Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid
For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling.
Every day, we live by our philosophy, True to Life, by advancing medical technologies and elevating the standard of patient care so people everywhere can fulfill their desires, dreams, and lives.
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Patient Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Impact and Empathy.
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Job Description
The Director of R&D Operations is a pivotal role responsible for leading, executing and collaborating on a variety of efforts on behalf of Olympus’s U.S. based R&D organization. Reporting to the Head of the Development Center of the America’s, this dynamic position will be responsible for various efforts, including but not limited to: Project leadership & execution, global R&D collaboration and information sharing, coordination of our offshore development collaboration, leading efficiency & effectiveness efforts, and providing general support.
Job Duties
- Ideate, prioritize and lead functional initiatives focused on enhancing efficiency, effectiveness, predictability and quality of the U.S. R&D organization.
- Collaboratively develop appropriately detailed project plans and project contracts to ensure stakeholder alignment to projects objectives, scope, deliverables, resources, cost, milestones / timeline, etc.
- As a representative of the US-DC, act as a collaborative point of contact for our global CTO organization (particularly with the “Center of Excellence”), track and provide regular updates on initiatives in flight and negotiate future efforts.
- Gain a deep understanding of our organization’s capabilities, strengths, and areas of weakness / inefficiencies to ensure proposals / efforts are of high value and ensure we do not over commit.
- Collaborate with DC Leadership and our PMO Team to ensure accuracy of project resourcing models. Seek efficiencies wherever possible while balancing FTE allocations to help ensure success.
- Develop and maintain a project dashboard to track project status, advancements, and key metrics; Report out on a monthly basis to DC Leadership and stakeholders.
- When required, lead onboarding of contractors / consultants, and/or hiring of staff, to support our larger initiatives (e.g., Agile for waterfall).
- Serve as a champion for Olympus’ Offshore Development Center (ODC) in Hyderabad, India. Drive utilization of the ODC and stakeholder engagement.
- Oversee an on-shore project coordinator responsible for managing projects & deliverables executed by the ODC.
- Drive the development of a project dashboard and ensure project status, advancements, and key metrics are reported on a monthly basis to DC Leadership and stakeholders.
- Develop a long-term Offshore Strategic Plan based on project roadmaps, input from key stakeholders, and long-term strategic plans of the US-DC.
- Coordinate the development of project SOW’s with input from our R&D functional leaders.
- Leveraging a high level of engagement and feedback from our engineers and people leaders, champion our organization health and sustainability efforts by assuming ownership of our FY25 OH&S Plan, schedule/manage quarterly OH&S reviews, and track the execution of action items in support of high employee engagement, accountability, and satisfaction.
- In collaboration with US-DC Leadership, lead the development of a multi-year Strategic Plan comprising an analysis of current and future state competencies, capabilities, resources, etc. to articulate required actions to achieve our product pipelines and development excellence.
- All other duties assigned
Job Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in applicable engineering fields is required.
- Minimum of 20 years of applicable experience in development of medical devices is required.
- Minimum of 15 years with an applicable master's degree, or a minimum of 12 years with an applicable Ph.D.
Preferred:
- Advanced degrees and/or a track record of continuous learning / intellectual curiosity is highly preferred.
- Extensive experience in medical device development is required.
- Experience scoping, leading, monitoring, and reporting on projects is required.
- Experience with operational excellence methodologies (e.g., Lean, Agile*, DFSS, etc.) is highly preferred.
- An aptitude for project foresight and contingency planning (i.e., ability to employ extensive experience to predict and plan for risks / issues / hurdles) is required.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), including extensive experience developing presentations and presenting in front of cross-functional teams and leadership is required.
- Experience collaborating with an offshore development partner in India is highly preferred.
- Leadership / People Leadership experience highly preferred.
- Proven track record of valuing / managing alignment and expectations (functionally and cross-functionally)
- Strong collaboration skills, and ability to adapt within a global organization.
- Ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment, experience working with Japan teams preferred.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally based on project and business needs.
- Energetic self-starter with a track record of leading projects/efforts to completion (i.e., execution)
- Enthusiastic demeanor / “Can Do” attitude.
Why join Olympus?
We offer a holistic employee experience supporting personal and professional well-being through meaningful work, equitable offerings, and a connected culture.
Equitable Offerings you can count on:
Competitive salaries, annual bonus and 401(k)* with company match
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage effective on start date
24/7 Employee Assistance Program
Free live and on-demand Wellbeing Programs
Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time
Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance*
12 Paid Holidays
On-Site Child Daycare, Café, Fitness Center**
Connected Culture you can embrace:
Work-life integrated culture that supports an employee centric mindset
Offers onsite, hybrid and field work environments
Paid volunteering and charitable donation/match programs
Diversity Equity & Inclusion Initiatives including Employee Resource Groups
Dedicated Training Resources and Learning & Development Programs
Paid Educational Assistance
**Center Valley, PA and Westborough, MA
Are you ready to be a part of our team?
Learn more about our benefit and incentives.
At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.
For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Olympus employs more than 31,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries and regions. Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, is headquartered in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, and employs more than 5,200 employees throughout locations in North and South America. For more information, visit www.olympusamerica.com.
Olympus is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace
We recognize diversity in people, views and lifestyle choices and emphasize the importance of inclusion and mutual respect. We strive to continue to foster empathy and unity in the workplace so that our employees can fully contribute and thrive.
Let’s realize your potential, together.
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Posting Notes: || United States (US) || Massachusetts (US-MA) || Westborough || Research and Development
