Head of Product Development

Cure Talent are delighted to be partnered with an emerging wearable medical technology company at a defining stage of its growth. Developing next generation optical monitoring solutions designed to deliver medical grade physiological insights beyond the hospital environment, the business is now transitioning from research and development into industrialisation and regulated market entry.

We have an opportunity for a Head of Product Development to join the organisation at a pivotal stage of its journey.

Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, this is a senior technical leadership role responsible for translating clinical and user needs into defined product requirements and overseeing the development of the company s wearable medical device platform.

Working closely with clinicians, end users and internal engineering and data science teams, you will lead product definition and guide the development of clinically meaningful monitoring solutions.

The role will oversee multidisciplinary development across firmware, electronics, mechanical and software engineering alongside algorithm and data science capability, supporting the transition of prototype technologies into robust clinical grade devices ready for validation and regulatory approval.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage with clinicians, healthcare professionals and end users to understand clinical workflows and product opportunities.
• Translate clinical insight into clear product requirements, specifications and development priorities.
• Lead product development activities across engineering and data science teams covering firmware, electronics, mechanical and software disciplines.
• Ensure development activities follow structured medical device development processes including design control, risk management and verification activities.
• Guide the transition of prototype technologies into clinical grade wearable medical devices ready for validation and regulatory approval.

Experience and Skills Required:

• Minimum 10 years experience developing medical devices, ideally including wearable or physiological monitoring technologies.
• Experience translating clinical or user requirements into product specifications within multidisciplinary engineering environments.
• Strong understanding of medical device development processes within regulated environments.
• Understanding of physiological monitoring technologies, signal processing or algorithm driven medical devices.

This is a high impact opportunity within a growing wearable MedTech business developing next generation physiological monitoring solutions, suited to a product development leader who enjoys translating complex technology into clinically valuable medical devices.