Director of Engineering

I00M05 Wipro GE Healthcare Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 5,500,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

GE HealthCare in Bengaluru seeks a senior engineering leader to steer large software programs in healthcare technology. You will guide cross-functional teams, ensure quality, and drive AI-assisted development, automation, and scalable delivery across global sites.

You will mentor managers, balance customer value with regulatory requirements, and promote inclusive leadership and engineering excellence while shaping product strategy and execution.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of engineering leadership/management experience in healthcare or tech.
• Experience translating customer feedback into actionable engineering solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team in Bangalore, fostering collaboration and engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with product, program and IB teams to align with customer and business goals.
• Define and execute engineering programs enabling AI-assisted development and faster delivery.
• Drive cross-functional prioritization and execution with product, quality, regulatory and tech leads.
• Influence roadmaps, architecture, and investment priorities across regions.

Skills

C++

Object-oriented design

Algorithms

Data structures

API design

Service-oriented architectures

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Healthcare domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or STEM

Job description

Job Description Summary

Managers of people from multiple families within the function. Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives. The role is subject to operating policy objectives. There is moderate autonomy within the role. High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required. GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to improve lives in the moments that matter. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Lead Manage team in Bangalore, India fostering collaboration, accountability, ownership, inclusion, continuous learning, knowledge sharing and engineering excellence. Collaborate with product, program and IB team to align engineering efforts with customer and business objectives. Define and Execute Execute engineering programs and strategies enabling AI assisted development, automation, verification to accelerate delivery, improve software quality, and increase engineering productivity. Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner closely with product management, program management, quality, regulatory and technology leaders to translate customer needs and feedback into prioritizing engineering outcomes, manage prioritizes and execution. Work with different GE healthcare businesses at JFWTC and look for opportunities and drive collaboration/reuse between businesses. Influence Influence product roadmaps, technical strategy, architecture decisions, and investment priorities by balancing customer value, business objectives, technical sustainability, and engineering excellence. Leadership & Talent Development Build and develop engineering leadership and technical talent through hiring, mentoring, and development of engineering managers and technical leaders, while establishing an effective global operating model and consistent engineering standards across regions. Foster a culture of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration across all levels of the organization, encouraging innovation and continuous learning. Ensure Ensure software solutions meet GE HealthCare expectations for customer satisfaction, efficiency, simplicity, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, privacy, and operational excellence. Communicated Technology strategy, execution progress, risks, opportunities, recommendations, and business outcomes effectively with executive leadership, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Leadership Attributes:

Effective team and group leader. Recognizes and shapes group dynamic, energy, progress, unproductive/disruptive behavior toward desired goals of session. Systems thinker; can see patterns and relationships, similarities between programs, projects and interfaces.

Personal Attributes:

Creates a high-functioning team environment where people are motivated, supported, share more, feel more engaged, and ultimately perform better. Strategic and analytical thinker. Uses critical thinking skills and disciplined approaches to help leaders and leadership teams resolve issues and define solutions. Acts and decides appropriately when all available information may not be possible to obtain. Uses root cause analysis to identify, correct and/or eliminate the causes of problems as well as the problem itself. Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity. Supports the team to drive through risk and ambiguity. Strong bias towards action and delivery. Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team Maintains excitement for a process and drives to new directions of meeting the goal in the face of unfavorable odds and setbacks. Maintains Commitment, Perseverance, Passion as a team role model Preferably, possesses strong existing domain knowledge of healthcare.

Quality Specific Goals:

Aware of and comply with the GEHC Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality Management Policy, Quality Goals, and applicable laws and regulations as they apply to this job type/position Complete all planned Quality & Compliance training within the defined deadlines Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective action as required Drive compliance/closure of Regulatory and Quality requirements before approving Design Control FDRs and NPI program milestones Identify continuous improvement activities by initiating the implementation of process and product quality improvement initiatives Aware of and comply with the change management work instruction Develop an open quality culture within the organization that fosters issue discussion and decision-making based on quality and compliance objectives.

Educational Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in STEM Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math); MBA or equivalent business experience is plus.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Minimum 10+ years of experience in engineering leadership/management roles, preferably in healthcare, medical devices, or high-growth tech environments handling complex programs or projects. Experience translating customer feedback into actionable engineering solutions that improve usability, performance, and satisfaction. Be an active participant of team and look for optimizing engineering practices and improvement opportunities. Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to work harmoniously within a team. Strong software development experience with object-oriented programming languages such as C++ or similar technologies. Deep understanding of software engineering principles, including object-oriented design, algorithms, data structures, API design, service-oriented architectures, and modern software development practices. Experience leading engineering teams responsible for complex software products from architecture and design through production deployment and operational support. Ability to provide technical guidance, evaluate architecture decisions, and drive engineering excellence across teams. Strong understanding of ultrasound technologies, healthcare workflows, and regulatory environments is highly desirable. Excellent communication, presentation, strategic thinking, and stakeholder management skills.

Desired Characteristics:

Significant experience leading software engineering organizations, including hiring, developing, mentoring, and retaining engineering managers and technical leaders. Experience working with globally distributed teams across multiple regions and time zones. Demonstrated ability to work with technical leadership team to implement product development in global matrix environment Demonstrated experience on global product releases throughout the entire NPI cycle Excellent knowledge in engineering, program management and business planning processes having experience with the full product lifecycle. Self-starter, energizing, results oriented, and able to multi-task Demonstrated problem solving ability and results orientation Experience in mobility platforms like Android, iOS & other mobility related platforms Experience working in Cloud related applications like AWS, Azure etc., would be an added advantage Demonstrated experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) regulatory compliance process, design history file and related documentation Familiarity with ISO, FDA and other regulatory standards like IEC 60601, CISPER 11 etc. Creative problem solver and solution developer when presented with conflicting requirements, business demands and technical risks/issues Demonstrated skills in proactively identifying, facilitating, and driving completion of a product/program Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to successfully work within and influence cross functional team members Demonstrated ability to deliver results in an ambiguous environment. Experience in utilizing lean and six-sigma methodologies.

Inclusion and Diversity

GE Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership - always with unyielding integrity.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No At GE HealthCare, we see possibilities through innovation. We're partnering with our customers to fulfill healthcare's greatest potential through groundbreaking medical technology, intelligent devices, and care solutions. Better tools enabling better patient care. Together, we are not only building a healthier future but living our purpose to create a world where healthcare has no limits.