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. The Opportunity Cochlear is looking for a Global WHS Manager to shape and lead our global Work Health & Safety strategy and strengthen the frameworks that support the health, safety and wellbeing of our people around the world.

This is a highly influential global leadership role spanning enterprise strategy, governance, risk management, assurance, wellbeing and injury management. You will partner with senior leaders, executives and operational teams to establish clear standards, strengthen organisational capability and embed health and safety into business decision-making.

You will work closely with operational safety leaders, including the Safety Manager, Australia Manufacturing, to ensure Cochlear's global WHS strategy, standards and governance frameworks translate into effective operational practice. You will provide strategic direction and governance oversight, while operational leaders retain accountability for local implementation.

This is a permanent full-time, based at our global headquarters in Macquarie University. Key

Responsibilities:

Develop and lead Cochlear's global WHS strategy, enterprise policies and safety and injury management governance frameworks, aligned with organisational priorities and emerging WHS practice. Build, maintain and continuously improve the global WHS management system, including enterprise standards, procedures, assurance activities and the WHS audit plan. Lead Cochlear's global WHS risk management framework, including the enterprise risk profile, critical hazard identification, risk controls, incident governance and corrective and preventive actions. Partner with regional and operational safety leaders to establish consistent global standards and minimum requirements while enabling practical, locally compliant implementation across diverse operating environments. Provide strategic advice, governance oversight and clear reporting to senior leaders and executives on WHS performance, emerging risks, trends and opportunities for improvement. Strengthen organisational WHS capability, consultation and accountability by supporting leaders to understand and effectively discharge their health and safety responsibilities. Lead the effective management of workers compensation risks, injury management and return-to-work practices in Australia, in partnership with relevant internal and external stakeholders. Lead a small team and a global community of WHS expertise, promoting collaboration, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement and leading practice across Cochlear's network. About You As we grow our operations, we are looking for people who share our passion for delivering quality hearing solutions to our customers. To add value to Cochlear in this role, you'll be able to demonstrate the following essential skills and experience: Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Health, Engineering, Science or a related discipline. Extensive WHS leadership experience within a complex organisation, with demonstrated experience providing enterprise-level governance, assurance, management systems and strategic WHS leadership. Experience operating within a Three Lines of Accountability (3LOA) model or equivalent risk governance framework, providing strategic direction, governance oversight and assurance while enabling operational leaders to effectively manage WHS risks. Experience in chemical and hazardous materials management, including the development and governance of enterprise standards, minimum requirements, risk controls and assurance frameworks. Significant experience supporting manufacturing, engineering or other high-hazard operational environments, with a strong understanding of critical risk management and safety controls. Qualifications or experience in workplace wellbeing, psychosocial risk management. Broad expertise across WHS risk management, critical hazard identification, incident investigation, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement in complex and diverse environments. Demonstrated ability to analyse complex WHS, workers' compensation and organisational risk matters and translate insights into practical enterprise-level actions. Proven ability to influence senior leaders and executives, build trusted partnerships and support leaders to adopt a proactive safety mindset. Expert knowledge and experience in interpreting and implementing WHS legislation, with detailed knowledge of workers compensation, common law liability, and emergency management and business continuity principles. Highly developed leadership, communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and lead collaboratively across organisational boundaries.

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. Why Join Us: Lead the global Work Health & Safety agenda for Cochlear, shaping enterprise-wide safety, wellbeing and injury management strategies that support a growing global workforce. Play a pivotal role in embedding Cochlear's Three Lines of Accountability (3LOA) model, strengthening governance, accountability and risk ownership across the organisation. Partner with senior leaders, operational teams and regional safety teams to influence enterprise decision-making and drive a culture of proactive risk management. Lead a global community of WHS expertise, driving best practice, continuous improvement and the adoption of consistent safety standards while enabling operational flexibility across diverse environments. Join a purpose-led organisation where your work helps create safer workplaces for the people developing, manufacturing and delivering life-changing hearing solutions worldwide.

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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. New Role Onsite car Park/ Close to Public transportation Hybrid Working Arrangement We're looking for a Process Innovation Lead to transform how product development happens across Cochlear.

This is a senior, influential role with ownership of the evolution of our Product Innovation Process (PIP) and product documentation practices. You'll simplify complex processes, strengthen governance and introduce smarter digital solutions, automation and AI to help our teams develop products more efficiently while maintaining the quality and compliance expected in a highly regulated environment. This isn't a role focused on maintaining existing processes. You'll challenge how things are done today and help design how they should work tomorrow. What you'll do Shape the future of product development by designing and continuously improving Cochlear's end-to-end Product Innovation Process. Simplify the way we work , removing unnecessary complexity and helping reduce development cycle times while maintaining quality and compliance. Establish effective governance , including stage gates, decision rights, KPIs and performance measures. Use data to drive improvement , identifying bottlenecks, risks and opportunities across the product lifecycle. Lead digital innovation , defining the roadmap for platforms, workflows, automation and AI that enable better product development. Transform product documentation , improving how information is created, managed, traced and used to support regulatory submissions. Influence across the enterprise , partnering with senior leaders across R&D, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and Technology to embed new ways of working. Lead and develop a high-performing team while remaining close enough to the work to personal About you You'll bring: 10+ years' experience across product development, product lifecycle management, quality systems, process excellence or related disciplines within a regulated environment. Strong experience designing and improving end-to-end product development processes or lifecycle frameworks. Experience leading significant process, operating model or business transformation. Strong understanding of stage-gate product development, process architecture, governance and continuous improvement. Experience delivering digital platforms, workflows, automation or AI-enabled solutions that have created measurable business value. The ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change across a complex, global matrix organisation. Strong understanding of quality systems, design controls, risk management and regulatory requirements. Demonstrated people leadership and the ability to build capability within a team.

