Gitesh Kumar

About Gitesh Kumar

Transforming Vision to Reality: Influential Leadership, Impeccable Execution.I am a dynamic leader with passion for fostering a culture of breakthrough innovation. I uncover transformative ideas and build strategic alliances to create novel solutions and new revenue streams. I am skilled in product development, process improvement, and portfolio and program management. I am an effective communicator with proven ability to build cross-functional, global teams that consistently exceed performance goals. My Selected Accomplishments include Led cross-functional, cross-sites teams to deliver over 50+ new products with sales of $1.5B+ in past decade. Spearheaded cross-functional team to implement European regulatory compliance, ensuring $1.3B+ continued sales. Guided kaizen events and built transformation teams to enhance business processes that resulted in 20%+ cycle time improvements. Partnered with M&A team to support due-diligence on multiple opportunities ($100M-$1.5B+) that created new product categories / revenue streams for the business. My Competencies include Innovation Management – • New Product Development & Governance, Portfolio & Program Management, R&D Management, Strategic Planning, Technology & IP Assessment, M&A/L&A Support. Business Transformation– • Organization & Business Transformation Programs, Continuous Improvement & Six-Sigma, Strategic Alliances & Partnership Development, Outsourcing & Offshoring. People Development – • Talent Identification & Development, Mentoring & Coaching, Building Resilient & Winning Teams.

Experience

1. Vice President, Global R & d

   Boston Scientific

   Mar 2025 — Present · Boston, MA, US

Education

• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  M. Phil, Electrical & Electronics Engineering

• Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

  Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Skills

• Product Development
• Analysis
• Coaching
• Design Control
• Program Management
• Six Sigma
• Product Launch
• Outsourcing
• Medical Devices
• Biotechnology
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Validation
• Business Development
• Process Improvement
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Lean Manufacturing
• Iso 13485
• Quality System
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Process Simulation
• Project Portfolio Management
• Change Management
• Process Development
• Manufacture
• Strategic Planning
• Iso
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Business Process Improvement
• Fda
• Manufacturing
• New Business Development
• Design for Manufacturing
• Quality Assurance
• Continuous Improvement
• Strategy
• Resource Management
• Product Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Commercialization
• Management