Senior Director, Electronics

Denmark
Smørum
Are you a passionate leader with a genuine vision and a desire to make a true impact on our hearing aid business and improve the lives of millions of people worldwide? Then we have a truly unique opportunity in our Hearing Instruments Group, where we are looking for a visionary Senior Director to lead and develop our Electronics group within our Device Hardware organization.

We are approximately 65 skilled employees in our Electronics group, who are responsible for developing highly integrated electronic amplifiers for all Demant’s hearing instruments. Growth is built on close collaboration across all of R&D, with our own production and external production partners.

You will have an important role in shaping the strategic direction of our Electronics group and will be an important part of the Device Hardware leadership team, ensuring innovation and transformation of our hardware organization, reporting to the Vice President of Device Hardware.

As the Senior Director of our Electronics group, you will be heading up the Electronics leadership team of four experienced managers. Together with the leadership team, you will ensure that we are at the forefront of innovation in all aspects of our electronic development to enable world class hearing instruments.

Key responsibilities areas

• Strategic Leadership: According to our R&D strategy set a clear agenda on innovation, quality, and time-to market.
• People Leadership: Promote a strong people agenda to ensure a highly engaged organisation. Promote a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and collaboration within and across the organization.
• Team Leadership: Lead and inspire a great leadership team, maintaining a culture of inclusion and innovation, collaboration, and trust.
• Change Management: Support the organisation through a transformation of new agile ways of working.
• Optimization & Automation: Drive a continuous focus on optimizing our electronic development processes, including automation and advanced technologies to improve efficiency, reduce time-to-market, and minimize costs.
• External Partnerships: Develop and maintain relationships with external partners.

Your competencies
The ideal candidate is a strategic leader with an electronic engineering background and senior-level experience in developing electronics within a product development organisation. You have a clear focus on optimization and automation. You have a previous experience with effectively navigating and working within a matrix organizational structure.

In terms of the competencies required for the position, we would highlight the following:

• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience within electronic development, ideally from the medical device industry, with at least 5 years in a leadership role focused on electronics development. Extensive knowledge of electronics development processes and preferably experience with external development through partnerships.
• Leadership: Proven history of building and developing high-performance teams. Strong change management experience, and also experience working with agile development model.
• Communication and interpersonal skills: Comprehensive verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders. Good organisation skills, handling many different stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Problem-Solving: Good analytical and strategic thinking skills, with a consistent approach to solving complex technical and operational challenges.
• Education: Master’s degree in engineering or a related technical field.

What’s in it for you?
You will have an important role in leading and transforming one of the best electronics groups in the industry to meet tomorrow’s needs. This is a unique opportunity to utilize and develop your personal and leadership skills within an R&D organization focused on professionalism, curiosity, and an enthusiasm for innovation.

Location

• Located at Headquarter in Smørum, Denmark.

Welcome onboard!

Deadline for applications: January 5th 2024

Please send your CV and motivational letter as soon as possible, as we are screening applications on a continuous basis. Please note that we only accept applications through our online recruitment system.

If you want to apply - or have questions, please reach out to Asger Lenzing at: [email protected] #LI-HYBRID #LI-CC1

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

At Demant we value diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of ethnic background, personality, age, gender, and education. Diversity is part of our cultural DNA. Women in STEM areas are particularly encouraged to apply, as Demant supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality.

About Demant

Demant is a world leading hearing healthcare and technology group built on a heritage of care, health, and innovation since 1904. The Group offers innovative technologies, solutions, and expertise to enable people hear better. In every aspect, from hearing care, hearing aids and hearing implants to diagnostic equipment and services and audio solutions, Demant is active and engaged. Headquartered in Denmark, the Group employs more than 21,000 people globally and is present with solutions in 130 countries where we create life-changing hearing health and high-end audio and video solutions. William Demant Foundation holds the majority of shares in Demant A/S, which is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and among the 25 most traded stocks.