Head of Engineering - Digital Pathology

Philips; Best; On-site; EUR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips is seeking a strategic Head of Engineering for Digital Pathology to drive the next phase of engineering transformation across software, hardware, cloud-native platforms, and AI-enabled workflows. You will build leaders, translate strategy into roadmaps, implement governance, and deliver high-quality, compliant products that improve patient care.

You will oversee software and hardware teams in Best and Bangalore, partnering with Product, Quality, Regulatory, and Cybersecurity to advance

Qualifications

• Experience in medical imaging, digital pathology, diagnostics, or enterprise imaging is preferred.
• Experience with healthcare interoperability standards (DICOM, DICOMweb, HL7, FHIR, IHE, LIS, PACS, VNA) is preferred.
• Led hardware-software integrated systems including embedded software and image acquisition.
• Strong in building high-performing teams, mentoring talent, and fostering ownership.
• Collaborative, servant-minded leaders who align stakeholders across geographies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Digital Pathology engineering organization across software, hardware, AI, and cloud platforms.
• Translate strategy into executable roadmaps with governance and measurable outcomes.
• Build an engineering operating system for portfolio investments, KPIs, and risk management.
• Ensure safe, scalable, compliant delivery across multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cloud AI fluency

KPI governance

DevSecOps

Automated testing

Software architecture

Regulated environment

Cross-team leadership

Talent development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Job Description

Lead the Digital Pathology R&D organization through its next phase of engineering transformation—uniting software, scanner hardware, cloud-native platforms, AI-enabled workflows, and integrated diagnostics to deliver safe, scalable, high-quality products that improve care for patients and clinicians.

Job Title

Head of Engineering - Digital Pathology

Job Description

Lead the Digital Pathology R&D organization through its next phase of engineering transformation—uniting software, scanner hardware, cloud-native platforms, AI-enabled workflows, and integrated diagnostics to deliver safe, scalable, high-quality products that improve care for patients and clinicians.

Your role

• Lead the end-to-end Digital Pathology engineering organization across software, hardware, architecture, cloud, AI, and platform engineering; develop leaders and create a high-performing, inclusive, accountable culture.
• Translate business strategy, product priorities, customer and clinical needs, and financial constraints into executable roadmaps, clear decision rights, and measurable outcomes.
• Build a disciplined engineering operating system spanning portfolio investment, KPIs, release and risk governance, quality systems, resource allocation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive frequent, predictable, on-time delivery across software, hardware, cloud, AI, and integrated systems—without compromising patient safety, product quality, cybersecurity, privacy, or regulatory compliance.
• Lead the shift toward secure, scalable cloud-native and AI-powered platforms, including SaaS models, DevSecOps, automated testing, observability, reliability engineering, data services, MLOps, and responsible AI governance.
• Champion AI in both products and engineering, advancing AI-enabled pathology workflows while improving automation, documentation, testing, quality, and speed to market.
• Ensure scanner innovation and hardware–software co-design remain foundational, from image acquisition and embedded software to cloud workflows, AI analysis, enterprise integration, and service operations.
• Own engineering investment and resource discipline, making transparent trade-offs across innovation, technical debt, quality, customer commitments, capacity, risk, and business impact.
• You will lead established software, hardware, and architecture leaders across teams in Best and Bangalore.
• You will partner closely with Product Management, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical Affairs, Service, Operations, Finance, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Legal, and commercial leaders. Across Philips, you will represent Digital Pathology in the wider Integrated Diagnostics ecosystem, collaborating with Clinical Informatics, Imaging Informatics, Enterprise Informatics, VNA, cloud, data, AI, platform, and enterprise architecture teams to advance shared capabilities and integrated workflows.

You’re the right fit if you

• Bring 10+ years of progressive engineering, R&D, or technology leadership experience, including leadership of large multidisciplinary engineering organizations in a regulated or mission-critical environment.
• Combine strong software, platform, cloud, and AI fluency with proven operating rigor—using KPIs, governance, risk management, and continuous improvement to deliver complex products predictably and at high quality.
• Have experience with cloud-native architecture, SaaS operating models, DevSecOps, automated testing, cybersecurity, privacy, observability, platform modernization, and software engineering best practices.
• Have strong understanding of AI/ML product development, MLOps, data pipelines, model lifecycle management, responsible AI, AI governance, validation, monitoring, and traceability.
• Have a quality, safety, privacy, and cybersecurity champion who understands that speed only matters when paired with reliability, compliance, and customer trust.
• Are a change leader who can modernize technology, operating models, engineering culture, organizational capabilities, and cross-business ways of working.
• Have experience in medical imaging, digital pathology, diagnostics, enterprise imaging, healthcare informatics, or connected medical devices is preferred.
• Have experience with healthcare interoperability standards such as DICOM, DICOMweb, HL7, FHIR, IHE, LIS, PACS, VNA, or enterprise imaging workflows is preferred.
• Led hardware-software integrated systems, including embedded software, image acquisition, optics, sensing technologies, or complex regulated devices.
• Strong in building high-performing teams and building trust, listening deeply, developing talent, strengthening succession, and creating a culture of ownership.
• Have a relevant degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline; advanced study or equivalent technical depth is valued.
• Are a collaborative, servant-minded change leaders who can align diverse stakeholders, build trusted partnerships across functions and geographies, and champion safety, quality, privacy, cybersecurity, and customer outcomes.

In compliance with the EU Pay Transparency Directive, details regarding the compensation framework and salary range for this leadership position will be automatically provided to all candidates selected for the initial screening phase prior to their first business interview.

How We Work Together

We believe that we are better together than apart. This role is office-based and this means working in person at least 3 days per week.

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