GE HealthCare Director Software Engineering 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

988676032

As a Director of a software engineering group, you will apply your knowledge of management, software development methodologies, best practices, and proven processes to lead teams to deliver a quality software product on budget, within planned schedule with superb quality.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Establish strategy and program plans for different platform teams towards seamless integration across different imaging teams. Drive simplification and improvement as necessary.
• Collaborate with business and functional partners and technology leadership in specifying requirements.
• Define execution plan and approach based on project scope, expected timeline and available budget/resources.
• Build strong team of technical program managers, RTEs and coaching for exceptional performance.
• Work with technical team to coordinate day-to-day execution as per outlined plan. Support execution team with resolution of roadblocks and interdependencies.
• Manage project risks, stakeholder communication and progress reporting.
• Interfacing with different teams within and outside of imaging.
• Assist with assessment of external contract, professional service, and solution provider partners.
• Stewardship of agile and extreme programming practices.
• Ensure quality of deliveries are verified as per stakeholder expectation and quality metrics are on track.
• Lead operational areas including finance & vendor PO tracking – ensuring deliveries are done within allocated budget.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization and drive alignment toward end-results.
• Continually evaluate industry software design, development & testing standards & practices, challenge the status-quo keeping high standards for quality and customer satisfaction.
• Represent engineering team on different forums and in leadership updates.

Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’ s degree in Engineering with minimum of 18+ years of software design & development experience working with cross-functional teams. People management experience if mandatory for this position.

Desired Characteristics:

• PMP or PMI-ACP certified. Experience in working with distributed teams and knowledge of multiple Agile Frameworks including SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP or equivalent.
• Lead a team of program or project managers.
• Creative problem solver and solution developer when presented with conflicting requirements, business demands and technical risks/issues.
• Demonstrated skills in proactively identifying, facilitating and driving closure of a product/program
• Attention to detail and ability work independently towards timely completion of a variety of assignments & develop unique concepts/solutions for complex products.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity.
• Experience in Healthcare domain is added advantage.
• Knowledge of quality and regulatory requirements and practices in software.
• Enthusiastically follow technology trends, software engineering best practice and technologies while enjoying the challenge of solving complex problems.

total rewardsare designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.