee scheduling.
Provides input to the leadership team for merit increases.
Lean: Creates a lean culture of continuous improvement by creating teams that are identifying and problem solving Plans daily huddle Plans and executes monthly staff meeting Devotes staff time to foster and implement ideas for improvement Education/Requirements: Bachelor's degree (B.
S.
) from four-year college or university recommended; or 7 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Proven ability to systematically lead others Ability to create a strong team culture and motivate others Able to create strong cross-functional relationships and leverage them for project success 7+ years of medical device industry experience 7+ years technical leadership experience Working knowledge of mechanical design principles and regulated medical device design controls Excellent written and verbal communication skills *This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all- inclusive list of all the responsibilities and working conditions of the position.
While it is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary.
Boston O&P Vision: To be recognized as the premier provider of pediatric orthotic and prosthetic services and products in the United States.
Boston O&P Culture: There are two key pillars to our Company culture, Employee Ownership and Lean.
All of our employees are expected to fully understand how these two pillars affect what they do everyday.
Our team believes in respectful truth and transparency when interacting with patients, referral sources, and our own team members.
We hold ourselves accountable for providing only the best products and services to our patients.
Our team is engaged and committed to continuous improvement of our products, our patient care, and ourselves.
Position Description: This position will lead Boston O&P’s newly developed R&D team based out of our new Stoughton, MA headquarters that will be responsible for the design and execution of new pediatric specialty bracing product and service ideas throughout the full life cycle from idea creation to development and introduction into the market.
This senior leadership role will develop a team of engineers to work with an already existing team of pediatric certified orthotic and prosthetic clinicians to develop these products and services.
Core Leadership Responsibilities: Teams under your leadership are committed to and practicing continuous improvement to improve the patient experience every day.
Teams under your leadership are committed to and practicing our standard processes for order to cash and procure to pay every day.
Teams under your leadership are trained in all of our key services including scoliosis, plagiocephaly and lower limb and committed to using our best practices to grow our business in these areas.
You will work directly with peers in our Corporate Team for Compliance, Central Billing, Supply Chain, and Clinic Operations to ensure proposed processes are properly reviewed and maintained and problems are identified and resolved promptly.
You will allocate a minimum of 4% of time per each employee being led to leadership activities every week and prioritize these activities over any other job duties.
Other Leadership Responsibilities: Participate with Human Resources in the full employee life cycle from hiring decisions, onboarding, training and performance management.
Coaches and provides ongoing direction and feedback to develop team members as well as administer our formal Performance Review Process.
Acknowledge team and individual successes as well as use the tools for corrective action i.
e.
; additional training, performance improvement plans or warning process.
Manages teams payroll, time off requests and employee scheduling.
Provides input to the leadership team for merit increases.
Lean: Creates a lean culture of continuous improvement by creating teams that are identifying and problem solving Plans daily huddle Plans and executes monthly staff meeting Devotes staff time to foster and implement ideas for improvement Education/Requirements: Bachelor's degree (B.
S.
) from four-year college or university recommended; or 7 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Proven ability to systematically lead others Ability to create a strong team culture and motivate others Able to create strong cross-functional relationships and leverage them for project success 7+ years of medical device industry experience 7+ years technical leadership experience Working knowledge of mechanical design principles and regulated medical device design controls Excellent written and verbal communication skills *This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all- inclusive list of all the responsibilities and working conditions of the position.
While it is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary.
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• Location : Avon, MA
• Post ID: 9004445004
