Jeremy Black

About Jeremy Black

As Sr. Engineering Manager, I am primarily responsible for leading R&D projects and ensuring successful and timely completion of technical development and sustaining deliverables. In addition, I support Post-Market Quality, Regulatory, Operations and R&D teams to understand technical landscapes and articulate the technical aspects of projects. We lead the development of new concepts from market release to end of life. Manages feasibility studies of the design to determine if capable of functioning as intended. Organizes the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery. PEOPLE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONAL CAREER STREAM: I oversee their area of responsibility, managing performance, developing talent, engagement, and inclusion, communicating business and operational developments, planning, prioritizing, and/or directing the responsibilities of direct reports. Goal achievement is typically accomplished through the performance of direct and/or indirect reports. A key responsibility of roles in this career stream is managing people. which includes: accountability for mentoring, developing and coaching staff on meeting/exceeding performance expectations and defined objectives, providing leadership to staff ensuring the prioritization of strategic and department level initiatives to include defining performance goals and targets, conducting performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals. DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS Autonomy: Turns the department strategy into a commercial reality by developing, communicating and implementing business plans to achieve business results. Receives assignments in objective-oriented terms; has latitude to reinterpret objectives. Organizational Impact: Initiates programs or projects based on identified business and/or tactical needs. Decisions impact projects or operations, affect the deadlines, resources, and funds, and the achievement of organizational objectives. Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are complex, difficult and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem. Communication and Influence: Communicates with internal and external customers and vendors concerning ongoing operations, programs or processes. Influences across functions and businesses while balancing divergent objectives to gain cooperation of other parties. Leadership and Talent Management: Recommends strategies, goals and plans for a group.

Experience

1. Sr Engineering Manager

   Medtronic

   Jul 2021 — Present · Memphis, TN, US

Education

• Christian Brothers University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Quality

  2010 — 2012

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  BS, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

  2002 — 2007

Skills

• Cqa
• Gage R&R
• Medical Devices
• Biomechanics
• Microsoft Office
• 21 Cfr 1271
• Supplier Quality
• Design for Manufacturing
• U.s. Food and Drug Administration (Fda)
• Biomedical Engineering
• Gd&T
• Risk Management
• Ce Marking
• Validation
• Spine
• Manufacturing Engineering
• R&D
• Fda
• Minitab
• 21 Cfr 820
• Customer Service
• Surgical Instruments
• Corrective and Preventive Action (Capa)
• Capa
• Cqe
• Dmaic
• Quality System
• Patent Analysis
• 21 Cfr
• Iso 14971
• Design of Experiments
• V&V
• Spc
• Biomaterials
• Sap R/3
• Fmea
• Product Complaints
• Iso 13485
• Research and Development (R&D)