[Hiring] Head of Neuro MR R&D and Collaborations @Siemens Healthineers

Role Description

Join our team now at Siemens Healthineers as Senior Manager, Neuro MR R&D and Collaborations. This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking for the next step in their career. As a MR R&D Senior Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Collaboration Management
  • Define, implement and drive the National Research collaborations strategy for Neuro MR R&D and Collaborations.
  • Collaborate with internal and external partners to define innovative and clinically relevant Neuro MR techniques from prototype to a commercially available product.
  • Work closely with international teams in design, implementation, and execution of research projects in Neuro MR in collaboration with our academic and clinical partners.
  • Adhere to Siemens’ collaborations policies, and take ownership of the processes for collaboration management with partners in your region.
  • Develop Academic Industry Partnership grants with your academic partner.
• Research and Development
  • Work closely with your academic partners and teams to drive Neuro MR research and translate this knowledge into MR products.
  • Oversee the development of novel, clinically relevant techniques (MR pulse sequences and image reconstruction) with our research partners.
  • Monitor the development and release prototypes of novel techniques in compliance with highest source code quality.
  • Work closely with counterparts at Healthineers HQ, medical device industry, functional teams and research partners to define projects of mutual interest that are aligned with the global MR roadmap.
• Product Development
  • Oversee product integration of innovative techniques according to quality standards for medical devices.
  • Define implementation of improvements of currently existing product features.
  • Monitor maintenance and improvements of existing code base, bug fixing, testing.
  • Contribute to product protocol development for novel features.
• Sales and Marketing Support
  • Collaborate on content for articles for Siemens publications such as MAGNETOM Flash together with internal and external collaborators.
  • Look for opportunities to translate clinical and technical knowledge into clinical and business value.
  • Support educational meetings, tradeshows, and site visits.
  • Answer questions from Sales and Marketing related to areas of the team’s responsibility.
  • Demonstrate strong knowledge of organization's business practices, issues faced, and contribute to problem resolution of those issues.
• People Management
  • Manage and lead a team of MR scientists, ensuring that the team is adequately resourced to support the wide range of collaboration, predevelopment and product development projects.
  • Inspire, support and coach scientists on the team in a wide variety of situations.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of relevant clinical and research MRI experience working on the Siemens MRI platform.
• Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering / Biomedical Physics / Imaging Physics, or equivalent.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.
• Strong MR physics background.
• Expertise in MR imaging techniques and clinical applications.
• Experience in working with internal and external partners.
• Exceptional communication skills – in all formats: writing, presentation, verbal.
• Excellent, inter-personal and teaching skills and a proactive can-do attitude.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize, and take initiative.
• Team building experience. Ability to build a well-performing team.
• Ability to inspire people to own the development of novel approaches and empowering of team members.
• Ability to multi-task and follow through.
• Ability to act as advocate for different internal and external stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented and organized.
• Excellent skills in negotiation, coaching and communication.
• Understanding in product development cycles and requirements in the medical device industry.
• Experience with Siemens MRI prototype development and release processes.
• Experience with Siemens MRI software developments tools like ClearCase, TFS, TeamTool, mrbt etc.
• Anticipate and embrace changes and adapt to evolving needs in healthcare.
• Ability to thrive in a virtual and fast-paced environment.
• Flexibility and adaptability to work in a changing and dynamic team.
• Proven track record of successful customer support in a highly technical environment.
• Prior experience working on Siemens’ MR systems in pulse sequence design and image reconstruction.
• Willingness and ability to travel both nationally and internationally (~40%).
• Substantial experience in C++/C software design, implementation and coding.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Paid parking/public transportation
• Paid time off
• Paid sick and safe time