Director of Software Architecture, Cevego

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Director of Software Architecture, Cevego 

This position is global and leads the technical aspects of the Cevego software development team as part of the software element team led by the Cevego software Lead. The Cevego injector offers users the ability to program and execute injections of contrast media and flushing solutions for Interventional Radiology (IR) and Interventional Cardiology (IC) procedures. The role requires directing the technical implementation and architectural design work of teams of developers familiar with medical device user interfaces, as well as embedded hardware control and enterprise platform integration. The position reports into the Head of Radiology R&D Software Architecture.

As the Director of Software Architecture – Cevego, you have technical leadership responsibility within the Cevego product team and work closely with the Cevego Software Lead who directs the week-to-week activities of the team. You are responsible for ensuring that the Cevego architecture remains maintainable and in line with the overall architectural vision of the Radiology Software Architecture Board. The role is expected to be on-site at Bayer’s R&D center in Pittsburgh. Specifically, you are responsible for steering the technical direction of the Cevego software team, optimizing the use of development tools and the integration of advanced UI, micro-services, connectivity, embedded and workflow solutions into the device and connectivity software domains.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Director of Software Architecture, Cevego, are to:

• Support the overall development and delivery of the Cevego Software product including Device Software Solutions, Class I and II Software as a Medical Device Applications;
• Provide technical advice to the Cevego Software Team Lead for the integration and implementation of combinations of hardware and software, software only components and Class II application development;
• Define architecture and lead integration of common architecture across within the Cevego project team incorporating solutions such as the Common Software Platform, Interfaces with RDL and Silverlight, and User Experience common architecture and Look-and-Feel;
• Optimize the use of development tools and processes across the Cevego device software and Class II application development teams;
• Ensure agile development principles are applied as appropriate and continuously develop the team toward these principles;
• Ensure that DevOps and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practices are integrated into the architectural vision;
• Contribute to a strategic software technology roadmap in alignment with the device development pipeline and the Radiology Software Technology Roadmap;
• Anticipate future capability needs, create vision, and drive departmental strategies to anticipate clinical/market trends, enabling future growth consistent with corporate strategies;
• Discover and develop strategic external partnerships to secure functional expertise and fill gaps;
• Contribute to the setting of strategy with executive management, providing input, challenging, and ultimately directing and managing implementation;
• Build high-performing teams within an agile and empowered culture, based on continuous adaptation to new ways of working within the framework of the necessary compliance and quality
• The primary location for this role is Indianola, PA.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• A tertiary qualification (Bachelor's Degree or Higher) in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field;
• Significant and long-term experience of relevant medical device and embedded software development in a regulated environment;
• Excellent leadership and motivational skills;
• Deep understanding of software development processes, software architecture, data structure and compliance as it relates to medical device software and software as a medical device;
• Demonstrated experience in implem