Senior Team Leader - Medical Devices

Research & Innovation

About the job

Are you passionate about medical device innovation, patient-centric design, and translating technology into safe, compliant solutions? Are you an experienced R&I leader with a strong background in medical devices development within regulated environments? We have an exciting opportunity as Senior Team Leader - Medical Devices within Danone’s Specialized Nutrition business.

Our team’s mission is to identify, develop, and deliver innovative medical devices and health solutions that support the Flocare® portfolio and Danone’s long-term health innovation strategy, while ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.

Our key deliverables and priorities include:

• Building and leading an agile medical devices innovation platform to support category strategy.
• Delivering a robust pipeline of new and improved medical device products and services.
• Ensuring full compliance with MDR, ISO 13485, and applicable international standards.
• Bridging internal R&I capabilities with external partners, technologies, and co-development opportunities.
• Optimizing resources, timelines, and budgets across complex development portfolios.

Your role

In your role as Senior Team Leader – Medical Devices, and as part of the SN R&I Packaging & Medical Devices Team you will be accountable for end-to-end medical device design, development, design change control and innovation delivery.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Leading and developing an international team of product technologists and engineers.
• Driving medical device design & development projects from concept to transfer into manufacturing.
• Ensuring design & design change control, technical documentation, and specification readiness.
• Acting as a senior technical partner to Regulatory, Quality, Clinical, and external manufacturing partners.
• Managing multiple projects with clear plans, budgets, timelines, and risk management.

Meet your future manager! You will report to Richard Skidmore, SN R&I Director Packaging Innovation & Med Device.

About you

You are a senior innovation leader who combines deep medical device expertise with business acumen and people leadership. You have a user-centric and patient-safety mindset, and have strong stakeholder management and project leadership skills. You bring an analytical, structured, and decision-oriented approach, while having an entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to generate and drive innovation. Finally, you have the ability to manage complexity, priorities, and multiple projects simultaneously.

You also bring:

• Extensive experience in medical device design & development within regulated environments.
• Masters Degree in Industrial Design or Mechatronics.
• Strong working knowledge of EU MDR (2017/745), ISO 13485, and risk management (ISO 14971).
• Proven leadership experience managing international technical teams.
• Solid understanding of enteral feeding technologies, medical plastics, and outsourced manufacturing.
• Experience collaborating with Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Clinical, and external SMEs.

About Danone

Danone’s Specialized Nutrition business focuses on developing health solutions that create real benefits for people. You will be part of a global research and innovation environment at the forefront of advances in specialized nutrition.

We offer:

All Danoners receive a complete package of benefits. This includes a competitive salary and yearly bonus, a premium free pension, 30 days of annual leave (with the opportunity to purchase more) and you will receive a monthly health care allowance. In addition, you can get discount on your gym membership, and we offer initiatives focused on nutrition, physical, and mental health. We provide continuous learning opportunities through workshops, online courses and training sessions.