Director, Software / Systems Engineering

Technology Product & Platform Management

Directs Managers and/or senior individual contributors in a matrix environment, and is accountable for meaningful career development conversations and regular coaching and feedback.

Administers the Digital Surgery Platform Software / Systems Engineering plan and develops processes and procedures that support business goals.

Monitors initiatives and oversees timelines, approvals, and communication plans. Contributes to planning of strategic initiatives and serves as a primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities will include, but not limiting to:

• Lead and drive the team responsible for design and development of device connectivity software and its adoption into the eco-system of Connected MedTech Devices.
• Continually drive improvement and adoption of best-in-class engineering practices across the agile teams of the Digital Surgery Platform.
• Be responsible for delivering advanced solutions that directly impact Patients and Physicians' outcomes by leveraging advances in MedTech and Medical Devices.
• Bring strong thought leadership around IoT Device Lifecycle Management, IOT security, Device Applications Lifecycle Management, Cloud Platform Technologies, and production grade Quality.
• Will lead the adoption of modern engineering practices and the continuous improvement in quality across the digital surgery program.
• Collaborate and influence other engineers and org leaders and drive execution to success.
• Deliver to the strategy and roadmap items of MedTech Device Engineering deliverables through the design, development, and deployment phases for all MedTech devices in Digital Surgery Platform (DSP) portfolio.
• Engage in the architecture and design of the platform, as a key member of the DSP architecture team.
• Leverage CI/CD practices to plan and manage resources for both internal and development partners. Maintain a standard engineering toolset, leveraging J&J enterprise standards where applicable and leading the adoption of new-to-J&J technologies where appropriate. Lead DevSecOps technology decisions.
• Guide the teams in making appropriate product development choices and ensure the toolset and pipeline framework supports the selected choices (development language, IDE, testing and validation framework, and other toolsets).
• Implement a shift-left strategy, applying tools and techniques such as code scanning to improve security and identify issues earlier in the lifecycle.
• Negotiate, organize, and prioritize deliverables based on impact, need and ROI; clearly communicate to development teams, the product features, timeline and KPI needed to meet performance goals.
• Act as a coach and servant leader to the distributed DSP device team, and the engineering organization.
• Mentor junior members of the engineering staff to expand design team abilities and establish good working practices.
• Ensure the engineering pipelines support the traceability and other requirements of the Quality Management System, in an efficient manner and without compromising the broader quality approach (e.g. through inappropriate use of UI-based testing). Automate and integrate with other systems (Jira/X-Ray for test evidence and ServiceNow) where this will improve efficiency or reduce manual error.
• Thought Leader for the broader JJT engineering and device engineering community and Ensure the Digital Surgery program learns from and gives back to the broader community.
• Advisor and SME to the broader MedTech R&D/IT engineering strategy, for example on the tradeoffs between standardization/reuse and decoupling/independence, from an engineering practitioner's perspective.
• Research and stay ahead of emerging technology, industry, and regulatory trends to build a competitive advantage.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills: Business Architecture, Business Process Design, Business Savvy, Computer Programming, Emerging Technologies, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Product Knowledge, Program Management, Software Development Management, Strategic Change, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility