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R&D PDM Senior Associate

City: Chachoengsao

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

As an R&D PDM Senior Associate, you will lead a team supporting the Durex Intimate Wellness portfolio, playing a key role in product delivery, maintenance, improvement, and compliance across one or more R&D platforms.
You will combine technical expertise with people leadership, taking ownership of key projects while delivering through R&D Associates and Assistants. Working within multidisciplinary teams, you will plan resources and priorities, manage stakeholder expectations, and solve complex technical challenges to ensure effective project delivery.
The role requires strong theoretical and practical R&D expertise, together with hands-on experience working with medical devices. You will also support the development of your team and help build the capabilities needed to meet evolving business priorities across Bangpakong and potentially other sites.

Your responsibilities

Lead product delivery, maintenance, improvement, and compliance activities, ensuring technical milestones are delivered on time and risks are proactively identified and escalated.
Develop and drive team priorities and plans in alignment with business needs and key stakeholders.
Partner with internal and external cross-functional teams to ensure successful technical and project delivery.
Lead, coach, and develop R&D Associates and Assistants, while effectively managing team resources and workload.
Ensure product specifications and required technical documentation are complete and approved before full production start-up.
Prepare, review, approve, and communicate technical reports throughout the product development and change process.
Support idea and concept generation and ensure intellectual property considerations are appropriately addressed during product changes.
Ensure all development activities comply with relevant legislative, health, safety, and environmental requirements.

The experience we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant scientific or technical discipline.
Minimum 5 years of relevant R&D/product development experience, ideally within an FMCG or regulated environment.
Hands-on experience in medical device development and/or product lifecycle management.
Strong knowledge and practical understanding of ISO 13485 and ISO 14971 is essential.
Experience in product delivery, maintenance, improvement, technical changes, and compliance activities.
Knowledge or experience related to Durex technologies would be an advantage.

The skills for success

Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to agreed timelines.
Experience working with multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams; people leadership or team management experience is preferred.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with a good command of English.
Open to applicants of all nationalities.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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