Experience within medical devices, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology or another highly regulated industry will be highly regarded. Why this role? This is an opportunity to influence something fundamental: how Cochlear turns ideas into products .You'll work across process, people, technology and governance, with the scope to rethink established ways of working and introduce capabilities that make product development simpler, faster, more scalable and easier to comply with .If you enjoy tackling enterprise-level complexity, influencing senior stakeholders and turning transformation ideas into practical improvements that stick, we'd like to hear from you. For more information, please contact Ralph on 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.<img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?

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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.

Cochlear is looking for a Global WHS Manager to shape and lead our global Work Health & Safety strategy and strengthen the frameworks that support the health, safety and wellbeing of our people around the world. This is a highly influential global leadership role spanning enterprise strategy, governance, risk management, assurance, wellbeing and injury management.

You will partner with senior leaders, executives and operational teams to establish clear standards, strengthen organisational capability and embed health and safety into business decision-making. You will work closely with operational safety leaders, including the Safety Manager, Australia Manufacturing, to ensure Cochlear's global WHS strategy, standards and governance frameworks translate into effective operational practice. You will provide strategic direction and governance oversight, while operational leaders retain accountability for local implementation.

This is a permanent full time, based at our global headquarters in Macquarie University.

• Develop and lead Cochlear's global WHS strategy, enterprise policies and safety and injury management governance frameworks, aligned with organisational priorities and emerging WHS practice.
• Build, maintain and continuously improve the global WHS management system, including enterprise standards, procedures, assurance activities and the WHS audit plan.
• Lead Cochlear's global WHS risk management framework, including the enterprise risk profile, critical hazard identification, risk controls, incident governance and corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner with regional and operational safety leaders to establish consistent global standards and minimum requirements while enabling practical, locally compliant implementation across diverse operating environments.
• Provide strategic advice, governance oversight and clear reporting to senior leaders and executives on WHS performance, emerging risks, trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Strengthen organisational WHS capability, consultation and accountability by supporting leaders to understand and effectively discharge their health and safety responsibilities.
• Lead the effective management of workers compensation risks, injury management and return-to-work practices in Australia, in partnership with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead a small team and a global community of WHS expertise, promoting collaboration, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement and leading practice across Cochlear's network.

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Health, Engineering, Science or a related discipline.
• Extensive WHS leadership experience within a complex organisation, with demonstrated experience providing enterprise-level governance, assurance, management systems and strategic WHS leadership.
• Experience operating within a Three Lines of Accountability (3LOA) model or equivalent risk governance framework, providing strategic direction, governance oversight and assurance while enabling operational leaders to effectively manage WHS risks.
• Experience in chemical and hazardous materials management, including the development and governance of enterprise standards, minimum requirements, risk controls and assurance frameworks.
• Significant experience supporting manufacturing, engineering or other high-hazard operational environments, with a strong understanding of critical risk management and safety controls.
• Qualifications or experience in workplace wellbeing, psychosocial risk management.
• Broad expertise across WHS risk management, critical hazard identification, incident investigation, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement in complex and diverse environments.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse complex WHS, workers' compensation and organisational risk matters and translate insights into practical enterprise level actions.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and executives, build trusted partnerships and support leaders to adopt a proactive safety mindset.
• Expert knowledge and experience in interpreting and implementing WHS legislation, with detailed knowledge of workers compensation, common law liability, and emergency management and business continuity principles.
• Highly developed leadership, communication, analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and lead collaboratively across organisational boundaries.

• Lead the global Work Health & Safety agenda for Cochlear, shaping enterprise wide safety, wellbeing and injury management strategies that support a growing global workforce.
• Play a pivotal role in embedding Cochlear's Three Lines of Accountability (3LOA) model, strengthening governance, accountability and risk ownership across the organisation.
• Partner with senior leaders, operational teams and regional safety teams to influence enterprise decision making and drive a culture of proactive risk management.
• Lead a global community of WHS expertise, driving best practice, continuous improvement and the adoption of consistent safety standards while enabling operational flexibility across diverse environments.
• Join a purpose led organisation where your work helps create safer workplaces for the people developing, manufacturing and delivering life changing hearing solutions worldwide.

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.

For more information about Life at Cochlear, visit

Our growth is creating great opportunities! Our team is expanding and we want to hire the most talented people we can. Continued success depends on it.

