Cochlear’s mission is to help people hear and be heard. As the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, Cochlear is dedicated to helping people with moderate to profound hearing loss experience a world full of sound. We aim to transform the way people understand and treat hearing loss and innovate to connect people with future technologies. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping more people to experience a lifetime of hearing.
We are seeking a Director, Manufacturing Operations to lead and evolve manufacturing operations at our Brisbane site. This newly created role is responsible for leading and managing manufacturing and engineering (manufacturing support) department to deliver short to mid-term targets in line with the overall Australia manufacturing strategy.
Reporting to the VP, Manufacturing Australia, you will lead a complex manufacturing and an engineering department. balancing operational performance with long-term transformation. You will be instrumental in shaping the future of manufacturing at Cochlear, driving improvements across capacity, cost, quality, and delivery, partnering cross-department ally to industrialise new products and technologies, and building an engaged, high-performing workforce.
Lead Manufacturing Operations
Deliver operational outcomes across people, quality, capacity, customer service, and cost
Drive Operational Performance & Scale
Lead Transformation & Continuous Improvement
Enable New Product Introduction
What Makes This Opportunity Unique?
At Cochlear, you’ll join a global organisation where purpose and performance go hand in hand. This role offers the opportunity to lead in a highly sophisticated manufacturing environment, influence transformation at scale, and make a visible impact on both business outcomes and people’s lives. You’ll also be supported to grow your own career while developing the leaders and teams around you.
To succeed in this role, you will bring the credibility, leadership depth, and operational judgement to lead in a complex, regulated environment while driving meaningful change.
You are an accomplished manufacturing leader with a strong track record of delivering results in complex, highly regulated environments. You combine operational excellence with transformation capability, and you know how to lead large teams, influence across departments, and create the conditions for sustained performance.
Significant experience in precision manufacturing, medical devices, or other highly regulated industries, working within operational management, including Manufacturing and Engineering departments, leading teams of more than 150
Strong commercial acumen, including a clear understanding of manufacturing cost drivers, productivity, and operational trade-offs
If you feel that you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role and take on new challenges to build your career with Cochlear, please start your application by clicking the apply button below.
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How we recognise your contribution
At Cochlear we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and enabling our people to realise their full potential. Through our internal programs and employee benefits, we aim to create an environment where our people will feel value and supported. Whether your focus is on continuous learning, professional development or simply finding an environment which enables you to thrive whilst balancing family or personal life commitments, then we have several programs in place to support you.
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