Global Technical Manager – Sterilization

🕒 June 25

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – 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 and 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, update, deliver and maintain appropriate training packages for Product Assessors as well as sterilization auditors • Develop, maintain and implement sterilization QMS documentation related to medical devices conformity assessment process of SGS NB 1639 • Manage the development and implementation, including approval process for Product Assessors (sterilization team) and sterilization auditors • Monitor, analyse, and report team performance • Drive continuous improvement by identifying and implementing process efficiencies, capability development initiatives, and best practices within the team • Act as the senior technical authority for the assigned scope, ensuring consistent interpretation and application of regulatory and internal requirements

🎯 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