Total 3 Director/C-Level Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Westchester Campus

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Responsibilities:

• As corporate SME interprets regulatory standards or guidance relating to reprocessing and translates into local and corporate procedures.

• Establishes global implementation strategy and timelines for new or updated standards.

• Provides detailed analysis of standards and impact on existing technical files.  Partners with sustaining engineers to properly maintain reusable product technical files.

• Proactively monitors literature, standards, industry guidance, trends, and customer reprocessing expectations globally.

• Rapidly assimilates new technology and requirements, evaluates long term organizational needs in reprocessing.

• Monitors and represents Alcon globally on select reprocessing standards committees.

• Collaborates with Marketing, CASs, and HFE's to optimize reprocessing for customers and create global competitive advantage.

• Guides NPI teams globally in developing suitable reprocessing methods, instructions, and requirements.

• Guides engineers during product lifecycle activities relating to reprocessing requirements.

• Provides guidance to reprocessing label development or updates to meet evolving regulatory and customer requirements.

• Provide SME input during regulatory or corporate audits, and regulatory submissions.

• Collaborates with RA/QA and Med Info Teams to develop materials to address customer inquiries.

• Provides SME input for inquiries from customers, regulators, or Alcon staff relating to execution, content, and alternatives to reprocessing instructions.

Major Accountabilities

• Performs corporate level assessments of emerging, newly published, or recently altered standards impacting the reprocessing field.

• Leads critique/evaluation of product design and directions for use with respect to reprocessing objectives. 

• Provides expert technical guidance, maintains local and corporate reprocessing procedures, directs/conducts reprocessing verifications. 

• Works with teams to address reprocessing challenges, design reprocessing methods, and validate methods to support project objectives.

• Develops superior cleaning, disinfection, drying, and sterilization test methods as needed to advance state of the art practices and customer needs.

• Provides QA/RA with summaries or guidance in regulatory submissions, audits, or preparing IFUs.

• Develops in-depth understanding of configuration, application, and engineering of reusable devices, establishes product families and adoption practices.

• Leads efforts to select/approve external labs as strategic partners in developing better reprocessing regimens; develops in house test methods as feasible.

• Collaborates with PSE to ensure technical files are updated as needed to stay compliant to current standards.

• Lead efforts to address customer inquiries, develop FAQ resources with RA/QA or Global Med Info groups.

• Create (or oversee) protocols, coordinate testing, verification reports, needed to support reprocessing instructions.  Identify when reverification is required.

Experience:

10+ years of experience in QSR/EU MDR compliant medical device development including ability to:

• Provide global technical leadership.  Influences effectively in a cross-functional environment (e.g. multi-site, NPI, customer inquiry support)

• Provide SME interpretation of: ISO 11135, ISO 11138-X, ISO 10993-X, ISO 17664-1/-2, ISO 17665-X, ISO 11607-X, ISO 15883-X, EN 13060, EN 285, AAMI ST 79, AAMI TIR 12/30, AAMI ST8, AAMI ST98, ISO 14161, EN 14885, EN ISO 11737-X, FDA Endotoxin and Reprocessing guidelines, RKI Guidance, MHP Central Sterilization supplements.

• Effectively communicate complex concepts in presentations, regulatory submissions, and in technical reports to global audiences.

• Develop reprocessing methods, lead IFU validations, resolve cleaning and sterilization concerns during development.

• Apply detailed knowledge of common microbiological and biochemical laboratory methods (sterility & disinfection testing, protein/TOC/endotoxin assays, etc.)

Key Requirements/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school+15 yrs; Assoc.+11 yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3 yrs) 

• The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English.

• 7 Years of Relevant Experience 

• Work hours: M-F, standard

• Travel Requirements: 10%

• Relocation assistance: yes

• Sponsorship available: yes

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Pay Range

$132,560.00 - $198,840.00

  

Pay Frequency

Annual

  

Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

The goal of Upward Bound is to prepare students to excel in high school and gain admission to college. Services include tutoring, advising, assistance with the college/financial aid application process, community service, leadership and internship opportunities, college visits and a residential summer program. Upward Bound is a federally-funded college preparatory program that serves low-income high school students from families in which neither parent has earned a Bachelor’s degree. The LMU Upward Bound Programs serve approximately 120 students from Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets (WESM) and Inglewood High School (IHS).

  POSITION SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Has primary responsibility for college advising for Program seniors.
• Provides general guidance to the Upward Bound Academic Advisors for all academic advising.
• Manages the residential component of the summer program including the hiring, training and supervision of the summer residential staff. (Is required to be in residence during portions of the residential summer program.)
• Assists with the planning and implementation of all program activities including Saturday Academy, college tours, field trips and other enrichment activities.  
• Serves as a secondary liaison to target schools (working with high school faculty, counselors, and administrators).
• Supervises the Graduate Assistant and has ultimate supervisory responsibility for tutors.
• Is responsible for maintaining contact with and tracking Project alums for federal reporting.  Also, develops services and activities for alums to ensure college success and continued engagement with Upward Bound.  
• Represents the Projects at local and regional professional organizations, and serves on LMU committees.   
• Gathers data for university and federal reports including the Annual Performance Report and grant proposal.  Assists with the writing of grant proposals.
• Enters, manages, and maintains student data in designated database application.

