If you’re ready to have an impact in a career that makes a difference, Mölnlycke could be your next step. You’ll be helping to equip medical professionals around the world with solutions to improve outcomes for patients. And you’ll be developing yourself in a global environment with an inspirational culture, with lots of opportunities. All the while building a successful career, with real purpose.
Mölnlycke is now looking for a Product Developer to join our Gloves R&D team at our new HQ in GoCo Health Innovation City, fitted with state-of-the-art laboratory facilities.
This is a great opportunity to work in an exciting and innovative environment, where you can make a great impact, along with being part of a creative, collaborative and flexible global team with positive spirit!

THESE ARE THE MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES FOR THIS POSITION

• Identify and connect customer needs to product solutions through generating new ideas, refining concepts, and commercializing new products.
• Initiate and analyze research to develop the right solutions.
• Project co-leadership, with marketing function, to establish project scope and strategy; managing stage-gate process.
• Lead moderate complexity projects within the product development process to enable smooth transition in the introduction of new products to manufacturing; with cross-functional input, establish project scope, develop timeline and deliverables, identify resource needs, and manage project implementation accordingly.
• Plan and execute VOC and customer feedback at identified milestones in the development process.
• Support the development of product and project roadmap for Innovation and new products.
• Secure necessary IP for own products and monitor IP environment to ensure manufacturability and deliverability of own products.
• Develop new and improvements to product development and project management tools, processes, and ways of working.
• Plan and formulate all aspects of assigned product development projects such as objectives, purpose of projects, application cost of projects, equipment and resources needed.
• Follow project planning processes and procedures. Provide updates on project status, timeline, and resourcing. Identify and mitigate project risks and challenges.
• Provide budgetary estimates and manage projects according to committed budgeting decisions.
• Co-operation with R&D and cross-functional partners to develop solutions and deliver project scope.
• Engage and manage stakeholders throughout the project, aligning on scope and project strategic direction and conducting routine updates.

In this role we would like you to have this capabilities, qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Engineering or technical field. Masters or PhD preferred.
• Advanced certifications in Project Management or Product Development will be an added advantage.
• 5+ years of overall experience in product development
• 3+ years of overall experience in medical device
• Experience with a variety of innovation practices including voice of customer, ideation, concept development and design
• Experience leading moderate complexity projects and teams delivering new products to the market
• Preferrable to have experience of leading cross functional projects in an international – multicultural environment