Head - BME Operations

The Head – Biomedical Engineering Operations will provide central leadership and functional direction to Biomedical Engineering across the Group, establishing standards, governance, and systems that ensure equipment reliability, patient safety, and cost efficiency. The role will partner closely with Unit Leadership, Clinical, Projects, SCM, IT, Finance, and Quality teams to drive equipment planning, uptime, lifecycle management, and standardization across all units.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Governance:

• Provide central leadership and functional direction to all Unit Biomedical Engineering Heads.
• Establish Group-wide standards, SOPs, KPIs and governance for Biomedical Engineering.

Project & Commissioning Support:

• Coordinate biomedical requirements for new projects, expansions and hospital commissioning, including specifications, technical readiness, installation and commissioning.

Equipment Evaluation & Procurement Support:

• Lead/coordinate technical evaluation of medical equipment, including specifications, vendor assessment, demonstrations and technical recommendations.

Uptime, Maintenance & Service Quality:

• Drive equipment uptime, preventive maintenance, breakdown management and service quality across all units.
• Review and optimize AMC/CAMC, warranty, spare parts and maintenance costs with focus on TCO reduction.

Standardization & Lifecycle Management:

• Drive medical equipment standardization, utilization, redeployment and lifecycle/replacement planning across the Group.

Systems, Data & MIS:

• Lead implementation and adoption of the Group-wide Biomedical Asset Management Software, including asset tagging, master data, maintenance workflows, dashboards and user adoption at each unit.
• Establish centralized MIS for uptime, downtime, PM compliance, utilization, maintenance cost and asset lifecycle.

Stakeholder Management:

• Partner with SCM, Projects, Clinical, IT, Finance, Quality and Unit Leadership for effective equipment planning and management.

Team & Capability Building:

• Develop biomedical engineering capabilities through training, knowledge sharing and performance management of Unit Biomedical teams.

Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, safety, calibration and quality requirements.

Key Skills

• Strong technical knowledge of medical equipment, biomedical systems and hospital infrastructure.
• Proven experience in equipment lifecycle management, TCO optimization and vendor management.
• Working knowledge of Biomedical Asset Management Software and HRIS/HRMS-linked reporting tools.
• Strong analytical ability with command over data, dashboards and MIS reporting.
• Excellent communication, presentation and cross-functional stakeholder management skills.
• Proven experience as a people leader, fostering collaboration, accountability and capability building.
• Sound knowledge of regulatory, safety, calibration and quality compliance requirements applicable to medical equipment.

Education & Experience

• BE / B.Tech in Electronics or Biomedical Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in Biomedical Engineering, including experience in handling senior leadership positions.
• Industry Preference: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, or Diagnostics.
• Experience in a large, multi-unit hospital group is highly desirable.

Working Days : 6 days from office