Associate Director, Software Engineering

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Vantive has long been on the forefront of developing innovative solutions for patients with kidney disease.  This position offers a unique and exciting opportunity to contribute to the design, development and support of Vantive’s Cloud based software that is related to our connected medicine strategy.  The Cloud based software will support connectivity of medical devices (Internet-of-Things “IoT”) and mobile devices in the home and in clinics.  The Cloud based software will support management of medical treatments at home/clinics and also enable management of the supply chain related to various medical treatments.  The Cloud based software will also have an analytics component that will enable improved clinical outcomes and enable Vantive to develop better strategy based on deep insights.

This role encompasses leading and managing a Software team based at Bangalore, working on various programs for the connectivity segment of Renal Care vertical of Vantive. This role involves people leadership, managing project deliverables and driving technology direction/innovation in the group.

Organization and People

• o Effectively communicate and realize vision and strategy for the organization that aligns with the business and patient needs.
• o Ability to lead functional and technical managers/leaders in the group that ensures clear accountability and operational excellence.
• o Ensures that succession planning and talent pipeline is in place for technical and functional leadership across multiple functions and/or technical disciplines.
• o Leverage partnerships effectively with cross functional teams including the business unit, quality, program management, manufacturing, regulatory, medical and clinical to achieve business results.
• o Establish processes for effective resource management from planning through execution in close collaboration with program management.
• o Foster an environment where mentoring, coaching, career growth and progression, and employee development are critical focus areas.
• o Create a culture and environment that attracts, develops, retains, and grows diverse and top talent aligned with organizational strategy.
• o Actively communicate and advocate team’s capabilities and accomplishments.
• o Collaborate across multiple locations to leverage talent and processes effectively.
• o Responsible for development of state-of-the-art industry expertise and technical competencies as well as effective deployment throughout a multi-site organization.
• o Ensure effective performance management.

Operational Excellence

• o Applies knowledge of medical device lifecycle management to effectively drive specific phases of product development and sustainability with high quality and predictability of timeline and budget.
• o Demonstrates understanding of and adherence to FDA, ISO and IEC design control procedures, regulations and standards and ensures appropriate design controls are being adhered to during sustaining engineering efforts and new product development.
• o Takes accountability for resource staffing and project execution with proactive management of technical and project risk to ensure delivery of business commitments.
• o Ensure product reliability and cost targets are realized and effective application of risk management processes..
• o Works effectively in a collaborative climate among internal and external teams/ business units to achieve organizational goals in a matrixed environment.
• o Takes ownership for the continuous improvement initiatives within the assigned function in alignment with business needs.

Organization and People

• o Effectively communicate, and realize vision and strategy for the organization that aligns with the business and patient needs.
• o Ability to lead functional and technical managers/leaders in the group that ensures clear accountability and operational excellence.
• o Ensures that succession planning and talent pipeline is in place for technical and functional leadership across multiple functions and/or technical disciplines.
• o Leverage partnerships effectively with cross functional teams including the business unit, quality, program management, manufacturing, regulatory, medical and clinical to achieve business results.
• o Establish processes for effective resource management from planning through execution in close collaboration with program management.
• o Foster an environment where mentoring, coaching, career growth and progression, and employee development are critical focus areas.
• o Create a culture and environment that attracts, develops, retains, and grows diverse and top talent aligned with organizational strategy.
• o Actively communicate and advocate team’s capabilities and accomplishments.
• o Collaborate across multiple locations to leverage talent and processes effectively.
• o Responsible for development of state-of-the-art industry expertise and technical competencies as well as effective deployment throughout a multi-site organization.
• o Ensure effective performance management.

Operational Excellence

• o Applies knowledge of medical device lifecycle management to effectively drive specific phases of product development and sustainability with high quality and predictability of timeline and budget.
• o Demonstrates understanding of and adherence to FDA, ISO and IEC design control procedures, regulations and standards and ensures appropriate design controls are being adhered to during sustaining engineering efforts and new product development.
• o Takes accountability for resource staffing and project execution with proactive management of technical and project risk to ensure delivery of business commitments.
• o Ensure product reliability and cost targets are realized and effective application of risk management processes..
• o Works effectively in a collaborative climate among internal and external teams/ business units to achieve organizational goals in a matrixed environment.
• o Takes ownership for the continuous improvement initiatives within the assigned function in alignment with business needs.

Strategic Planning

• o Demonstrates understanding of customer, patient & therapy needs, and product roadmaps, for the business franchises that are supported.
• o Contributes to strategic planning for the assigned function and development of product/platform/technology roadmaps
• o Identifies and builds strategic technical competencies and system approach to realize all aspects of product development including innovation/ideation.
• o Drives effective collaboration with external partners.
• o Supports an effective CoE and/or product ownership strategy and realization for multi-site teams.

Leadership

• o Inspirational leadership –motivate others to perform at their best, communicate a clear vision and champion change; builds motivated high performing teams
• o Authentic leadership - demonstrate sincerity, honesty, integrity, transparent communication
• o Inclusive leadership – reach across to build effective cross functional partnerships based on trust, embracing diversity
• o Operational decision making; ability to simplify the complex
• o Effective communication – both written and verbal
• o Ability to influence and resolve conflicts within the assigned function.
• o Maintains effectiveness when working with limited information or experiencing changes.
• o Removes organizational barriers that inhibit outstanding performance
• • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Electrical, Electronics / equivalent from reputed institution.
• • 10+ Years of experience in Software development with atleast 3 years experience managing Software product development teams in a matrix organization.
• Exposure to Medical device or Medical IT software development is a must.

Hands on experience in

• Server side programming and frameworks including and not limited to J2EE/Java, Spring framework, Node.js
• Client side programming including and not limited to HTML5, Javascript, JQuery, Angular and React JS
• Enterprise Integration: Design patterns for enterprise integration, SOA, SOAP/REST, Microservices, Oracle SOA suite, IBM Message broker
• Middleware & Servers including and not limited to Axeda, Apache Tomcat, Websphere
• Development and Continuous Integration: Eclipse, SVN, Git, JIRA, Fisheye, Sonar, Clover
• Mobile application development frameworks on iOS & Android.
• Exposure to Java is a must.
• Microservices architecture
• AWS serverless architecture
• Software testing methodologies and automation

• 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.

• Bachelors / Masters in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or related field and minimum 12 years of related experiences.

• R&D experiences are a plus.
• PMP certification is a plus.

Reasonable Accommodation

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