Engineering Director – Software & Systems

 Job Description

The role requirement for the current & potential partnerships with OUs would require:

•        Experience in leading large, complex, cross functional engineering teams.

•        Experience in software development life cycle including SaMD and capital equipment.

•        Product development experience; preferably in Medical device and MNC

•        Cross functional knowledge from regulatory and compliance perspective

•        Experience / critical exposure in product security/Internet of Things/ Data Science

The individual would have functional reporting to the Senior Engineering Director Software and Systems, MEIC and would be on Staff/ attend staff meetings of VPs of R & D for the OU and work with Global R & D and cross functional Leaders across multiple OUs in the Cardiovascular portfolio.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Works with Sr Director SW & Systems in formulating vision and strategy in collaboration with the global Operating Unit leadership, sustaining / initiating - growing engagements with the Global R&D Units

Leads his/ her team in delivering on commitments, creating solutions, accelerating innovation with focus on engineering excellence

Develops and maintains a deep technical understanding of OUs product lines and technologies

Collaborates with Director of software in building software excellence in Cardiovascular Portfolio partnerships/programs

Defines the engineering skill sets that best align to OUs needs and creates a staffing strategy

Builds a superior team; establishes and maintains a high-performance culture

Sets clear, aggressive departmental goals, expectations, and standards for performance

Develops and institutionalizes world-class product engineering practices and policies

Continually improves team product knowledge and technical skills

Develops a departmental budget and manages expenses in line with organizational objectives; approves departmental expenditures including capital and manpower expenses

Works with HR to develops career paths for employees, provides coaching, recommends retention policies, and conducts salary planning for department staff

Collaborates with the Program Management Office project planning including scope definition, resource allocation, scheduling, and communication

Drives successful project execution working collaboratively with Program / project Managers; provides leadership to teams when faced with technical challenges, critical trade-off decisions, and other project obstacles

Reviews work output to ensure project objectives and quality standards are being achieved

Communicates departmental status and project reports to upper management as required

Ensures all policies and procedures comply with Medtronic quality system and ethical standards

Would be accountable to meet Organizational level Goals: OHS & Ethics

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: Manages department (s) or small unit that includes multiple teams led by Senior Managers/ Managers. Provides motivational leadership for the area of responsibility. Provides thought and technical leadership. Performs work without appreciable direction.

Organizational Impact: Leads the development of the strategy for own department or business area, ensuring links to the company's aims and objectives. Management authority to make large business decisions and strategic decisions. Decisions impact the financial performance, employees, or public image of the operational unit and/or company. Would have budget accountability for a department, broad functional area.

Innovation and Complexity: Drives innovation across the business area, encouraging best practice and knowledge sharing. Significantly improves, changes or adapts own department or business area's processes, systems, products or services. Problems and issues faced are complex, difficult and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem.

Leadership and Talent Management: Directs and leads a department, broad functional area or geography, including one or more teams led by Senior Managers / managers. Determines supervisory relationships, and creates workforce and staffing plans to accomplish business results .

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires broad management and leadership knowledge to lead multiple job areas, and detailed functional and operational expertise. Typically has mastery level knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with broad understanding of other areas within the job function.

Business Communication : Requires ability to be articulate and able to efficiently communicate with senior leaderships

PRINCIPAL WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

The individual would work closely with other cross functional teams to ensure proper communication, resource management, and skill development across departments. Builds trusting relationships with Global R&D and MEIC leadership including regional and corporate organizations where needed; is the primary contact for the Engineering R&D function for the OU(s). He/ she would also be accountable for Relationship Management with all stakeholders internal at MEIC, Operating Units, ISC and APAC regional leaders and also with external stakeholders (Academia/ KOLs/ Government /Innovation Hubs etc).

Minimum of 18+ years of applicable work experience in a Product, Software Product engineering R&D role in a global team environment

Management experience in enhancing -leading Global Capability Centers in Engineering R&D. Prior experience in a large MNC preferred

Prior experience of minimum 3 years in managing Senior Engineering managers and being in a Strategic Leadership role with accountability of larger software, systems teams

Minimum of 8 years of hands-on software development critical experience in implementing large to medium complex software architectures (Cloud/Web/Mobile apps )

Proven experience in managing large, complex technology initiatives of strategic importance to the organization involving cross-functional teams.

Experience owning, supervising and delivering concurrent software releases using iterative/agile techniques, ensuring on-time delivery and good quality.

Prior experience working with cross –cultural teamwork experience is preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY:

Demonstrated expertise in the field of product development and product engineering

Experience leading a product development project from concept to commercialization desirable

Proven track record identifying and executing complex engineering projects

Ability to build and lead a new department within a large, diverse MNC; includes strategic development and implementation

Ability to author policies, procedures and coach new employees

Experience in the areas of design for six sigma, Quality through design and Systems Engineering

Strong technical background with exposure to mechanical, electronics, and software engineering

Experience with hardware / software quality and reliability testing

Experience in Firmware development and must be comfortable with SW development practices and models

Demonstrated success executing complex engineering projects with diverse technical teams

Management of globally dispersed teams preferred

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, negotiating; managing change; goal setting; planning and organizing teamwork; ability to address difficult situations

Must possess managerial courage; must be confident managing risks and making decisions that will likely have a large impact on organizational objectives