Manager, Software

Job Description

This is where you save and sustain livesAt Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. Youll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.Baxters products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining livesxe2x80x94where your purpose accelerates our mission. Your Role at Baxter:Baxterxe2x80x99s Respiratory Health business unit products expand therapies to better help patients and physicians to manage chronic or acute respiratory and cardiac diseases (COPD, CHF, etc.). The earlier the treatment for these patients xe2x80x93 the better the quality of life. The $150M business portfolio includes products for airway clearance and ventilation.In this role, you will lead and manage a Software team based at Bangalore, working on various programs for the Respiratory Health business of Front Line Care GBU. This role involves people leadership, managing project deliverables and driving technology direction/innovation in the group. We seek candidates with strong product engineering background and project management skills with proven skills interacting with cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.This position is based out of Bangalore and reporting to the Director for Respiratory Health division of Front Line Care.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide people leadership via performance development/career progression, Program leadership via collaborating with cross-functional teams, driving project planning/execution excellence and Technology leadership via driving high quality engineering and innovation within the team.
• Take total ownership of teamxe2x80x99s deliverables and ensure on time delivery with high quality.
• Be a change agent. Drive agility, process simplification in the organization and demonstrate sense of urgency.
• Champion continuous improvement activities by initiating process and product quality improvement initiatives. Drive functional excellence initiatives in the teams
• Coach and/or mentor staff resulting in all round competence enhancement and career progression.
• Drive a strong culture of innovation in the team.
• Stay abreast of Technology trends and be an agent for product evolution.
• Actively participate in recruitment of candidates for technical positions and mentor junior technical staff.
• A solid technical understanding of the principles and procedures of software engineering (e.g., SDLC, IEC 62304, CMMI, Agile).
• Experience with application software development xe2x80x93 embedded & digital.
• Be passionate about software quality and be prepared to advocate on behalf of good processes and best practices.
• Incorporates business, market, industry and competitive knowledge into technical solutions that can be readily adapted to changes in technology and/or clinical use.
• Seeks knowledge of the business, market, industry and competitive environment.
• Challenges project teams and established work processes and proactively finds creative methods to reach desired performance levels

Your Team:You will be reporting to the Director for Respiratory Health. This position has direct reports. You will need to work collaboratively with R&D and cross functions. Your Location:The role is located in the BRD facility in Bangalore India. What Youxe2x80x99ll Bring:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer/ Electronics Engineering, Computer Science with 10 years of work experience in Software development with at least 3 yearsxe2x80x99 experience managing Software product development teams in a matrix organization.
• Experience in at least one complete software development life cycle from concept to release xe2x80x93 embedded/digital software.
• Exposure to Medical device or Medical IT software development is a plus.
• Broad understanding of many technological areas below:
  • Analysis and Design: Object oriented architecture, Design Patterns, UML
  • Embedded Software Development
  • Programming Languages/Backend: C, C, Java (Java Spring Boot 1.5, Spring Tool Suite 4.4.12, Spring Framework 4.3.24, JDK 8, Apache Tomcat), Python, node js, any mobile app development language (iOS Swift 4.0, Kotlin)
  • Programming and Framework Client: HTML5, Javascript, Flutter Framework (or any other mobile framework), JQuery, Angular JS, ReactJS, AngularJS, React Bootstrap, React PDF, Crypto JS, SCSS
  • Enterprise Integration: Design patterns for enterprise integration, SOA, SOAP/REST, Microservices, Web portal API (REST APIs)
  • Middleware: Enbeddded OS, RTOS, Apache Tomcat, Windows Server, Linux, etc.
  • Development and Continuous Integration: Eclipse, SVN, Git, JIRA, Fisheye, Sonar, Clover, etc.
  • Database: Oracle, Mysql
  • Unit Testing: Junits
• Experience executing projects in healthcare regulated environment.
• Exposure to Dev Ops tools and trends
• Exposure to software subsystem verification
• Experience driving Agile / Lean Software development methodologies in team.
• Deep understanding of Software development and product development processes.
• Strong Leadership and Communication skills.
• Ability to build & sustain relationship with various stakeholders
• Ability to handle competing priorities and maintain high energy and drive team engagement
• Experience building strong teams and creating a culture of innovation and high-quality product engineering within the team.
• Ability to mentor team members and support career development.
• Exposure to Big data & analytics and related technologies
• DICOM interoperability, HL7 and healthcare standards.
• Sharp Business & Financial acumen.
• Experience with SAFe methodology.
• PMP certification is a plus.
• AWS certification is a plus.

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