Lead R&D Engineer, Health Tech - Ship Real Products

Vizient; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 157,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient is building a new R&D unit in the U.S. healthcare landscape, and this role is foundational—hands-on, accountable for shipping real software that real customers use. You will ship, validate, and deploy tools directly into live environments, learning quickly from immediate feedback and driving impact.

Join a team that operates like a set of startups: small, focused, and fast-moving, with ownership from problem to production and a clear line to customer value.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success in leading high-impact projects or initiatives in a fast-paced, innovative environment
• Proven experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and influencing technical direction at an organizational level
• Prior exposure to large-scale systems, cloud-native platforms, and enterprise-grade software development

Responsibilities

• Customer-facing tools used by real Vizient members
• Rapid experiments and prototypes designed to learn quickly
• Products that ship, evolve, and ship again -- in rapid succession
• Platform work that unlocks future product velocity
• Partner closely with product leaders to understand problems, users, and rationale
• Shape solutions collaboratively when it makes sense, or execute independently when that’s more effective
• Move fluidly from idea to prototype to production
• Make pragmatic technical decisions that balance speed, learning, and durability
• Help define how this R&D unit operates as it grows

Job description

Vizient is building a new R&D unit in the U.S. healthcare landscape, and this role is foundational—hands-on, accountable for shipping real software that real customers use. You will ship, validate, and deploy tools directly into live environments, learning quickly from immediate feedback and driving impact.

Join a team that operates like a set of startups: small, focused, and fast-moving, with ownership from problem to production and a clear line to customer value.