About this role
EN Where do you want to work? Research & Innovation Senior Team Leader - Medical Devices - Netherlands - Utrecht - On-site - Permanent Full-Time - Posted: 15 Jul 2026 Senior Team Leader - Medical Devices About the job Utrecht / Hybrid Are you passionate about medical device innovation, patient ‑ centric design, and translating technology into safe, compliant solutions? Are you an experienced R&I leader with a strong background in medical devices development within regulated environments? We have an exciting opportunity as Senior Team Leader - Medical Devices within Danone's Specialized Nutrition business. Our team's mission is to identify, develop, and deliver innovative medical devices and health solutions that support the Flocare® portfolio and Danone's long ‑ term health innovation strategy, while ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. Our key deliverables and priorities include: - Building and leading an agile medical devices innovation platform to support category strategy. - Delivering a robust pipeline of new and improved medical device products and services. - Ensuring full compliance with MDR, ISO 13485, and applicable international standards. - Bridging internal R&I capabilities with external partners, technologies, and co ‑ development opportunities. - Optimizing resources, timelines, and budgets across complex development portfolios. Your role In your role as Senior Team Leader - Medical Devices, and as part of the SN R&I Packaging & Medical Devices Team you will be accountable for end ‑ to ‑ end medical device design, development, design change control and innovation delivery. Your key responsibilities will be: - Leading and developing an international team of product technologists and engineers. - Driving medical device design & development projects from concept to transfer into manufacturing. - Ensuring design & design change control, techn...