Senior Software PM - Healthcare Tech, Flexible

Medtronic plc; Galway; On-site; EUR 117,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic plc in Galway, Ireland, is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Program Manager to lead software development programs within Electrophysiology Therapies (EPT). You will guide agile teams, coordinate with Core Team Leaders, Product Managers, and Systems Engineers to meet milestones and ensure quality.

The role requires strong program management, lifecycle expertise, and leadership in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for program estimation and planning including identifying requirements, developing work plans, managing program annual and strategic budgets, building schedules, and partnering with team members to determine and communicate functional and/or resource requirements.
• Own and Manage execution against an aggressive but achievable program and/or project plan, provide work direction to team members, work with peer program managers, cross functional program team members to monitor dependencies and ensure critical program milestones and deliverables are met.
• Collaborate with Core Team Leaders, Platform Leaders, Product Managers, Functional Leaders, Human Factors Engineer, Architects & Systems Engineers to drive programs within scope, cost, and schedule
• Lead team(s) of software engineers (employees and vendor resources) to deliver program commitments
• Communicate program status and issues to internal and external stakeholders regularly including the Core Team Leader and Development Lead in the Program Core Team as appropriate. Proactively manage quality, risks, and issues at all stages in the program
• Provide clear, concise, and data-driven program status reporting to senior leadership, ensuring visibility to progress, commitments, risks, dependencies, key decisions, tradeoffs, and recovery actions required to achieve program outcomes
• Provide team members with a clear vision and purpose for the program and create a positive tone and morale for the team. Motivate team members and build project team identity and cohesion. Ensure effective cross-discipline coordination and communication is occurring throughout the program
• Participate, facilitate and coordinate as needed quarterly product team ceremonies such as quarterly planning, report outs & retrospectives
• Provide input for setting team members’ performance objectives and provide feedback to the functional leaders about performance against project deliverables and core competencies undefined

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Communication

Agile/Scrum

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Medtronic plc in Galway, Ireland, is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Program Manager to lead software development programs within Electrophysiology Therapies (EPT). You will guide agile teams, coordinate with Core Team Leaders, Product Managers, and Systems Engineers to meet milestones and ensure quality.

The role requires strong program management, lifecycle expertise, and leadership in a regulated environment.