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Vice President, R&D, Vascular & Emergency Medicine
**Date:** Jul 25, 2026
**Location:** Morrisville, NC, US
**Company:** Teleflex
**Expected Travel:** Up to 50%
**Requisition ID:** 13887
**About Teleflex Incorporated**
As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of people's lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare.
Teleflex is the home of Arrow, Barrigel, Deknatel, LMA, Pilling, QuikClot, Rüsch, UroLift and Weck - trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose.
At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare. For more information, please visit teleflex.com.
**Vascular & Emergency Medicine -** Built on a legacy of innovation and clinical excellence, the Vascular & Emergency Medicine business at Teleflex develops and delivers advanced medical technologies that empower clinicians to help improve patient outcomes and optimize healthcare efficiency. Our trusted Arrow, Arrow, EZ-IO, and QuikClot brands set the standard for vascular access and emergency medicine, offering proven solutions to enhance patient outcomes. From technically advanced vascular access devices - including central venous and arterial catheters, PICCs, and sheath introducers with antimicrobial protection-to life-saving intraosseous access systems and hemostatic technologies used by hospitals, EMS, and military teams worldwide, our portfolio embodies precision, reliability, and performance. As part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organization, we are united by a commitment to clinical differentiation, innovation, and excellence. Join a dynamic, growth-focused team that offers advanced medical technology solutions that make a lasting impact on healthcare.
**Position Summary**
The Vice President, Research & Development (R&D) is a key member of the executive leadership team responsible for leading global product innovation, development, sustaining and lifecycle management for the Vascular & Emergency Medicine business unit. This executive will drive transformation of the R&D organization into a high-performing, execution-driven, and innovation-focused function that accelerates growth through disciplined product development, technical and operational excellence, and customer-centered innovation.
The VP, R&D will oversee the full product lifecycle across a diverse portfolio of vascular access and emergency medicine devices, antimicrobial solutions and related technologies. This leader will be accountable for fostering front-end innovation focus, accelerating new product development (NPD), improving on-time reliable execution, strengthening portfolio governance, and building a sustainable innovation engine aligned with strategic business objectives.
This is a balanced leader who combines strong technical expertise, operational rigor, business acumen and fluency in manufacturing capability inclusive of Design for Manufacture and Design for Excellence concepts. They will build further organizational capability and focus on high-performing talent development, while shaping a culture of innovation, extreme performance, and continuous improvement.
**Principal Responsibilities**
Strategic Leadership & Innovation
· Develop and execute a comprehensive global R&D strategy aligned with corporate and business unit objectives.
· Work closely with Strategic Marketing and Clinical Medical Affairs to build and deliver a robust innovation pipeline that supports short, medium and long-term global growth.
· Drive both incremental innovation (line extensions, product enhancements, indications) and transformational platform development.
· Identify and leverage emerging technologies, innovative NPD practices, clinical insights, and external partnerships to advance innovation.
· Engage with key opinion leaders (KOLs), scientific advisory boards, startups, academic institutions, and external innovation partners.
· Support business development and M&A activities through technology evaluation, diligence, and integration planning.
Product Development & Execution Excellence
· Lead end-to-end product development activities from concept through commercialization.
· Drive disciplined stage-gate processes, design control rigor, and milestone execution.
· Improve development cycle times, launch predictability, and on-time performance.
· Deliver sustaining engineering, product enhancements, and cost optimization initiatives.
· Intervene directly in critical or underperforming programs to ensure successful execution.
· Ensure all product development activities align with customer needs, clinical workflows
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