Product Definition Lead

Role:
Product Definition Lead

Location:

Motherwell, Scotland, onsite

Hours:

37.5 hours per week

Pay: £23.08 - £25.64 per hour, depending on experience

Contract:

12-month contract

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Product Definition Lead to join a dynamic and collaborative product development team on a one-year contract. You will work across instrument, assay and disposable development, helping to define the technical direction of complex point-of-care platforms.

This role is well suited to an experienced technical leader with a strong background in systems engineering, requirements engineering or product definition. You will translate complex business and clinical needs into clear system requirements while guiding a specialist, multidisciplinary team.

• 12-month full-time contract
• Opportunity to lead technically complex point-of-care development projects
• Work within a highly skilled scientific and engineering environment
• Exposure to interdisciplinary and global project teams
• Opportunity to shape product definition and technical strategy
• Collaborative and technically focused workplace

• Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Life Sciences or a related discipline
• At least five years' experience in requirements engineering, systems engineering or product definition
• Experience with in medical devices, diagnostics or another highly regulated industry is strongly preferred
• Proven leadership and team development experience
• Strong understanding of requirements elicitation, analysis and system definition
• Ability to translate business, clinical and technical needs into precise requirements
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Comfortable working across global and interdisciplinary teams
• Proactive, flexible and able to make decisions in a fast-paced environment
• Strong technical judgement and the ability to resolve complex issues quickly

• Lead and oversee the product definition of technically complex point-of-care systems
• Manage, coach and develop Systems Engineers, Requirements Engineers, Domain Business Analysts and supporting team members
• Build a collaborative and high-performing technical team
• Translate business and clinical healthcare needs into clear system requirements
• Lead requirements engineering, requirements elicitation and requirements evaluation activities
• Ensure system requirements are complete, accurate and aligned with wider business objectives
• Guide the technical direction of instrument, assay and disposable development programmes
• Support engineering teams with the identification, resolution and closure of technical issues
• Organise and facilitate project workshops with global and interdisciplinary stakeholders
• Apply structured problem-solving methods to critical technical challenges
• Align product definition activities with wider programme milestones and strategic goals
• Contribute to the successful delivery of complex medical technology development projects