McDermott Laboratories Limited

At VIATRIS, we see healthcare not as it is but as it should be. We act courageously and are uniquely positioned to be a source of stability in a world of evolving healthcare needs.

Viatris empowers people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life.

We do so via: 

Access – Providing high quality trusted medicines regardless of geography or circumstance;
Leadership – Advancing sustainable operations and innovative solutions to improve patient health; and 
Partnership – Leveraging our collective expertise to connect people to products and services. 
 

Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach and better access to treatment.

For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.

The Role & What You Will Be Doing

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Senior Director, Device Design & Industrialisation role will make an impact:

This senior R&D leadership role is critical to the successful delivery of Viatris’ Global Device Development (GDD) strategy, with accountability for the development of innovative, compliant, and high-performing device and combination products across a global portfolio.

Reporting directly to the Head of Global Device Development, the Senior Director will lead —   Device Design & Industrialisation, comprising of experienced managers, and technical professionals across various GDD locations.

The role ensures strong technical and scientific oversight, promotes a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, and operates with a strong focus on compliance, usability, patient safety, quality, and industrial readiness throughout the product development lifecycle. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a strategically significant vertical within a global organisation focused on developing patient-centric, technically differentiated drug delivery devices for combination products. The Senior Director will also play a key role in shaping Viatris’ future device portfolio and building appropriate internal capabilities in line with future business needs.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for the development and industrialisation of robust drug delivery systems, ensuring they meet all safety, quality, performance, and manufacturability criteria.

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across the Device Design & Industrialisation function, ensuring alignment with broader GDD and Viatris program requirements.

• Define and deliver departmental objectives, resourcing, capabilities, and performance metrics aligned with cross-functional and portfolio priorities.

• Drive cross-functional collaboration to ensure successful program planning and execution.

• Champion the integration of emerging technologies, patient-centric design principles, and industry best practices to maintain technical differentiation and enhance usability.

• Ensure compliance with applicable design controls, ISO 13485:2016, and quality system regulations throughout development.

• Lead talent development, fostering a high-performance culture grounded in accountability, innovation, collaboration and engagement.

• Manage functional budgets and resource allocation to support efficient milestone delivery.

• Represent Viatris externally, at industry forums, and with regulatory bodies as required.

• Provide technical leadership and oversight across the full product development lifecycle, ensuring delivery systems meet regulatory, safety, and functional performance standards.

• Promote and embed state-of-the-art design practices including modelling, tolerance analysis, and design for manufacture (DFM) within the team.

• Support external partner and supplier engagement to ensure technical alignment and timely delivery of industrialisation and scale-up activities.

• Prepare and review detailed design documentation and specifications to support system development and regulatory submissions.

• Actively support continuous improvement and innovation across device platforms, enhancing Viatris’ competitive advantage in combination product development.

This role requires sound judgement to navigate the trade-offs between technical design feasibility, unmet user needs, and the manufacturability and scalability of solutions, to deliver patient-centric designs that meet regulatory, functional, and commercial expectations

About Your Skills & Experience

We are seeking a candidate with a robust blend of technical, strategic, and leadership capabilities, ideally possessing the following qualifications and experience:

• A degree in pharmaceutical sciences, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline; an MSc, PhD or MBA is highly desirable.

• Over 15 years’ experience in the medical device or combination product sector, including a minimum of 10 years in senior leadership roles.

• Demonstrated success in leading user interface strategy, device design, and execution across complex, regulated development programs.

• In-depth knowledge of combination product design control processes, including integrated risk management and human factors/usability engineering from concept to launch.

• Proven experience in drug delivery system development, specifically with technologies such as pen injectors, autoinjectors, prefilled syringes, vial kits, and inhaler platforms.

• Sound understanding of relevant regulatory standards and guidelines, including ISO 13485, ISO 14971, ISO 11608, ISO 11040, and 21 CFR Part 820.

• Strong technical expertise in mechanical design, with practical experience in device design and industrialisation for high-volume manufacturing.

• Skilled in the application of physical testing methodologies and computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools such as FEA, CFD, and kinematic modelling.

• Proven leadership of multi-disciplinary engineering teams, including mechanical design, moulding, and tooling experts.

• Experience managing external partners for human factors engineering, design services, and analytical support.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, and present complex concepts to internal and external audiences, including senior leadership.

• Strong problem-solving and technical decision-making capabilities, with a demonstrated ability to guide teams through complex development challenges.

• Project management experience or formal training is desirable.

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits at Viatris

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. Some of our benefits include the following on top of a competitive salary:

• Excellent career progression opportunities

• Work-life balance initiatives

• Bonus scheme

• Health insurance

• Pension

Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris

At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare not as it is, but as it should be. If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion

Sustainability at Viatris

Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. 

Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.