Sr. Software Engineering Manager

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Medtronic Neuroscience is focused on transforming care for patients with neurological, spinal, and chronic pain conditions. Through meaningful innovation and strong clinical partnerships, we help clinicians deliver therapies that improve lives and expand what is possible in-patient care.

As a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will provide organizational and technical leadership for multiple software engineering teams developing products and capabilities within a regulated medical technology environment. This role is responsible for building engineering talent, establishing technical direction, driving execution, and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions that support business and portfolio objectives.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead multiple software engineering teams and provide direction, coaching, and performance management for engineers, technical leads, and emerging leaders.
• Establish engineering strategies, development practices, and technical standards that support scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions.
• Oversee software development activities across multiple programs, ensuring alignment to quality objectives, delivery commitments, and business priorities.
• Partner with product, quality, regulatory, clinical, operations, and security stakeholders to define requirements, priorities, and implementation plans.
• Drive continuous improvement through adoption of modern software engineering practices, automated testing, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), and operational excellence initiatives.
• Manage resource allocation, capacity planning, project dependencies, and risk mitigation activities across teams and programs.
• Ensure compliance with applicable software development processes, regulatory requirements, and industry standards, including audit and inspection readiness.
• Communicate program status, key metrics, risks, and strategic recommendations to engineering and business leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 7 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with 5 years of relevant experience.
• 5 years of people leadership experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading software development teams through the full software development lifecycle, including planning, delivery, deployment, and maintenance.
• Experience managing cross-functional initiatives involving engineering, product, quality, or regulatory stakeholders.
• Experience developing software within a structured quality or regulated development environment.
• Experience leading multiple software engineering teams, technical leads, or engineering managers.
• Experience with cloud-based platforms and services, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience implementing Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery methodologies.
• Experience in medical device software development or another highly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of software lifecycle and quality standards, including International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62304 and IEC 82304.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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