Senior Manager, Product Innovation Engineering

Senior Manager, Product Innovation Engineering

Nordson Medical, a global leader in Interventional Solutions, Fluid Components, and Surgical Solutions, is seeking an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our team. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we are looking for candidates who share that same commitment.

Job Summary

The Senior Manager, Product Innovation Engineering leads the execution of product and process innovation strategies for Nordson MEDICAL Surgical Solutions. This role ensures new solutions meet customer needs and drive above-market growth through close collaboration with commercial, business development, and functional teams, as well as key customers and industry partners.

Leveraging customer insights and market trends, the Senior Manager leads a team that develops product innovations from ideation through full-scale commercialization. This leader ensures timely delivery of new products and capabilities that enhance customer value while providing clear direction, empowering global teams, and fostering a collaborative culture focused on results.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Leverages Nordson's Ascend Strategy and NBS Next system to identify and pursue high-value opportunities to drive above market organic growth.
• Provides strategic leadership cross functionally with finance, operations, sales, quality, and other functions to align initiatives with revenue growth goals and foster a culture of innovation that drives customer satisfaction and profitability.
• Empowers and leads a multi-disciplinary team to execute product and process innovation initiatives that are aligned and contribute to the overall business objectives.
• Delivers a talent strategy focused on hiring and developing high-performing, innovative teams with strong engagement and bench strength. Fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and innovative culture that empowers cross-functional teams.
• Manages pipeline of programs from concept through launch, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and regulatory requirements.
• Drives execution excellence by optimizing time-to-market and deploying resources effectively to achieve portfolio objectives.
• Collaborates with business development team to define priorities for product and capability expansion. Conducts regular program reviews and makes adjustments, including program termination, when necessary, to achieve growth.
• Provides managerial and technical oversight to ensure all engineering projects remain on schedule and on budget while managing risks, meeting all performance, cost, and quality specifications in manufacturing environments.
• Defines and tracks key performance metrics (e.g. revenue, profitability, vitality, timeliness, pipeline health, conversion rate, etc. ) and implements corrective actions for gaps.
• Build strong partnerships with commercial, business development, functional leaders, key customers, and industry stakeholders.
• Partners on the development of strategic and operating planning processes, including the analysis and prioritization of innovation strategies for growth and development.
• Develops and executes short- and long-term product innovation roadmaps, incorporating differentiation and IP strategy, to deliver on strategic priorities and ensure sustained profitable growth.
• Leads the characterization of product performance aligned with therapeutic applications, assessing and addressing capability gaps, building our technical credibility in the market.
• Monitors market, technology, and regulatory trends, and customer insights, to guide product development and sustain competitive advantage.
• Manages all aspects of the development process including documentation, compliance, validation, and program management.
• Ensure alignment of innovation initiatives with overall business growth strategy, delivering high-impact solutions that strengthen customer partnerships.
• Champions the development of new production processes and improvements that expand and enhance our capabilities.
• Ensures adherence to product development quality procedures and partners with RAQA to drive process and regulatory improvements.
• Maintains strong partnership with Operations to ensure new product BOMs are sourced from robust vendors, and that manufacturing processes are scalable using DFM/DFA principles.
• Demonstrates thought leadership and capabilities by publishing technical papers and presenting at industry conferences.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, material science, technology, or related field. MBA or other graduate degree preferred.
• 7-10 years' experience with leading product development engineering, R&D, or technology innovation teams, including relevant professional experience in the medical OEM or device industry.
• Proven success with developing and leading product technology strategy, product innovation road mapping, and product development.
• Experience in strategic planning and analysis, including leading products through full life cycle of development, manufacturing, and quality requirements.
• Experience with OEM development leadership in the Cardiovascular industry is preferred.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to lead a team in developing understanding of technologies and capabilities to quickly solve complex technical problems and deliver differentiated value to customers.
• Demonstrated ability to reduce research to technical capability and potential product solutions.
• Experience in creating an environment of innovation with excellent approach to problem analysis and problem solving.
• Demonstrated ability to work with other technical and operations managers.
• Ability to establish and maintain executive level relationships with end customers and industry leaders.
• Proactive, with ability to self-direct through multiple concurrent projects
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to work with cross-functional teams
• Successful candidates will work in a dynamic team-based environment where individual contributions make a difference.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Office environment. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About Nordson Medical

At Nordson MEDICAL, you don't have to be a doctor to help save lives. We are the global expert in the design, development, and manufacturing of complex medical devices and component technologies. By joining our team today, you will help us bring innovative ideas to life. Nordson MEDICAL is a global team that works to create components for life-saving medical devices. We offer a supportive culture in a growing and dynamic work environment. Whether you're just beginning your career or you're a seasoned professional, there's a place for you to belong at Nordson MEDICAL. We offer hourly and salary positions in production, maintenance, customer service, quality, engineering, and more. We actively invest in our teams to help you build your skillsets and advance your career.