Chief Scientific Officer

Key Responsibilities

1. Scientific & Innovation Strategy

• Develop and implement the company's long-term scientific and innovation strategy.
• Identify emerging technologies, materials, treatment modalities and healthcare trends
• Build a structured innovation pipeline aligned with market opportunities and unmet clinical needs.
• Establish a culture of scientific research, experimentation and evidence-based product development.

2. New Product Development

• Lead the complete New Product Development (NPD) lifecycle from ideation and concept development to prototyping, validation and commercialisation.
• Identify opportunities for next-generation orthopaedic, rehabilitation, wound-care, compression, medical textile and patient-care products.
• Drive development of differentiated products with strong clinical, functional and commercial value.
• Establish stage-gate processes for product development and innovation.

3. R&D Leadership

• Lead and develop the organisation's R&D/scientific teams.
• Build multidisciplinary capabilities across medical devices, materials science, biomechanics, medical textiles, polymer science, product engineering and clinical validation.
• Establish scientific research protocols, documentation standards and innovation KPIs.
• Encourage collaboration between R&D, engineering, manufacturing and quality functions.

4. Clinical & Scientific Validation

• Strengthen the scientific and clinical evidence supporting new and existing products.
• Develop relationships with orthopaedic surgeons, vascular surgeons, physiotherapists, rehabilitation specialists, hospitals and academic institutions.
• Lead clinical evaluation, product validation, usability studies and evidence-generation initiatives.
• Translate clinical requirements into commercially viable product concepts.

5. Technology & Material Innovation

• Evaluate new materials, technologies and manufacturing processes that can improve product performance, patient comfort, safety and cost.
• Explore opportunities in smart textiles, advanced polymers, wearable healthcare technologies, sensor-enabled products and other emerging medical-device technologies, where commercially relevant.
• Build partnerships with universities, research institutions, technology companies and specialist R&D organisations.

6. Intellectual Property

• Develop an IP and patent strategy for the organisation.
• Identify patentable innovations and ensure appropriate protection of intellectual property.
• Build a portfolio of patents, designs, proprietary technologies and differentiated product platforms.

7. Regulatory & Quality Collaboration

• Work closely with Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure that product development is aligned with applicable Indian and international medical-device regulations.
• Support regulatory submissions, technical documentation, product validation and certification requirements.
• Ensure scientific and R&D practices are aligned with relevant ISO 13485 and international quality requirements.

8. Commercialisation

• Ensure R&D is closely connected to business objectives.
• Evaluate product concepts based on market potential, customer need, clinical value, scalability, manufacturability and commercial viability.
• Work with Product and Business teams to establish product positioning and commercialisation strategies.
• Track NPD success through measurable metrics such as time-to-market, innovation revenue, product success rate and R&D ROI.

9. Scientific Partnerships & External Ecosystem

• Build relationships with:

• Medical universities

• Research institutions

• Hospitals

• Clinical experts

• Technology companies

• Material suppliers

• Start-ups

• Global medical-device companies