Global Technical Manager – Sterilization

🕒 June 25

🇵🇹 Portugal – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👔 Manager

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SGS

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1878

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Consulting • Healthcare • Food & Beverage

SGS is the world's leading Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) company, providing a comprehensive range of services designed to assure quality and integrity across various sectors. SGS is focused on sustainability, offering climate action services and an all-encompassing ESG portfolio under its IMPACT NOW suite. The company has ambitious targets for growth by 2027, driven by its strategy to address global megatrends. SGS operates globally, providing business assurance, connectivity and products, digital trust, health and nutrition, and solutions for industries and the environment.

📋 Description

• Oversee sterilization processes within medical devices • Provide technical support related to sterilization across all certification schemes • Act as line manager and lead the team of MDR Product Assessors-Sterilization • Provide technical advice in relation to sterilization to support all stages of the medical device conformity assessment process • Establish competence criteria and maintain training packages for Product Assessors and sterilization auditors • Develop and implement sterilization QMS documentation • Manage the development and implementation of personnel approval processes • Drive team performance against global targets • Monitor and report team performance • Lead decision‑making and ensure resolution of operational issues • Establish a culture of accountability and performance within the team

🎯 Requirements

• More than 10 years in the Medical device industry • At least 5 years within sterile medical device research and development and/or manufacturing • 5 years as a MDR and/or IVDR medical device Lead Auditor / Product Assessor – Sterilization within a Notified Body • 2 years of experience in a leadership role • Demonstrated experience in technical decision‑making and expert‑level problem‑solving • Experience in competence management, training, or qualification of technical personnel • Experience supporting or leading global or cross‑functional teams

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible schedule and hybrid model • SGS university and Campus for continuous learning options • Multinational environment where you will work with colleagues from multiple continents