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You will translate the agreed project scope into an executable Product Development plan and lead the team in delivering high-quality technical outcomes.\nYou will represent Product Development in the wider project or program organization and collaborate closely with the overall Project Manager or Program Manager, Product Development line managers, Manufacturing Development, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical and Operations.\nYour key responsibilities\nYou will be responsible for creating clarity, structure and momentum across the Product Development workstream.\nYour responsibilities will include:\nLead the Product Development workstream from early development through design verification, design transfer and launch readiness.\nTranslate the agreed project scope into clear Product Development deliverables, milestones, dependencies and decision points.\nEstablish and maintain the Product Development workstream plan and integrate it with the overall project plan.\nBuild and lead a multidisciplinary team spanning relevant Product Development disciplines.\nCreate clear ownership of deliverables and actively manage workstream risks, issues and critical dependencies.\nDrive timely decisions within the Product Development mandate, making technical recommendations, assumptions and trade-offs visible.\nEnsure that Product Development deliverables are completed at the required level of quality and maturity, including relevant product concepts, designs, requirements, specifications, verification evidence and Design Control documentation.\nPartner closely with Manufacturing Development to integrate product design, Design for Manufacturing and manufacturing-readiness activities from the outset.\nForecast resource and OPEX needs, align capacity with Product Development line managers and make resource constraints and consequences transparent.\nCommunicate progress, risks, decisions and recommendations clearly to the project or program organization and other relevant stakeholders.\nContribute to strengthening project-management excellence and ways of working across Product Development.\nWhat you bring\nYou are a structured and curious project leader who combines disciplined execution with sound judgement and strong collaborative skills.\nYou do not need to have every technical answer yourself, but you must be able to ask difficult questions, challenge assumptions constructively and help multidisciplinary teams reach well-founded decisions. You are comfortable working with uncertainty while maintaining clarity, accountability and momentum.\nWe expect that you have:\nAt least five years of experience leading technical or product-development projects in an R&D environment.\nA master’s or bachelor’s degree in engineering, materials science, design, innovation or another relevant technical discipline.\nDemonstrated experience leading a technical workstream or multidisciplinary development team.\nExperience taking products or technical solutions through concept development, detailed development, verification and transfer into manufacturing.\nStrong capabilities in project planning, risk management, dependency management and stakeholder communication.\nThe ability to make and communicate trade-offs across product performance, quality, manufacturability, sustainability, time and cost.\nThe ability to distinguish between decisions that can be made within the team’s mandate and issues that require broader alignment or escalation.\nFluency in written and spoken English.\nExperience from medical devices, pharmaceuticals or another regulated industry is strongly preferred. Experience with Design Control, product verification or manufacturing transfer will be considered an advantage.\nWhat we offer\nA central role in developing products and solutions that make a meaningful difference for people living with intimate healthcare needs.\nMeaningful accountability for leading technical Product Development execution.\nClose collaboration with experienced specialists, project managers and leaders across R&D and the wider organization.\nA strong project-management community across product innovation, technology, Product Development and Manufacturing Development.\nOpportunities for professional growth within project management, senior project management, program management or functional leadership.\nThe opportunity to help strengthen how Product Development plans, collaborates, decides and delivers.\nAn inclusive culture where different experiences and perspectives are valued and where we make sure that you can be you.\nInterested?\nIf you would like to know more about the position, please contact Majk Kruszewski, Senior Director, Product Development,\nWe review applications continuously, so please apply as soon as possible.\nPursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward - we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things. \nColoplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because - and not despite - of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability. \nVisit us on Coloplast.com.\nWatch the film. 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