Loyola Marymount University Expectations

Exhibit behavior that supports the mission, vision, and values of the university. Communicate and employ interpersonal actions that model high standards of professional, responsible, accountable, and ethical conduct. Demonstrate a commitment to outstanding customer service. 

EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Typically a Master's degree in Education, Counseling, or a related field is required, plus a minimum of 5 years work experience developing and delivering educational support services to disadvantaged students, preferably with an educational equity or Trio program. Teaching experience desirable.
• Strong organizational, analytical, interpersonal, supervisorial, oral and written communication skill, and the ability to establish rapport with high school personnel, students, families, university staff, and community members is required.
• Experience overcoming barriers similar to those of TRIO students is desirable.
• Experience in residential supervision of high school or college students desirable.
• Teaching and grant writing experience desirable.
• Ability to organize and plan complex projects, interpret and apply program rules, gather and analyze data, reason logically, draw conclusions, and make recommendations.
• Knowledge of Upward Bound and other educational equity programs required.
• Knowledge of college and financial aid applications is required.
• Experience in residential supervision of high school or college students desired.

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Staff Term (Fixed Term)

Salary range

$66,560.00 - $75,200.00 Salary commensurate with education and experience.

Loyola Marymount University, a Carnegie classified R2 institution in the mainstream of American Catholic higher education, seeks outstanding applicants who value its mission and share its commitment to inclusive excellence, the education of the whole person, and the building of a just society. LMU is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment free from discrimination and harassment as defined by federal, state and local law. We invite all persons in the full diversity of their being, life experience, and beliefs to apply. (Visit www.lmu.edu for more information.)

The Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC) invites applications for the position of Principal Research Scientist.

Key Responsibilities:

• To support CLIC Directors Prof Zoe Kourtzi (University of Cambridge) and Prof Annabel Chen (Nanyang Technological University) in providing leadership and day-to-day management of all CLIC research activities

• To supervise and coordinate all CLIC programme staff (senior research fellow, research fellows, research associates, assistants and administrative staff) employed in Singapore

• To facilitate co-ordination and communication between PIs from the University of Cambridge (UK) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

• To facilitate efficient work integration across the different individual work packages

• To contribute scientific leadership on the CLIC programme of research, with a particular focus on the neuroscience of learning across the lifespan. Subject to the approval of the funder, it is anticipated that the post holder would be part of the principal investigator team for CLIC.

• To provide oversight of required academic inputs to funder reporting and grant terms compliance processes to ensure high-quality, programmatically synergetic communications with funder and funder advisory committees

• To be responsible for ensuring the programme’s ethics and governance responsibilities are properly fulfilled

• To promote CLIC research activities within Singapore and internationally, with a view to widening the international research impact

• Communicate material of a specialist or highly technical nature to a wide range of scientific and non-scientific stakeholders

• Develop links with external contacts such as other educational and research bodies and Singapore government ministries, agencies and other stakeholders

• Preparation of proposals and applications to external bodies, e.g., for funding and contractual purposes to continue, further support and/or progress the research goals of the CLIC programme

• To conduct individual and collaborative research projects within the scope of the CLIC programme and write up for presentation and publication

• Develop links with external contacts such as other educational and research bodies and Singapore government ministries, agencies and other stakeholders

• To originate and develop external networks, for example to identify sources of funding, or build relationships for future activities

• Manage the use of research resources and ensure that effective use if made of them, manage/monitor research budgets

Job Requirements:

• PhD in the relevant specialist subject area

• Expertise in the science of learning, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience methods and mechanisms of learning in young people

• Experience of data management and analysis, with great attention to detail and excellent record keeping

• Experience of experimental design, data quality control, data processing, statistical analysis, and integration and visualization of data from multiple platforms

• Strong abilities in strategic thinking and planning; the ability to guide and harmonise several programmes of work and oversee and coordinate multiple teams and management arrangements

• Ability to work both in a team and pro-actively, using own initiative to prioritise and manage own workload, to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines and maintain confidentiality

• Role holder must have excellent IT skills and data analysis experience

• Flexibility, good time management and ability to prioritise a diverse and changing workload

• Experienced in conducting individual and collaborative research projects

• Enthusiastic to undertake management and administrative duties and have a track record of securing research funding

• Proven ability to lead and inspire a team and work with vision and foresight

• Ability to support staff individual and team growth, and in doing so promoting a productive and supportive culture

• Possess sufficient administrative skills to manage projects including financial management

• Ability and willingness to be located in Singapore

• Extensive prior experience and deep knowledge of the Singapore research environment, in particular, experience with setting up local research infrastructure, conducting human psychological research, and liaising with local research entities

Please apply by uploading your CV and academic transcript to NTU job portal link.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at clic@ntu.edu.sg.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU