Monroe Consulting Group, an executive recruitment firm, is partnering with a leading organisation in the Healthcare sector to hire an Associate Director - Biomedical Engineering. This opportunity is based in the Philippines. The role offers the chance to lead biomedical engineering strategy and operations within a respected healthcare institution committed to delivering safe, reliable, and world-class patient care.
Position Overview
Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for biomedical engineering services, ensuring medical equipment and facilities support the delivery of high-quality healthcare.
Act as the key adviser to executive leadership on biomedical engineering matters while driving compliance, safety, asset optimisation, and continuous departmental improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a systematic approach for maintaining and managing healthcare equipment and facilities to ensure safe and efficient operations.
- Establish quality assurance and safety programmes to identify, document, and resolve equipment and facility hazards.
- Maintain an accurate database of all healthcare equipment and facilities for effective control, tracking, and asset management.
- Ensure medical personnel are trained in the safe use, proper operation, and basic maintenance of medical equipment and support systems.
- Review, evaluate, and prioritise strategic capital requests for biomedical engineering equipment.
- Provide biomedical engineering resources to support medical equipment planning for construction projects, conduct pre-purchase evaluations, vendor research, and cost-of-ownership assessments, approve acceptance testing and inspections of new equipment, and participate in hazard recall programmes and device-related incident investigations.
- Ensure compliance with equipment uptime targets by monitoring preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
- Ensure compliance with Joint Commission medical equipment standards and other regulatory requirements through engineering oversight.
- Develop programmes that support the continuous growth of the biomedical engineering group and enhance organisational effectiveness.
- Develop, review, and approve departmental policies and procedures.
- Plan, review, and approve the departmental budget.
Key Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Biomedical, Electronics, or Electrical Engineering.
- Master's degree or units in Business Administration preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of managerial experience in biomedical engineering or related hospital functions.
- Active PRC licence required.
- Certifications in Biomedical Engineering or Clinical Engineering preferred.
Technical / Functional Expertise
- Strong business acumen with advanced data analysis skills.
- Computer literate and up to date with the latest biomedical engineering trends applicable to tertiary hospital institutions.
- Proven ability to establish quality assurance and safety programmes.
- Experience managing equipment databases for asset control, tracking, and management.
- Expertise in reviewing, evaluating, and overseeing capital equipment requests.
- Knowledge of preventive and corrective maintenance programmes and equipment uptime management.
- Familiarity with medical equipment planning, procurement evaluation, vendor assessment, acceptance testing, inspections, and lifecycle cost analysis.
- Understanding of Joint Commission medical equipment standards and relevant regulatory requirements.
Soft Skills & Leadership Competencies
- Assertive, observant, and results-oriented.
- Sound professional judgement and decision-making ability.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively across all organisational levels.
- Capable of leading teams, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and enhancing organisational effectiveness.
