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 Recent 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.
- Explor

📌 Chief Scientific Officer (Kochi)
🏢 Populux HR
📍 Kochi