Senior Director, Product Development

Salary Range: $ - $

Confluent Medical Technologies is a financially healthy and rapidly growing medical device company whose employees are passionate about providing life-saving solutions to our customers through a collaborative and high-impact work environment. Our moderate size, diversity of technologies, and broad material science capabilities provide an environment in which our employees can develop broad skill sets and directly influence product development and manufacturing outcomes.

We are looking for a Senior Director, New Product Development to join our talented team!

The Senior Director, New Product Development serves as a senior engineering and product development leader within Confluent Medical. This position is responsible for establishing and executing the technical, organizational, and product development strategy supporting the development of innovative medical device technologies and products across the enterprise. The role provides leadership for a multi-site organization responsible for the development, commercialization, and transfer of medical technologies, products, and manufacturing solutions.

The Senior Director leads cross-functional teams focused on bringing customer and internally sponsored product development programs from concept through commercialization and manufacturing transfer. The Senior Director is accountable for product development portfolio execution, technology strategy, engineering excellence, organizational capability, customer satisfaction, and long-term business growth. This position partners closely with Commercial, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Program Management, and Manufacturing organizations to align technical investments with customer and business objectives.

This leader directly influences customer growth opportunities, technology investment decisions, engineering capabilities, manufacturing readiness, and strategic direction across the organization.

• Business & Technology Leadership Develop and execute the long-term product development and technology strategy supporting Confluent's business objectives. Establish technical roadmaps aligned with business growth objectives, customer needs, and emerging market opportunities. Partner with Commercial leadership to identify and prioritize growth opportunities, technology investments, and strategic customer initiatives. Influence business strategy through evaluation of market trends, technology developments, competitive positioning, and customer requirements.
  
  Support strategic planning processes, including annual operating plans, capital planning, and long-range business objectives.
• Product Development Portfolio Leadership Provide executive leadership for a portfolio of customer-funded and internally sponsored development programs. Establish portfolio governance processes and investment priorities. Balance technical, financial, operational, and organizational considerations when prioritizing resources and development activities. Ensure successful execution of development programs from concept through commercialization and manufacturing transfer. Drive accountability for program execution, resource utilization, financial performance, and customer satisfaction.
• Technology & Innovation Strategy Establish and advance technology strategies supporting current and future customer and market needs. Identify, evaluate, and develop emerging technologies that enhance Confluent's competitive position. Drive innovation through the development of new capabilities, processes, products, and engineering solutions. Assess organizational technical capabilities and establish investment recommendations supporting future business growth. Promote technical excellence and continuous improvement across all product development activities.
• Organizational Leadership Lead a multi-disciplinary organization consisting of Directors, Managers, Engineers, Scientists, and Technical Personnel. Build long-term organizational capability through workforce planning, succession planning, and leadership development. Develop future engineering leaders and critical technical talent. Ensure organizational structures support scalable growth and business objectives. Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, customer focus, and continuous improvement.
• Customer Leadership Serve as executive technical sponsor for strategic customer relationships. Participate in executive customer reviews, opportunity pursuits, technical strategy discussions, and critical business negotiations. Support customer acquisition, retention, and expansion efforts. Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior technical and business leaders across key customer organizations.
• Manufacturing & Commercialization Leadership Ensure products and technologies are developed using Design for Manufacturability principles. Partner with Operations and Manufacturing Engineering leaders to ensure successful technology transfer and…