Director, Mechanical Engineering - Advanced Surgical

The Director of Mechanical Engineering in Advanced Surgical’s R&D department will lead all elements of R&D for the Mechanical Engineering team. This role oversees the entire product lifecycle – from early-stage product development through sustaining on-market products – across the entire product portfolio. In addition to the product-centric responsibilities, the Director will foster a culture of excellence and accountability in alignment with ConMed’s 5 pillars, support team member career development aspirations, and focus on continuous improvement of development methodology and core capabilities. The Director will operate in alignment with ConMed’s Leadership Expectations and will lead a team Engineering Managers.

This is an onsite role based in Denver, Colorado.

• •Define and deliver Mechanical Engineering team vision aligned with business objectives and overall Advanced Surgical R&D vision.
• •Partner with R&D counterparts, Marketing, and other critical functions to develop portfolio strategy and technology roadmaps.
• •Identify emerging technologies and integrate them into product roadmaps.
• •Foster a culture of innovation and accountability
• •Actively support the career development of managers and engineers
• •Create a vision that inspires the team to push the boundaries and raise the standard of excellence

• •Contributes to R&D leadership meetings and updates
• •Facilitates team and business meetings effectively
• •Effectively communicates opportunities, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to superiors
• •Delivers engaging, informative, well-organized presentations.
• •Resolves and/or escalates issues as appropriate.
• •Understands how to facilitate communicate difficult/sensitive information.
• •Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities.
• •Develops team and organizational talent and development plans
• •Develops and executes annual budget and resource management

• •Oversees the entire product lifecycle – from early-stage product development through sustaining on-market products – across the entire product portfolio, ensuring compliance to applicable

CONMED offers a wide array of benefits to fit your unique needs. Visit our Benefits Page for more information.

• •Competitive compensation
• •Excellent healthcare including medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
• •Short & long term disability plus life insurance -- cost paid fully by CONMED
• •Retirement Savings Plan (401K) -- CONMED matches your contributions dollar for dollar, with the potential for up to 7% per pay period
• •Employee Stock Purchase Plan -- allows stock purchases at discounted price
• •Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate level courses

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