Vice President, R&D Program Management

Position Summary

The Vice President, R&D Program Management is responsible for maximizing the value, performance, and strategic impact of Integra LifeSciences' Innovation, New Product Development (NPD), and Lifecycle Management (LCM) investments. Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, this executive leads the global R&D program and portfolio management function, with accountability for portfolio strategy, investment governance, financial performance, resource allocation, and execution. As a member of the R&D Leadership Team, the Vice President ensures innovation investments, development priorities, and portfolio resources are aligned with business strategy, customer needs, market opportunities, and long-term growth objectives. The role also owns Integra's enterprise product development system and NPD Transformation, establishing the capabilities, governance, processes, and performance disciplines required to create a scalable, predictable, and high-performing innovation engine.

Responsibilities

Portfolio Strategy & Execution

• Lead Integra's enterprise Innovation, NPD, and Lifecycle Management portfolio.
• Translate business strategy into a balanced, funded, and executable pipeline of innovation and product development investments.
• Own portfolio prioritization, investment recommendations, and resource allocation decisions.
• Balance long-term innovation opportunities with near-term growth and lifecycle management priorities.
• Ensure effective execution from concept through commercialization and product sustainment.
• Provide portfolio insights, scenarios, and recommendations to the CTO and Executive Leadership Team.
• Lead enterprise portfolio management across Innovation, New Product Development, and Lifecycle Management initiatives.
• Translate divisional portfolio priorities into an integrated, transparent, and executable enterprise portfolio.
• Establish portfolio governance, prioritization frameworks, and scenario-planning processes to support investment and portfolio decisions by business and functional leaders.
• Provide enterprise-wide visibility, performance insights, and recommendations regarding portfolio priorities, trade-offs, risks, and value delivery.
• Drive portfolio execution discipline and oversight from concept through commercialization to ensure predictable delivery against strategic objectives.

Investment, Budget & Resource Leadership

• Own program budgets across Innovation, NPD, and LCM initiatives.
• Lead investment planning, funding decisions, and capacity planning.
• Partner with Finance and functional leaders to align investments, staffing, and organizational capabilities with strategic priorities.
• Monitor investment performance, spending, forecast accuracy, and resource utilization.
• Lead trade-off decisions involving funding, staffing, timing, risk, and strategic priorities.

Product Development System & NPD Transformation

• Own Integra's enterprise product development system and lead its ongoing transformation.
• Modernize development governance, decision-making, operating processes, and performance management.
• Establish common standards for portfolio management, program execution, resource planning, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Strengthen cross-functional accountability, decision rights, and execution discipline.
• Build capabilities that improve speed, predictability, innovation productivity, quality, and portfolio value.
• Define and monitor performance indicators related to development cycle time, milestone predictability, resource utilization, innovation outcomes, and portfolio health.

Enterprise Leadership & Partnership

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CTO and senior member of the R&D Leadership Team.
• Build strong partnerships across R&D, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Legal, Corporate Strategy, and Business Development.
• Partner with Commercial and Marketing leaders to connect investment decisions with customer insights, market opportunities, and competitive dynamics.
• Support strategic assessments, technology evaluations, external partnerships, and acquisition-related activities.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and results.

Governance & Risk Management

• Establish governance that enables clear accountability, timely decisions, effective oversight, and disciplined execution.
• Ensure programs meet applicable quality, regulatory, compliance, and design-control requirements.
• Drive proactive identification and mitigation of program and portfolio risks.

Qualifications

• 15+ years' experience with a bachelor's degree in engineering, Science, Technology, Business, or related discipline required; advanced degree preferred.
• Significant leadership experience in portfolio management, product development, innovation, R&D, program management, or related fields.
• Demonstrated success leading Innovation, New Product Development, and Lifecycle Management investments within a complex global organization.
• Experience managing substantial product development budgets, investment decisions, and resource-allocation activities.
• Strong financial acumen, including investment planning, forecasting, business-case development, and portfolio governance.
• Proven success leading enterprise transformation and organizational change initiatives.
• Exceptional executive communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills.
• Medical device, life sciences, healthcare, or other regulated industry experience preferred.

Leadership Profile

The successful candidate is an enterprise leader who combines strategic judgment, financial discipline, and operational rigor. This individual excels at shaping investment decisions, translating strategy into execution, and aligning diverse stakeholders around common objectives. This leader is recognized for shaping strategic investments, building high-performing teams, and making thoughtful portfolio trade-offs that maximize growth, innovation impact, and enterprise value. They create the governance and execution discipline required to deliver sustainable innovation while maintaining a strong focus on quality, compliance, and business performance.

Role Purpose

Lead Integra's R&D program management organization, enterprise product development system, and NPD Transformation to deliver a high-performing portfolio of Innovation, New Product Development, and Lifecycle Management investments that accelerate growth, strengthen competitiveness, create enterprise value, and improve patient outcomes.