Cochlear is the global market leader in implant hearing solutions. Cochlear's mission is to help people hear and be heard. Around the world, more people chose a Cochlear-branded hearing implant system than any other. A Cochlear Implant is an electronic device that is surgically implanted under the skin near the ear that restores hearing to those who suffer from severe hearing loss. It’s an incredible piece of engineering and the only product in the world that restores a sense through technology. Imagine using your experience to help people around the world to hear again. We can offer a unique opportunity to join Cochlear, an iconic Australian company, leading the world in implantable hearing solutions. Our mission is to help more people to hear.The OpportunityCochlear’s Research & Technology (R&T) division advances digital and hardware technologies until they are primed for product development. Within R&T, the Algorithms and Applications (A&A) department refines concepts and ideas in algorithm development (electrical and acoustical sound coding, objective measures, clinical workflow, monitoring and troubleshooting, data science, control algorithms) and applications (user interfaces, surgical applications, clinician applications and user engagement) to a level ready for adoption into platforms for product development.Based in Sydney, the Director Algorithms and Applications will assume a dual role, with:
- Vertical leadership responsibility for the A&A teams based in Australia; &
- A ‘horizontal’ position as the Cochlear Implant R&T Portfolio Manager.
- Cultivate a robust and dynamic culture of innovation within the A&A team
- Exercise leadership through influence over contributors to the A&A research portfolio who may not report directly
- Develop and manage local research infrastructure (including those executed by external parties), ensuring it meets the evolving needs of various research programs and is compliant with Quality Standards and Cochlear’s QMS
- Work with the R&T leadership team to ensure that appropriate research budgets are available and well spent to maximize impact
- Strengthen Cochlear’s regional (APAC) research partner network
- Identify external innovation opportunities relevant to A&A in APAC and collaborate with the Strategic Investments teams
- Create research funding opportunities to augment Cochlear’s research capacity, by attracting regional funding for projects well aligned with Cochlear’s corporate and Advanced Innovation research strategy
- Support the CI Segment Program Manager to define the long-term segment vision and convert it into an R&T strategy spanning various horizons
- Develop and maintain a deep knowledge of the CI market segment and its dynamics, by collaborating closely with Global Marketing
- Develop specific initiatives to bring together Global Marketing, R&T and Product Development to inform specific chapters of the future R&T strategy
- Plan and deliver the CI R&T Roadmap, including identification of cross-functional dependencies, resource allocation and alignment with Cochlear’s Product Development Plan (PDP)
- Ensure efficient and effective transfer of CI technologies
- Experience in the Healthcare industry, preferably within the medical devices sector. A deep understanding of the hearing field, including digital signal processing and CI technologies will be highly regarded
- A technical interest in hardware and software technologies relating to smart implantable systems
- Deeply experienced people leader - grows talent, manages skill mix, optimizes organization for sustained short, mid and long-term capacity development – ideally within an R&D/scientific environment
- Excellent track record of planning and executing on multiple priorities within large, matrixed environments.
- Experienced in allocating project resources and budgets aligned with business priorities, as well as remotely managing complex research projects
- Past experience in effectively collaborating with external R&D partners to deliver technology projects
- A proven innovation mindset and an understanding of Artificial Intelligence and data science desired
- Skilled communicator, experienced in presentation of scientific output to lay and technical audiences.