Job Description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite
Who we want:
Vocera, now part of Stryker, is seeking a dedicated Manager of R&D with a strong background in embedded device Connectivity and IoT, coupled with excellent people management skills. In this role, you will mentor and lead a team, driving innovation and delivering high-quality enterprise-class products. You will oversee software development team(s), ensuring the scalability, longevity, and reliability of product releases.
What you will do:
Technical / Managerial Responsibilities

• Manage the development, testing, and deployment of Embedded Devices that are connected to on-prem/cloud environments.
• Manage the development of various wireless technologies like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and others.
• Drives functional excellence initiatives, delivers high-quality R&D functional deliverables, and ensures technical excellence for product or technology development. Drives technical projects of major magnitude and scope.
• Provides significant guidance and approval regarding technical strategies and approaches.
• Lead a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging at a team level in hiring and staff development.
• Lead the Software development process, including planning, code reviews, code hygiene, and alignment with important product releases.
• Provides guidance and training to staff, assists subordinates in attaining career goals, motivates individuals to achieve results, and recruits and maintains a high-quality staff.
• Determines project staff assignments and schedules work to meet completion dates and R&D deliverables. Establishes cross-functional team relationships.

Business Responsibilities:

• Drive financial accountability across the direct team and roll-up (if applicable) at a project level. Responsible for budget creation and contributing to higher-level R&D budget at the business unit level, projections, and tracking activities.
• Partner with senior leaders to strategize and execute customer-facing activities like Voice of Customer and customer-centric design across the business.
• Partner with customers and internal/external key opinion leaders (KOLs) to develop technical strategies that meet clinical / business needs.
• Collaborate on financial / business modeling and contribute to strategy and execution for one or more product segments/business functions.

Med Device Compliance:

• Lead a team and cross-functional counterparts to demonstrate compliance with applicable regulatory requirements for a specific project/program.
• Provide overall direction to direct reports/department as related to design controls for new and existing processes/products.
• Review and approve (or delegate) program/project-specific technical documentation and deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Engineering or an applicable technical field.
• 8+ years applicable experience, with 2+ years direct people management experience preferred.

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):
Technical Skills:

• Experience working with LINUX Kernel.

• Experience working on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or other wireless Technologies.

• Demonstrated experience in deploying embedded devices to on-prem and cloud environments

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP, and their associated services.

• Basic understanding of Encryption protocols such as TLS.

• Knowledge of MQTTS protocol.

Leadership Experience:

• Talented performance coach who is skilled at providing actionable feedback to team members, setting clear performance objectives, and managing team member performance.
• General knowledge of the healthcare market and competitors.
• Experience executing a talent and performance management strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex plans and technical information to team members within a division.
• Proven ability to deliver programs or other business goals on time, on quality, and within budget.

Travel Percentage: 10%