Lead Product Developer (d/ f /m)

Essity is a leading global hygiene and healthcare company. We are committed to improving the quality of life through high-quality hygiene and healthcare solutions. We sell our products and solutions in around 150 countries under many strong brands, including the global market leaders TENA and Tork, as well as well-known brands such as Jobst, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo and Zewa.

About the Role

As a Lead Product Developer, you drive the development of new and existing products, ensuring they meet consumer needs and business objectives. You own your product area as the key expert, share your expertise across teams, and act as a trusted advisor to colleagues and projects within the Business Groups.

This role is based in Hamburg and reports to the Global Product Development Manager Acute Wound Care.

What you will do

• Develop new and existing products as product expert in innovation projects and related activities such as value engineering and quality improvements

• Contribute to projects at different levels, acting either as consultant or active team member

• Translate consumer needs into product functions and derive design parameters and technical solutions

• Evaluate and validate product solutions across key dimensions including consumer acceptance, functionality, cost, manufacturability, patent landscape and product safety

• Define product and quality specifications with clear targets, methods and tolerances

• Build and maintain deep expertise in relevant technical areas, including Essity and competitor products, patents, technologies, materials as well as market and industry trends

• Share insights, updates and results within the team and across the organization

• Identify patent opportunities for new product designs and features and drive lab method development where needed

• Act as product design and construction expert across Essity’s specifications and assortments globally, serving as a trusted advisor to projects and colleagues across categories

• Maintain up-to-date gap analyses comparing Essity and competitor products in terms of performance and cost

Who you are

Even if not all of the following points apply to you, we would be happy to get to know you and talk about the possibility of working with you!

• Degree in engineering, natural sciences, or a comparable field

• 5+ years of experience in product development or R&D in a medical device environment

• Strong ability to translate consumer needs into technical product solutions

• Solid understanding of product validation, specifications, regulatory and quality requirements, as well as manufacturing processes for medical devices

• Proven track record of leading international R&D projects resulting in successful product launches

• Analytical mindset with experience in benchmarking and identifying optimization potential

• Experience working in cross-functional and international project teams

• Clear and confident communicator, able to explain complex technical topics

• Fluent in English and German for collaboration in an international environment

What we can offer you

The benefits shown reflect the primary location and a non-tariff contract and may differ based on location and employment conditions

• Compensation & Benefits
  Compensation above tariff, yearly special payment, bonus, annual salary adjustment process, pension schemes, anniversary bonus, child allowance, Corporate Benefits & other employee benefits

• Work-Life-Balance
  Hybrid working model, flexible working hours, overtime compensation, 39h week, 30 days of vacation, lifetime working time account

• Learning & Development
  Structured onboarding, training opportunities such as digital learning platform, coaching & mentoring as possible part of individual development plan, participation in professional conferences and fairs

• Health & Well-being
  Discounted fitness membership, Urban Sports Club, Lease-a-bike, health and well-being month, Walk-and-Talk Meetings, nilo.health & mindfulness courses, "PME Familienservice", employee surveys

• Team & Collaboration
  People culture, communities & networks, co-working spaces, leadership guidelines, canteen

• Mobility
  Public transport allowance, bicycle parking, free car parking, e-charging stations

This is Us

At Essity our Beliefs & Behaviours (Care, Collaboration, Courage and Commitment) is the foundation for our inclusive culture and as such something we are living on an everyday basis. With a purpose of Breaking Barriers to Well-being diversity, equity & inclusion is established in our core.

We are committed against discrimination on the basis of color, ethnicity, migration history, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, caregiving responsibilities, disability, chronic illness, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information and other. We explicitly welcome applications from people who are structurally, institutionally, intersectionally discriminated.

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