Head of Product Development - Intensive Care Ventilators 80 - 100 % (w/m/d)

For more than 40 years, Hamilton Medical has shaped the future of mechanical ventilation. We develop Intelligent Ventilation solutions that support clinicians in critical moments.

Our Hamilton ventilators are used in intensive care units, during emergency transport, and in MRI environments. They help medical teams care for adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients worldwide.

Here, your work has real impact. Every improvement you make supports better respiratory care for patients around the globe.

How you can make a difference:

Lead the engineering organisation behind our intensive care ventilators. Combine people leadership with technical portfolio responsibility to deliver safe, high-quality and competitive medical devices-from early concepts through development and the full product lifecycle.

Working closely with Product Management, you will balance current commitments with future product needs while strengthening our engineering capabilities, effectiveness and efficiency.

• Lead the organisation: Develop a multidisciplinary engineering organisation and its leaders, building ownership, collaboration and accountability.
• Deliver the portfolio: Take overall responsibility for engineering delivery, balancing quality, timelines, capacity, technical risks, development budgets and product costs.
• Shape technical direction: Translate Product Management's strategic vision and customer requirements into technical solutions, roadmaps and engineering priorities.
• Own the technical lifecycle: Guide feasibility exploration, product development and post-market engineering, including reliability, changes, state-of-the-art assessments and phase-out planning.
• Improve engineering performance: Address systematic weaknesses, strengthen capabilities and use synergies across products to improve quality, delivery and development efficiency.
• Build and share knowledge: Develop portfolio expertise through technology scouting, external partnerships, internal training and knowledge exchange.
• Connect stakeholders: Represent engineering internally and Hamilton Medical externally, communicating commitments, opportunities, risks and investment needs clearly.

That's what you bring along:

• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organisations and developing technical leaders.
• Strong technical judgement and experience managing complex product development, competing priorities, resources and risks.
• A product, customer and business mindset, balancing patient safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• Demonstrated ability to improve engineering capabilities, organisational effectiveness and efficiency.
• Clear communication, sound decision-making and strong collaboration across technical and business functions.
• Experience with complex embedded, safety-critical or regulated products is highly valued; medical device experience is an advantage.
• A higher education qualification in engineering or a scientific discipline, and strong communication skills in German and English.

How to apply:

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Do you share our values and feel at home in a cooperative, innovative,and down-to-earth environment? At Hamilton, we not only offer a motivating working environment, but also purposeful workand modern working conditions. Our interactions at eye level encourage open communication and a pleasant working environment. Become part of a team where your skills are valued and innovative ideas are fostered. Interested? Then apply online using the "Apply now" button. If you have any questions, please contact us at jobs@hamilton-medical.com with the following details:

Reference: JR-6301-fjm/Contact: Juli Thomann

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