Implantable hearing solutions for moderate-to-profound hearing loss
Cochlear designs and manufactures implantable hearing devices—cochlear implants, bone conduction solutions, and electro-acoustic systems—for a global installed base exceeding 650,000 recipients. The company is operationally complex: running a sales-led org (28 sales roles active) alongside engineering (14) and healthcare specialists (8), while simultaneously executing territorial expansion, next-generation embedded software platforms, and CI/CD modernization. Replacing legacy Oracle systems with SAP's cloud stack (S/4HANA, HANA, BW/4HANA, Datasphere) signals infrastructure consolidation to support multi-geography compliance and supply-chain efficiency.
Notable leadership hires: Marketing Director
Cochlear is a public medical-device manufacturer headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with regional operations across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. The company develops implantable hearing solutions for patients with moderate to profound hearing loss, serving both direct patients and a clinical network of ENT surgeons and audiologists. Operationally, Cochlear manages manufacturing, regulatory compliance (QMS, global standards), clinical referral pipelines, and a multi-regional sales force. Current priorities include increasing CI patient identification and referrals, improving warehouse efficiency, expanding territorial coverage, and building next-generation embedded platforms for future implant systems.
Cochlear runs Salesforce + Salesforce Health Cloud for CRM, SAP S/4HANA + HANA for ERP, Microsoft Office suite, Visual Studio C++ and Qt for embedded software development, Jira for development ops, and Brightree for clinical workflow. The company is retiring Oracle ERP and Oracle Business Intelligence in favor of SAP.
Cochlear is actively hiring across 16 countries including Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Singapore, India, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, Belgium, Panama, Turkey, and Colombia. Current openings span sales (28), engineering (14), product (10), and healthcare roles.
Cochlear manufactures cochlear implants, bone conduction solutions, direct acoustic cochlear stimulation devices, and electro-acoustic implants. The company has delivered over 650,000 implantable devices globally and is developing next-generation embedded software platforms for future sound processors and implant systems.
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