Director, Global Technical Operations LATINA

Director, Global Technical Operations
Latina
Lazio, LATINA

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**Director, Global Technical Operations

**Zug, Switzerland

**Latina, Italy

**Tel Aviv, Israel

**Livingston, UK

**Full-time

The Ethicon Surgical Care business is comprised of the following businesses within Johnson & Johnson: Ethicon Surgical Care, Ethicon Biosurgery, Ethicon Energy, Ethicon Endomechanics, Ethicon Robotics, Megadyne, NeuWave, and Torax.

With annual sales of $11 billion, the Global Surgery Group is the world's largest, most innovative surgical company.

The strength of the Global Surgery Group is illustrated by the fact that more than 80% of our sales come from businesses with #1 or #2 global market share positions.

We serve customers around the world, with about 60% of our sales generated outside the U. S. , including a fast-growing presence in emerging markets.

The Global Surgery Group is committed to innovation, with about 30% of our sales coming from products introduced in the past five years.

The Ethicon Surgical Care business offers a broad range of products, platforms and technologies—including sutures, surgical staplers, clip appliers, trocars and synthetic mesh devices—that are used in a wide variety of mínimally invasive and open surgical procedures.

Specialties include support for treatment of colorectal and thoracic conditions, women's health conditions, hernias, cancer and obesity.

The Ethicon Surgical Care business combines products and services of two market-leading legacy companies, both with long histories of medical innovation.

Ethicon, Inc. based in Somerville, New Jersey, was founded more than 80 years ago as a pioneer in suture development and manufacturing, helping to transform the safety and effectiveness of open surgery.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. was created 20 years ago in Cincinnati, Ohio, developing innovative devices that have driven the revolutionary shift from open to mínimally invasive surgery that continues to lead the industry today.

**Position overview**:

Ethicon Biosurgery, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies is recruiting for a **Director, Technical Operations**, that can be located primarely in Zug, Switzerland or other secondary EMEA locations.

In this role, the Director of Technical Operations will lead a team of engineers and scientists focused on developing processes for New Product Introductions, Product Design changes and Complex Technical Transfers.

Key areas of focus will include (1) developing talent to drive key projects, (2) driving rigorous and robust engineering discipline, (3) partner with key stakeholders; quality, R&D, manufacturing engineering to align on technologies and strategies (4) collaborate with PM across Global Surgery to drive standard business processes, (5) actively engage with the PM Biosurgery team as well as the Biosurgery Supply Chain including Internal and External Manufacturing Partners.

**Tasks & Responsibilities**:

- Provide technical leadership to the Biosurgery PM organization in support of the overall NPI pipeline, Lifecycle Management (LCM) and Network programs for a $1. 4B medical device business

- Drive key programs intended to improve our technical organization such as six sigma certification, design excellence, rotations with manufacturing sites, etc

- Responsible for all technical talent development with Biosurgery Product Management as well as collaboration with the rest of the Ethicon Biosurgery Supply chain, Engineering teams as well as collaborate with other Ethicon platforms

- Recruit, develop, manage, and motivate highly trained technical professionals to ensure an effective work force

- Steers Collaboration with internal and external partners to drive execution

- Aligns with R&D to drive an overall technology strategy for Biosurgery

- Reviews and coordinates activities concerned with technical developments and resolves engineering and technical problems

- Manage resources effectively and help prioritize and optimize resource utilization

- Ensure that employees are trained and equipped with the tools to perform their jobs successfully

- Drive best practices in engineering design and automation

- Develop and manage to expense and capital budgets per our BP and Strat Plan processes

- Ensure compliance in all aspects of Quality and Environmental, Health and Safety per J&J standards

- Provide technical leadership in business development, due diligences

**Qualifications

- A minimum of a bachelor's degree is required in an Engineering or Sc