R&D Manager - Front End Innovation Technical Development

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RThank you for your interest in joining Solventum. Solventum is a new healthcare company with a long legacy of solving big challenges that improve lives and help healthcare professionals perform at their best. At Solventum, people are at the heart of every innovation we pursue. Guided by empathy, insight, and clinical intelligence, we collaborate with the best minds in healthcare to address our customers’ toughest challenges.

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**** R&D Manager – FEI Technology Development
**** 3M Health Care is now Solventum
** At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game- changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.
** The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
** As a R&D Manager, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
* Assisting in the Identification and prioritization of front-end innovation (FEI) and technology exploration programs that shape future products, platforms, and technology strategies
* Allocating resources across exploratory programs to balance speed, risk, and potential impact
* Driving early technical de-risking by supporting direct reports in identifying critical unknowns, designing focused experiments, and generating data that clarifies feasibility, scalability, and differentiation
* Energizing work groups by fostering a climate that encourages curiosity, experimentation, calculated risk-taking, learning from failure, and strong teamwork while developing technical talent capable of operating effectively in early-stage, uncertain environments.
* Working collaboratively with Product Development, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Manufacturing, Quality, and Regulatory to ensure front-end solutions are actionable and positioned for effective transition to new product development
* Developing and maintains deep awareness of external technologies, emerging science, startup activity, and academic research relevant to the organization’s future technology landscape and integrating external insights into internal FEI programs and roadmaps.
** Your Skills and Expertise
** To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
* Bachelors Degree in a science or engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited
* 7 years of relevant experience in a regulated industry, medical devices preferred, utilizing design controls to design, develop, verify, validate, and commercialize new products

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
* Masters degree or higher in an applicable technical field
* Previous experience managing people, leading teams, and developing/managing budgets
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