Medical R&D Team Lead

This is an excellent opportunity to work for the global leading company in the field of gas control equipment. The focus of this role is managing our R&D team based in Chennai who are focused on Healthcare products and covering mechanical, electrical, electronics, and software disciplines. Managing the team's actions to deliver New Product development projects. This is an end-to-end responsibility of successful project delivery from gate 0 to post project audit. Managing the R&D budget, timelines, and resources effectively to achieve project goals on time and within scope. Collaborating with business managers, product managers, regulatory, production, and purchasing to ensure that new products and technologies meet healthcare standards, regulatory requirements, and market needs. Contributing to align the R&D strategy with the business growth goals. Providing creative input to the NPI projects and programs. Serving as the point of contact for technical questions from customers/production/product management/quality & regulatory. Creation, completion, and management of technical files for relevant product lines. Determining test criteria, organizing testing, and interpreting results. Working closely with procurement to drive cost savings. Working closely with production to deliver optimized production processes. Metrics of Success for the Role: - Delivery of the product roadmap. - Project performance KPIs including time to market, development cost, product cost, sales impact, and product performance criteria. - Delivery of cost reduction projects. - Delivery on quality improvement projects. Required Qualifications: - Masters in Engineering Mechanical or Electronics as a minimum. - Minimum of 10 years of experience in R&D leadership in the healthcare or medical device industry or highly regulated industry. - 3-5 years experience working in a multinational, preferably American led organization working in a Global function preferably R&D. - Experience leading Engineering processes (Stagegate) and systems (PLM). - Preference to those with a strong understanding of healthcare regulations (FDA, CE), quality standards (ISO), and product standards (NFPA, HTM, ISO, CFR, CGA, CRN).,