We have provided more than 600,000 implantable devices, helping people of all ages to lead full and active lives. We help people hear and be heard. We empower people to connect with others and live a full life. We help transform the way people understand and treat hearing loss. We innovate and bring to market a range of implantable hearing solutions that deliver a lifetime of hearing outcomes.

Senior Manager Market Development page is loaded Senior Manager Market Developmentlocations: Sydneytime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: October 11, 2026 (18 days left to apply)job requisition id: R-624154 Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close this advertisement at any time. 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. The Opportunity Cochlear is seeking a Senior Manager, Market Development to support the development and lead the execution of global initiatives that help establish Cochlear implants as the standard of care for severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss.

This high-impact individual contributor role will help increase awareness, evidence-based adoption and clinical behaviour change by positioning severe to profound hearing loss as a chronic health condition with significant consequences that requires appropriate intervention. Working across global functions, regions and priority countries, you will translate strategy and evidence into practical initiatives that support market growth and implementation.

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Contribute to the development, refinement and implementation of the global market development strategy. Partner with regional and country teams to understand market needs and support the effective implementation of strategies, tools and resources. Translate clinical, scientific and health economic evidence into clear commercial narratives and market activation resources. Support initiatives that strengthen the appreciation of the health impact from severe to profound hearing loss and encourage behaviour change among healthcare professionals. Build effective partnerships across Medical Affairs, Market Access, Clinical Strategy, Advocacy, Communications and commercial teams, as well as selected external stakeholders. About you :As we grow our operations, we are looking for people who share our passion for delivering quality hearing solutions to our customers. To add value to Cochlear in this role, you'll be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience: At least five years' experience in market development, commercial strategy, market access, medical marketing, product marketing or a related commercial role within the med-tech or pharmaceutical industry. Experience working across global, regional or multiple markets and supporting implementation within diverse healthcare systems and stakeholder environments. Demonstrated ability to translate clinical, scientific or health economic evidence into clear commercial strategies, stakeholder narratives and implementation resources. Strong commercial mindset and project management skills, with the ability to convert strategy into practical plans and manage multiple priorities, timelines and stakeholders. Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions, regions and external partners. An analytical and action-oriented approach, with the resilience, initiative and adaptability to solve problems, work independently and deliver outcomes in an ambiguous environment. What makes this role unique: This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a strategically important area of market development at a point when a new regional network and ways of working are being established. You will help shape how global functions, regions and countries collaborate to advance the recognition and treatment of severe to profound hearing loss.

With exposure to senior stakeholders and involvement in cross-functional and external initiatives, the role provides meaningful scope to develop ideas, build new approaches and translate evidence into practical action with measurable market impactIf 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. 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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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.

The Opportunity An exciting opportunity exists for a Senior / Clinical Research Associate (CRA) to support the delivery of clinical studies and help build Cochlear's clinical monitoring capability. As a key contact for clinical study sites, you will work closely with internal and external stakeholders, supporting the successful delivery of clinical studies. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a growing function and play an active role in improving processes and ways of working.

• Act as the primary contact for internal and external study sites and manage site relationships throughout the study lifecycle.
• Conduct monitoring activities including Pre-Study Visits, Site Initiation Visits, Interim Monitoring Visits and Close Out Visits.
• Support study start-up activities, including ethics committee applications and study documentation requirements.
• Deliver site training and ensure site staff are prepared to conduct studies in accordance with requirements.
• Support audits, file reviews and other quality activities to ensure studies are conducted compliantly.
• Contribute to the improvement and development of Cochlear's monitoring capability and support broader business activities where required.

• Solid clinical monitoring experience as a CRA, with at least 2 years of monitoring experience.
• Experience with clinical trial submissions to Ethics Committees / Research Governance Units is desirable.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Confidence managing conflict, negotiating outcomes and handling difficult conversations with key stakeholders.
• Experience supporting clinical studies and working with study sites.
• Ability to work autonomously, exercise sound judgement and manage ambiguity.
• A proactive and action-oriented approach with a strong focus on accountability, meeting timelines and delivering results.
• Flexibility to work within a small team environment and contribute beyond narrowly defined role boundaries when needed.

This role provides the opportunity to help shape and strengthen Cochlear's monitoring capability as the organisation expands its clinical research activities. Working within a small team, you will have the opportunity to contribute ideas, influence improvements and take ownership of how the function evolves. You will work on end-to-end lifecycle study management with a small number of sites, allowing you to build strong relationships and enjoy significantly reduced travel compared with many traditional CRA roles.

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. For more information about Life at Cochlear, visit

Our team is expanding and we want to hire the most talented people we can. Continued success depends on it.

We're the global leader in implantable hearing solutions. We have provided more than 600,000 implantable devices, helping people of all ages to lead full and active lives. We help people hear and be heard. We empower people to connect with others and live a full life. We help transform the way people understand and treat hearing loss. We innovate and bring to market a range of implantable hearing solutions that deliver a lifetime of hearing outcomes.