Head of Research

1 week ago

Cambridge, United Kingdom CMR Surgical Full time

Are you an industry leader with experience of managing a ground-breaking research team? Why not join us on our journey as we rethink robotic surgery?

We are pushing the boundaries in robotic surgery. In practice, this means exploring technologies that improve the Versius experience, helping improve surgical efficiency, effectiveness and safety, e.g., contrasting healthy tissue from unhealthy tissue, tumour from non-tumour. We address some of the biggest challenges in surgery with the ability to impact the lives of every patient.

In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of a large research team and the oversight of several programmes of work. You'll have overall responsibility for taking ideas from concept to proof of concept, for maintaining scientific rigour throughout experimental design, bench, and early pre-clinical testing, ensuring that research is aligned with CMR's vision and strategy.

**About CMR Surgical**:
CMR is an exciting and evolving company to be joining right now. Our commitment to our goal of building a world-class medical devices company is underpinned by the ground-breaking innovation of our next generation of surgical robots and a diverse team of talented and supportive individuals.

At CMR we're pushing boundaries - enhancing immense human skill with technology to deliver the best surgical care which is why we're proud to be the Official Medical Device Partner of ParalympicsGB, the team of elite athletes that challenge perceptions of what humans can achieve. The team that inspires us with their determination, their precision and control.

We're breaking new ground which makes working here exciting, it provides autonomy, opportunity and makes the things you do visible. Come and join us and see what you're capable of.

**Responsibilities**:
The Research team at CMR is tasked with creating next generation technologies to solve the greatest challenges in surgery. The team are a diverse and inquisitive group of engineers, scientists, clinicians, and mathematicians working on exciting projects across robot mechatronics and control, vision and optics, energy devices, instruments, VR/AR/MR, digital surgery, and AI/ML to name a few The mission is to fill CMR's product roadmap with innovative technologies that disrupt the field of mínimally invasive surgery, transforming surgery for good.

As the Head of Research you will:

- Work with CMR's strategists to seek out opportunities for innovation and disruption
- Set the direction of the research teams towards achieving CMR's vision and taking ideas from concept to proof of concept
- Manage the research budget and cost centre
- Identify the need to grow capacity and expertise - both growing headcount and managing development of the current team
- Lead and inspire
- maintaining a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative environment that embraces success and learns from failure
- Be accountable for technical and scientific rigour in all research, as well as all milestones and deliverables
- Promote scientific excellence through technical review, teaching and mentoring, whilst seeking out opportunities for your own continued professional development
- Build and manage collaborations with third parties (academic and industry partners) for technology awareness, assessment, outsourcing and integration
- Network widely within CMR and externally, to realise new opportunities
- Collaborate with CMR's strategic portfolio managers and leadership team, to pitch research outputs as potential new products/features

We're a high growth company and roles can change and evolve. You'll be willing to turn your hand to anything within the XX remit that supports the team with delivering its objectives.

**About you**:
To be successful in this role we're looking for:

- Someone who is passionate about making a difference, identifies with our company values and as a leader promotes a respectful, inclusive, collaborative, and diverse work environment
- A leader of productive early-stage technology research teams in an agile environment
- An established leader of diverse, multidisciplinary research teams
- Significant experience managing research in the medical device or related industries.
- Strong business and technical acumen, combined with a passion for making data driven decisions with a results focussed mindset
- Mentoring, developing, and inspiring others
- An effective communicator who sets clear expectations and influences others to deliver results

The whole Research and Strategy team undertake research projects in a wide variety of disciplines. Experience or knowledge of any of following may be beneficial too (but are nonessential for this role):

- Previous experience in the medical device / surgical device industry.
- Experience in or an understanding of medical device development: quality management systems (ISO 13485), risk management (ISO 14961), MDR and FDA

We'd particularly like to hear from applicants from underrepresented g

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