• Assist the Head of sector to build and nurture our internal team of Diagnostics sector technical specialists, drawing from our general capability teams, and recruiting externally.
• Ensure that technical teams are identified and integrated into the sales journey to enable proposal writing and subsequent project leadership and delivery – liaising closely with Capability Leads
• Mentor and develop the team’s knowledge, skills and experience in in vitro diagnostics and life science tools, from graduate to senior levels.
• Oversee delivery of our client projects to a high level of technical quality. In the case of £multi-million programmes and large projects you would act as the programme manager or project leader, communicating and meeting with clients regularly.
• Collaborate with the sector business developers to bring in sales opportunities from their leads, and from your own contacts within the industry.
• Work with our client managers to nurture and develop long term client relationships.
• Assist the Head of sector to raise our public profile globally by attending and presenting at conferences
• Assist the Head of sector to achieve the sector P&L/ quality, time and cost targets
• Perform other duties as assigned

This role is full time 5 days per week at our beautiful modern Cambridge, UK site.

International travel will be required for visits to our clients, conferences, and our Raleigh, USA office.

• Expert knowledge in the in vitro diagnostics and/or life sciences market and landscape, able to understand specialist technologies and applications to help identify compelling opportunities for CDP and clients.
• Expertise designing systems that implement complex biochemical assays; able to navigate the technical, user and cost trade-offs to develop ‘well balanced’ products.
• Leadership and communication skills to empower the team and drive £multi-million development projects efficiently and effectively towards well-defined goals.
• Creative and highly technical ability in many of the following areas: concept generation of consumables and reader systems; assay implementation, prototyping techniques, detail design; design of experiments; design for high volume manufacture, IVD V&V.
• Familiar with industry regulations IVDR, MDR and standards ISO 13485, 21CFR part 820 and ISO14971;
• Comfortable presenting to clients and groups, with confident, clear and compelling communication style.
• Confident working in a fast-paced consultancy environment.

• Career experience at medical or in vitro diagnostic device or life science tools companies, ideally having played a significant role in product launch of an in vitro diagnostic device.Alternatively, experience at a product /technology development consultancy working in the same field.
• Track record of planning and leading £multi-million development projects, taking responsibility for quality, time, and cost.
• Proven experience in account management activities, acting as technical lead in sales meetings, proposal writing and presenting.
• Degree-level education or equivalent in relevant subject such as Mechanical Engineering, Physics or Natural Sciences.