Sr Research Lead

Working with minimal management oversight, the Sr. Research Lead guides cross-functional research teams to achieve milestones, develop solutions, and advance sub-program goals. The role applies research design expertise, oversees analysis and reporting, manages external research partners, and supports invention activities through the application of research insights, industry trends, and competitor awareness.

Responsibilities

• Plans, optimizes and implements a program of research to develop a concept or concepts to solve an unmet need or meet a business opportunity as defined by Program Leadership
• With minimal management oversight, guide a cross functional research team to implement and achieve milestones to advance concept development toward overall sub program goals
• With minimal management oversight, guide a cross functional research team design solutions to meet the objective of the sub program
• Strong research design knowledge - works independently with project teams to design and write research protocols utilizing appropriate research design principles
• Works to perform appropriate analysis and to write reports, delivering clear conclusions and next steps, with minimal management oversight.
• Identify and manage external partners to complete research investigations. Including defining scope of work; managing contracting process; data ownership; milestones and reporting
• Institutes continuous improvement of research partners and consultants
• With minimal management oversight, create and ensure that invention application are filed
• With minimal management oversight applies learnings from prior experience, current trends in research, and competitor awareness to product development activity and/or invention applications; publishes or presents in scientific forums as needed;
• With minimal management oversight applies knowledge of regulatory requirements related to medical devices (IRB / IDE / Design Control/ PMA etc.) and identifies gaps in research SOPs. Support research partners in improving processes for successful project completion

Qualifications

• Intermediate knowledge of research design, statistical analysis, medical writing, GCP, and Design Control.
• Education and experience requirements: PhD + 10 years of clinical research experience; or OD or equivalent + PhD + 5 years of clinical research experience.
• Ability to work with extensive contact among employees and outside researchers.
• Some travel to research partners, international conferences, or other company sites is required.
• Normal office environment
• Sedentary to light physical effort necessary to perform the job.
• Extensive contact with employees and outside researchers
• Some travel to research partners; international conferences or other CooperVision sites is required.