Associate Engineering Director

Overview

Second-line leader accountable for a multi-team software organization developing software applications for medical devices across web, mobile, desktop and cloud, leading through both engineers and other managers.

What you'll do

• Lead a multi-team software organization (typically 40+ engineers) designing and developing software applications for medical devices across web, mobile, desktop, and cloud.
• Manage, coach, and develop Engineering Managers and senior technical leads; build succession plans and a strong leadership pipeline within your organization.
• Own end-to-end delivery across your operating unit: capacity and resource planning, multi-project prioritization, dependency management, risk escalation, and executive-level reporting on commitments and metrics.
• Set technical direction and architectural standards in partnership with Principal Engineers and Architects; make and defend build/buy/platform decisions.
• Partner with the broader R&D organization (Quality, Systems, Regulatory, Clinical) and with global sites to align on design controls, V&V strategy, and submission readiness.
• Define and institutionalize sustainable product development processes; drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, quality, and cycle time across teams, not just within one team.
• Own hiring strategy, workforce planning, vendor/partner engagement, and budget inputs for your organization.
• Represent the software organization to OU and site leadership, and in design reviews, phase gates, and audits.
• Remove systemic barriers, resolve cross-team conflicts, and create the conditions for teams to deliver predictably.
• Champion a culture of engineering excellence, psychological safety, patient safety, and compliance.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 18+ years of applicable work experience in a SW product development & Global team environment.
• Minimum 8+ years of people-management experience, including 2+ years leading multiple teams simultaneously.
• Deep understanding of enterprise application full stack development (desktop, mobile, cloud) and V&V strategy, including automated verification.
• Experience in developing and maintaining a deep technical understanding of product lines and technologies.
• Experience in developing departmental budget and manages expenses in line with organizational objectives; approves departmental expenditures including capital and manpower expense.
• Excellent Technology management, project management skills; demonstrated success executing complex engineering projects with diverse technical teams.
• Proven ability to lead programs within a global matrix structure, including influencing peers and leaders without direct authority.
• Demonstrated ability to blend organizational leadership with credible technical depth — able to set strategy and to engage substantively in architecture and design decisions.
• Track record of developing engineers with measurable outcomes in retention, promotion, and capability growth.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present status, risk, and strategy to senior leadership.
• Good financial acumen; strong mathematical and financial capabilities.
• Must have leadership skills and personal strength to protect projects from unsubstantial change requests while ensuring project focus remains in place.

Nice to have

• Technical management experience in leading and building platform software development team in the fast-paced R&D environment, deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and its best practice in medical device or similar regulated industry, and strong focus on team's career development.
• Experience in developing and commercializing software products in R&D environment, including understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and best practices in the medical device industry, and providing post product support.
• Software development within the medical device or another regulated industry (IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, or equivalent), with ownership of regulatory deliverables.
• Building and scaling platform software organizations in a fast-paced R&D environment, with a deep command of the SDLC and its best practices in the medical device or similar regulated industry.
• Developing and commercializing software products through full lifecycle, including sustaining engineering and post-market product support.
• Leading enterprise-wide or site-wide continuous process improvement initiatives for software development.
• Scaled Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) in a regulated environment.
• SDLC tooling and ALM traceability (JIRA, Git, TFS/Azure DevOps, Polarion, or similar).
• Software risk management, including SW FMEA, cybersecurity risk, and hazard analysis.
• Establishing engineering practices, technical standards, or communities of practice adopted beyond one's own teams.

Details

• Location: Nanakramguda, Hyderabad, India.
• Eligible for the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP), a short-term incentive.