Director of Software Delivery Excellence

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us.

If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice. Director of Software Delivery Excellence

Operating in our unique Dynamic Shared Ownership model, the Director of Software Excellence is responsible for elevating the software organization’s agile planning and execution capability across global development teams. This leader manages software leads and scrum masters as a functional team within a matrixed organization.

This is a hands‑on role responsible for improving the predictability, quality, execution of software delivery across a global medical device software organization. This leader will build a Delivery Excellence capability – not a traditional PMO – focused on coaching engineering leaders, software leads, and scrum masters, establishing common planning practices, improving estimation, delivery metrics, capacity planning, and organizational execution while cultivating a continuous improvement culture.

If you are seeking a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead a unique cultural and delivery transformation, then this is the role for you.

The preferred location for this role is Indianola, PA, however, other global Bayer Radiology sites will be considered based on the needs of the business. A residence‑based working arrangement will not be accommodated for this role (must be based at a Bayer Radiology site).

• Act as a VACC leader. Be a role model for embracing and actively championing the DSO operating model and behaviors.
• Build Delivery Capability:
  • Lead and develop our software leads and scrum masters;
  • Coach the team to become exceptional delivery leaders, facilitators, and execution coaches;
  • Develop competency models, career paths, and onboarding programs where needed;
  • Build Communities of Practice for software leads and scrum masters while improving connection and community with project development leads (PDL’s).
• Improve Ways of Working:
  • Lead agile and software delivery transformation across the organization;
  • Introduce lean, agile best practices that improve flow and predictability of our software delivery;
  • Improve and standardize estimation, release planning, dependency management, capacity planning, and backlog management while allowing appropriate product team autonomy;
  • Drive continuous improvement culture of people, product, and process through example, coaching, and organizational learning.
• Create Delivery Transparency:
  • Define and implement leading indicators for delivery and quality health;
  • Develop team dashboards that provide actionable insights into software organization for product work teams;
  • Improve forecasting accuracy and portfolio visibility;
  • Using delivery metrics to identify systematic organizational issues.
• Successfully Influence Across the Product Delivery Organization:
  • Partner with engineering managers, product delivery leads, product technical leads, systems engineering, hardware, software architecture, quality and regulatory to influence change while helping to deliver latest SaMD and SiMD applications;
  • Utilize these partnerships to help influence systematic improvements that reduce organizational friction and improve execution;
  • Help establish a common planning rhythm across software development.
• What This Role is Not
  • Does not directly manage software projects;
  • Does not own product delivery schedules;
  • Is not a traditional PMO.

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar;
• Significant and relevant experience leading software development teams and deliveries;
• Must have demonstrable experience successfully leading significant agile…