Your opportunity
By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.
Kardium’s mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe® Pulsed Field System – a revolutionary solution designed by our world-class technical team. The Globe System offers strong, unique, and customer-valued advantages over other treatments on the market, and leading physicians are already using it and helping to share our story.
We have obtained FDA approval and officially begun the commercial launch of the Globe® Pulsed Field System. This is a pivotal and exciting time in our journey, as we bring this life-changing technology to patients!
The Continuous Improvement team is responsible for the implementation of continuous improvement programs to drive operational excellence across the operations environment. As a Continuous Improvement Engineer, you will lead cross-functional projects from initiation to completion and track project metrics to project targets. This role will deliver assigned projects and work with other stakeholders to achieve desired results in cost saving and efficiency improvements.
Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.
Meaningful work you will be a part of
Your responsibilities will be to:
- Lead and oversee a portfolio of high-impact, cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives to enhance manufacturing throughput, quality, cost performance, and operational scalability
- Provide leadership, coaching, and technical guidance to CI team members, ensuring consistent application of structured problem-solving methodologies and improvement methodologies
- Own and maintain the continuous improvement roadmap for assigned functional areas, ensuring alignment to business priorities and providing regular updates on progress, risks, and impact
- Drive prioritization of CI resources across reactive operational support and long-term strategic improvement initiatives to maximize overall business impact
- Partner with functional leaders (Production, Supply Chain, Quality, EHS, Facilities, Planning, R&D) and leverage data to analyze operational performance, identify trends, and execute improvement opportunities
- Establish and embed standardized KPI frameworks, visual management systems, and tiered accountability processes to improve operational performance and maturity
- Lead the design and delivery of targeted CI and project management training programs to build problem-solving capability and drive adoption of best practices across functional teams
- Communicate effectively on CI portfolio status, key risks, and business impact to stakeholders at all levels of the organization
What you bring to the team
Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.
You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant discipline (Biomedical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, etc.)
- 10 years of relevant experience in driving operational improvements
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (ASQ-CSSGB)
- Highly analytical with the ability to structure and interpret operational data using data analytics tools to support data-driven decision making
- Knowledge and experience with FDA cGMP regulations an asset
- Proven experience and success implementing lean-six sigma and cost reduction
- Strong facilitation and relationship building skills across the organization
- Ability to prioritize, multitask and lead multiple projects simultaneously
Compensation
Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% Retirement Savings contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.
As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium’s stock option plan.
- $110,000 - $140,000 (CAD Annually)
Your Benefits & Well-being
Total cash – the total cash we’ve listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Retirement Savings plan to help support your financial goals.
Comprehensive medical & dental coverage – for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.
Work-day flexibility – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.
Support – for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.
Career progression and learning support.
Professional membership support.
Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.
Life at Kardium
What makes us a great place to work?
1. Our Purpose
2. Our People
3. Our Culture
At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we’re committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.
We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG and Irish ERG.
As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.
And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more!
