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Role & responsibilities

Senior Product Manager R&D

Department: Research & Development (R&D)

Designation: Senior Product Manager R&D

Experience: Minimum 5 TO 8 Years

Qualification: B.E./B.Tech Mechanical / Electronics & Communication (ECE) / Electrical & Electronics (EEE) / Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Industry: Medical Devices / Medical Equipment Manufacturing

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Senior Product Manager R&D to lead product development and product lifecycle activities within our R&D team.

The ideal candidate will have strong technical knowledge combined with product management, project leadership, problem-solving, and cross-functional coordination skills. This role offers an opportunity to work closely with R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Purchase, and Service teams to develop and continuously improve innovative medical products.

The candidate will play a key role in taking products from concept to development, validation, commercialization, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Development

Own and drive the complete product development lifecycle from concept to commercialization.

Understand customer, market, and business requirements and translate them into clear product requirements.

Identify opportunities for new product development, product enhancement, and cost optimization.

Prepare and maintain product requirements, specifications, development plans, and product roadmaps.

Coordinate with R&D engineers to ensure products meet defined technical and functional requirements.

Drive design improvements based on customer feedback, field performance, quality issues, and market requirements.

R&D & Project Leadership

Lead multiple product development and engineering projects from initiation to completion.

Define project timelines, milestones, priorities, and deliverables.

Monitor project progress and proactively resolve technical and operational bottlenecks.

Coordinate with Mechanical, Electronics, Software, Firmware, Quality, Manufacturing, and other technical teams.

Ensure timely completion of prototypes, testing, validation, and product release activities.

Conduct regular project reviews and provide management with progress updates.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Act as a key interface between Product Management, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Purchase, Sales, and Service teams.

Work closely with manufacturing teams to ensure product designs are suitable for production and assembly.

Coordinate with Quality and Regulatory teams for product compliance, validation, documentation, and approvals.

Support Sales and Service teams by providing technical and product-related inputs.

Work with suppliers and external partners wherever required for product development.

Product Improvement & Cost Optimization

Analyse product performance, customer feedback, field complaints, and service data.

Initiate corrective and preventive product improvement actions.

Identify opportunities for BOM optimization, value engineering, design simplification, and manufacturing cost reduction.

Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) initiatives.

Benchmark products against market and technology developments.

Documentation & Product Lifecycle

Ensure proper product documentation throughout the development lifecycle.

Review and maintain product specifications, BOMs, drawings, technical documents, change requests, and engineering records.

Manage Engineering Change Requests/Orders and ensure controlled implementation of product changes.

Support product transfer from R&D to production.

Monitor product performance throughout the product lifecycle and initiate improvement programs.