Manager – Research & Development of Medical Devices

We are looking for a manager who can lead an R&D team in development projects for Medical Devices for the treatment of patients with blood vessel diseases all over the world.

Are you ready to lead innovation in medical device development? Cook Medical is seeking a visionary and proactive Manager for our R&D team specializing in Embolization Therapies. You will play a key role in guiding a talented development team, making strategic decisions, and fostering a positive work environment that supports both professional growth and well-being.

Lead a project team – with a patient focus

You will be responsible for the project team and their success in developing medical devices within Embolization Therapies managing project execution, clinical interactions, vendor and partner identification.

This means that you:

• Lead and support the R&D team to achieve project goals and maintain a positive work environment – including people management of a team with 9 employees.
• Technical responsibility for all Research and Development activities assigned.
• Maintain and improve high standard of medical device engineering.
• Communicate and uphold the team’s vision, mission, and strategy.
• Allocate resources and manage priorities, including project leadership and motivation.
• Ensure deadlines and quality standards are met, reporting globally as needed.
• Oversee team training and development and safeguard intellectual property.
• Coordinate communication within Cook Medical and with external partners.
• Manage budgeting, vacation planning, and relevant ad hoc tasks.

Get a large professional network

As a Manager in R&D, you will become part of a broad professional network, collaborating with Engineers, Technicians, Coordinators, Project Managers and fellow leadership colleagues both in Bjæverskov and at other Cook sites worldwide. This global environment offers you extensive opportunities for professional development and growth within the organization. We value an informal atmosphere where humor and openness are integral to our daily interactions.

Experienced manager with lots of energy

The ideal candidate holds an engineering degree or a comparable theoretical and practical background, with proven experience in people management, product development, project management, and a solid understanding of medical device industry standards and regulations including technical writing and knowledge of ISO, EU, FDA standards. Proficiency in Danish, both written and spoken, is essential, as well as strong communication skills in English.

Personally, you excel at communicating and collaborating with colleagues at all levels, and you have a talent for prioritizing, leading, and delegating tasks within a team. You are visionary, proactive, and authoritative, yet flexible and empathetic, with a positive and approachable attitude. Your commitment to leadership and fostering a supportive environment makes you an asset to any team.

Cook – a special place to work

Cook Medical is a family owned, American company with well over 12.000 employees worldwide.

We invent, manufacture, and deliver unique medical devices to the health care systems of the world. Serving patients is a privilege and we demand the highest standards of quality, ethics, and service in all that we do.

In Denmark, we are approximately 800 colleagues based in Bjaeverskov and Ringsted, respectively.

At Cook Medical, we are proud of our special ’Cook spirit’. All over the organization, you are met with courtesy and pride of the quality of the work we carry out and the devices we develop. As a Cook employee, you contribute to the development of innovative, unique medical devices – and we are aware that we make a difference to patients all over the world every day.

We appreciate qualities such as decisiveness, loyalty, and humor and work for an open dialog.

As a new Cook colleague, you are offered a well-organized internal training course enabling you to quickly gain a thorough knowledge of the company. Apart from a salary package comprising bonus and pension schemes, we offer a high degree of flexibility in the planning of your daily work with the assignments in focus, equipment for teleworking, a good canteen when you are onsite, health assurance, and activities such as an Arts’ Society, a Sports’ Society, and free use of the company’s own fitness center.

Interested?

If you recognize yourself in this role, please send your CV including a short motivation for applying via the below link at the earliest convenience and by September 26th 2025, at the latest. Interviews will be held continuously, and the start date is at the earliest convenience.

For further information, please visit www.cookmedical.com