WHY CHOOSE ECRI?

ECRI is an inspiring place to work. We share a common mission to help healthcare organizations make smart, compassionate, and ethical decisions for patients. Consider these additional benefits of joining the ECRI team:

• Industry leadership: We have a long history and proven reputation in patient safety and medical technology research.
• On-the-job-learning: You will have the opportunity to work with specialists across medical science, patient care, healthcare management, and technology.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits: We offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability coverage.
• Retirement Savings: Our employees can participate in an employer-matching 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan.
• Additional benefits: ECRI offers additional benefits to our employees, including paid time off and holiday pay, paid leave for parents, tuition assistance, employee assistance program, access to LinkedIn Learning, and other voluntary benefit programs (e.g. accident insurance, identify theft insurance, flexible spending accounts).
• Volunteer Program: ECRI Cares, our employee volunteer program, provides a framework for us to work together and make a difference in the lives of others. All employees are provided 16 hours annually of paid time to volunteer at preapproved ECRI Cares charities during normal business hours.

ABOUT ECRI

At ECRI, our passion for safe, effective, and efficient care is ingrained into the fabric of who we are and why we are here. For more than 50 years, the people of ECRI have been unyielding in their work to protect patients from unsafe and ineffective medical technologies and practices. Now, with the acquisition of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), we have created one of the largest healthcare quality and safety entities in the world.

As a non-profit, independent organization, we utilize an unbiased, evidence-based approach to develop guidance, and maintain our principles of integrity and transparent work. Our ethical standards have led us to adopt the industry's strictest conflict-of-interest policies, and they are why tens of thousands of healthcare leaders worldwide rely on ECRI to guide their clinical, operational, and strategic decisions across all sites of care.

The Most Trusted Voice in Healthcare

ECRI is proud to serve the healthcare industry, from providers and insurers to government agencies, and medical associations. Our areas of focus include:

• Patient Safety: empowering leaders to eliminate patient harm through the dissemination of best practices, guidance, benchmarking, and recommendations.
• Evidence-Based Medicine: providing clinical evidence to inform and support decisions on the effectiveness of medical technologies, procedures, genetic tests, and clinical practice guidelines.
• Technology Decision Support: arming hospital systems with unbiased insights, so they can optimize their supply chain.

ECRI is the only organization worldwide to conduct independent medical device evaluations, with labs located in North America and Asia Pacific. ECRI is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

At ECRI, our passion for the truth drives us to go further and dig deeper in our pursuit to advance effective, evidence-based healthcare globally.

The success of our organization relies on the kind of creative thinking that can only result from a diverse team of individuals. ECRI is proud to be an employer of choice with an inclusive environment for all employees. As part of this goal and in compliance with various laws and regulations, ECRI provides reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees.

It's what makes ECRI unique, and why we are the most trusted voice in healthcare.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Engineering Director (the Director) drives new Device Safety opportunities to meet global customer demand and regulatory requirements, manages and oversees all Device Safety activities for their assigned technical service line, ensuring that it aligns and is executed in accordance with the Device Safety strategic plan. Providing global matrixed operational oversight and management of US and APAC employees, the Director provides expert engineering leadership and support of laboratory testing of medical devices, consulting engagements, development of content (e.g., technology hazards), and other device safety activities. In addition, the Director will support the Vice President, Device Safety with the development and refinement of the Device Safety strategy, creation and execution of annual/long-term business plan and budget for the Device Safety division, and ensuring that Device Safety processes and procedures are running smoothly and efficiently.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodation Statement:
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactory. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s):

• Head of all Device Safety activities for assigned technical service line, ensuring that they align and are executed in accordance with the Device Safety strategic plan.
• Provide global matrixed operational oversight and management of US and APAC employees, ensuring that all Device Safety activities are completed in accordance with ECRI's mission, vision, and strategic plan, the Device Safety strategic plan, and the needs of the external healthcare market and ECRI customers.
• Serve as an expert Device Safety subject matter expert, offering leadership and guidance in the execution of device safety activities and serving as a technical reviewer of Device Safety projects, as needed.
• Support Device Safety people leaders in assigned technical service line, including overseeing and managing the device safety activities that they are working on, helping employees grow professionally and personally, and help/support employees overcome obstacles and challenges they are experiencing.
• In collaboration with the Director, Preventive Services and Device Safety, develop proposals for customized device testing, investigations, grant funding bodies, and other technical consulting projects.
• Plan, conduct, and report out device safety activities, individually or as a team, including, but not limited to, device evaluations, device consulting engagements, create and review device safety content, etc.
• Support the Vice President, Device Safety with the development and refinement of the Device Safety strategy, creation and execution of annual/long-term business plan and budget for the Device Safety division, and ensuring that Device Safety processes and procedures are running smoothly and efficiently.
• Seek new business opportunities including, identifying emerging technology topics of concern to clients, and develop proposals for those opportunities.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Other duties, as assigned.

Accountability Metric(s):

• Establish and maintain exceptional and professional client relationships, both with existing and new clients.
• Maintain division excellence with regard to work quality and business/personnel management.
• Meet client expectations regarding device safety activities that your team and you are working on.
• Meet specific goals outlines in the Device Safety strategic plan.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience:

• 10 - 15 years' experience in an engineering role in the healthcare industry.
• Experience leading, managing, and influencing a team is required. Experience leading, managing, and influencing global teams is preferred.
• Experience in global medical device regulatory or healthcare accreditation requirements is preferred.
• Direct experience managing global teams in direct and matrixed relationships.
• Direct experience working with more than one key stakeholder, such as regulators, manufacturers, payers, and/or providers.
• Experience in more than one healthcare delivery setting is preferred.
• Experience in medical device product development desired.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent writing and editorial skills.
• Excellent presentation skills and experience presenting findings to clients and/or other individuals is required.
• Project management skills (e.g., Lean Six Sigma) are preferred.

Education:

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline is required, preferably in biomedical and/or mechanical engineering. Additional education in leadership, management, or operations is also desired.

Computer Skills:

• Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 Suite of products (e.g., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Certifications & Licenses:

• Licensed engineer preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

ADA Statement

ECRI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. We value diversity and believe that a diverse workforce enhances our ability to succeed. ECRI complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment based on these protected characteristics.

EEO Statement

ECRI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. We value diversity and believe that a diverse workforce enhances our ability to succeed. ECRI complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment based on these protected characteristics.

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