Lifecycle Management Supervisor

We are Neodent, Brazil’s leading dental implant brand. For over 30 years, we have been helping create thousands of new smiles every day. We are part of the Straumann Group and, in Brazil, represent the Neodent, Straumann, ClearCorrect, and Yller brands.

Our purpose is to create new smiles every day. We are guided by a cultural journey and a Protagonist & Learner mindset, empowering our employees to become a high-performance team.

This opportunity is based at our CIC facility in Curitiba, Brazil.

What can you expect from a day with us?

- Team Leadership: Lead, develop, and coach a team of Product Development Engineers, Design Engineers and Packaging Engineers working on lifecycle management activities. Establish priorities, allocate resources, and ensure timely execution of lifecycle projects, in collaboration with the Product Design & Development team in Basel. Develop technical capabilities within the team, particularly on Critical-to-Quality, GD&T, systematic root cause analysis and problem solving.

- Product lifecycle management: Lead and coordinate R&D activities for products throughout the post-development and manufacturing lifecycle. Ensure products remain safe, effective, reliable, and compliant following manufacturing transfers and production optimizations.

- Product and Design Optimization: Identify opportunities to optimize product designs while maintaining required safety, effectiveness, performance, quality, and regulatory requirements, together with your team. Support design-to-cost and design-for-manufacturability initiatives. Accountable for making sure that cost-reduction activities do not compromise product performance, patient/user safety, or regulatory compliance.

- Manufacturing Transfer & Site Support: Provide R&D leadership and technical support for manufacturing transfers between sites. Identify and manage product risks associated with changes in manufacturing location, equipment, processes, materials, and suppliers.

- Supporting Technology Management: Supports the evaluation of new technologies in manufacturing that allow reducing COGS and that might allow for new design opportunities.

- Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead cross-functional projects involving R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing, PMO, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and other stakeholders. Build strong partnerships with manufacturing sites and act as a trusted R&D partner throughout the product lifecycle.

- Compliance and Quality: Ensure lifecycle changes are managed in accordance with the Straumann Quality system. Ensure appropriate documentation, traceability, and technical justification for product and process changes. Support regulatory submissions, audits, inspections, and other compliance activities related to lifecycle changes when required.

What do you need to have or know?

- Fluent English.

- Development experience in a regulated environment, preferably medical devices. Track record in developing products from conception through transfer to production, or experience in R&D lifecycle management (including manufacturing transfer, post market design changes, etc.)

- Strong knowledge in Product engineering, Design Controls, Design Verification & Validation (V&V), requirements management, risk management, and manufacturing.

- Experience applying specific development tools (statistical analysis, root cause analysis, FMEA, analysis of mechanical properties, etc.).

- Sound knowledge of applicable standards and regulations (ISO 13485, MDR, FDA, ANVISA, and applicable technical standards).

- Experience managing multidisciplinary technical teams and complex product development projects. Familiar with operating in a complex and changing matrixed environment in international companies.

- Familiar with project management methodologies and tools applicable to product development.

- Robust understanding of manufacturing and process technologies and experience in design-to-cost optimization.

- Work experience in different geographies is an advantage.

What can you expect from us?

- Meal allowance;
- On-site cafeteria;
- Health insurance with nationwide coverage, including dependents;
- Dental insurance;
- Wellhub (formerly Gympass);
- Public transportation allowance or parking subsidy;
- Profit-Sharing Program (PPR);
- Internal development programs;
- Discounts on our product lines;
- Career growth opportunities.

Neodent believes in diversity, which is why our job opportunities are open to everyone, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, age, or disability.

Join us in making the world smile! Learn more about Neodent:

Website:  https://neodent.com.br/
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/neodent_brasil/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neodent/ Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.com.br/Vis%C3%A3o-geral/Trabalhar-na-Neodent-EI_IE2003546.13,20.htm