p>Summary: The Director, NPD Process Improvement plays a critical strategic and operational role in creating, governing, and executing a best-in-class end-to-end process improvement strategy across Orthopaedics R&D, including GxP product development processes, R&D Business processes, and PMO operational processes for the development of implants, instruments, capital equipment, software, and biologics. The Director will partner with critical functions such as R&D Leadership, PMO, Quality, Supply Chain, Marketing, Regulatory, Finance, and other supporting functions to ensure the process improvement portfolio roadmap is aligned and optimized to achieve long-range R&D value creation.