R&D Manager

Adecco Lifescience is looking for R&D Manager Manage R&D resources to support high impact Research & Development initiatives, including EU MDR, sustaining, and product development. Key Responsibilities Manage R&D Team resources & activities: Product development; Design Controls; Remediation, Audit Support, VOC, competitor product analysis, literature & patent search Provides technical leadership within new product development and sustaining engineering portfolios, and design remediation activities to support company's EU MDR program Provides independent technical review and Subject Matter Expert (SME) during Notified Body/ Competent authorities audits Lead R&D Staff, including goal setting, overall team performance & career development Collaborate with cross functional management on new initiatives Embrace continuous NPD process improvement Identify and drive best practices within the R&D group Contributes to company Intellectual Property Portfolio Effectively communicates activity status, issues and mitigation plans with key stakeholders Provides medical and clinical expert opinions regarding products and procedures for risk management documentation and has responsibility for determining acceptable product safety Other duties as required Qualification MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering, or related field, Advanced Degree or MBA preferred. 10 years’ relevant experience in the medical device industry; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience, with related project management experience and/or team leadership roles 1-3 years Resource Manager experience, with demonstrated leadership capability to effectively coach, mentor and manage the R&D Team Experience working on cross functional project teams in the end-to-end lifecycle bring new products/technologies from concept through commercialization Knowledge of applicable materials, manufacturing methods and engineering industry standards and specifications Experience operating in regulated design controls environment Experience operating in regulated design controls environment with knowledge of ISO, regulatory and legislative standards applicable to the development of medical devices (e.g., FDA, MDR, 13485 etc.) Must work onsite in Rome, Italy OTHER REQUIREMENTS Excellent knowledge of spoken and written Italian and English May require travel up to 10%.

Location: Latium, Italy, IT

Posted Date: 11/9/2025