Senior Software Engineering Manager (Healthcare/Clinic Systems)

X, bigly labs; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

X, bigly labs, Dis-Chem’s high-performance innovation hub, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to translate strategy into scalable execution. You will guide multiple tribes, drive engineering excellence, and strengthen partnerships to deliver clinic-based digital solutions across healthcare domains.

You will lead engineering strategy, manage budgets, and align technical delivery with clinical workflows while growing leadership capability within a high-performing organisation focused on smarter

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years’ experience in engineering, with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing large-scale engineering teams and budgets.
• Track record of aligning engineering strategy with business objectives.
• Experience working in healthcare, clinical, or regulated environments.
• Proven ability to lead engineering teams delivering healthcare or domain-specific platforms.
• Understanding of complex system integrations within healthcare ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of healthcare / clinical engineering initiatives across squads.
• Ensure engineering solutions align with clinical workflows and domain requirements.
• Partner with architecture and product teams to deliver clinic-based digital solutions.
• Shape and execute the engineering strategy aligned with organisational and product goals.
• Define key performance metrics and ensure delivery excellence across tribes.
• Lead strategic planning and resource allocation to support long-term growth.
• Ensure consistent application of architecture and quality standards across all engineering domains.
• Oversee engineering budgets and ensure alignment with organisational financial objectives.
• Promote learning agility and technical development within leadership ranks.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Budget management

Healthcare domain

System integrations

Strategic alignment

People management

Education

Bachelors or Masters in CS/Engineering

Job description

We are X, bigly labs, Dis-Chem’s high-performance innovation hub; a place where bold ideas meet data, design, and radical customer focus to reimagine what healthcare can be.

Our mission is to power the future of healthcare by lowering costs, unlocking new possibilities, and improving access to healthcare for all South Africans. We do this through cutting-edge digital solutions that deliver smarter, more human, and truly patient-focused experiences. Here, your work is not limited to a whiteboard; it becomes real. It drives decisions, shapes experiences, and moves healthcare forward. We are driven by one big question: How do we use data and today’s technology to build breakthroughs to better health?

There’s only one question left: are you ready to make healthcare smarter, and actually mean it?

WHAT YOU'LL DO?

The Senior Engineering Manager provides strategic and operational leadership across multiple tribes, ensuring scalable delivery, alignment with business objectives, and growth of leadership capability. This role exists to translate strategic direction into actionable execution, drive engineering excellence, and strengthen stakeholder partnerships. The Senior Engineering Manager plays a pivotal role in building a sustainable, high-performing engineering organisation.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR?

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years’ experience in engineering, with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing large-scale engineering teams and budgets.
• Track record of aligning engineering strategy with business objectives.
• Experience working in healthcare, clinical, or regulated environments
• Proven ability to lead engineering teams delivering healthcare or domain-specific platforms
• Understanding of complex system integrations within healthcare ecosystems

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING?

• Lead delivery of healthcare / clinical engineering initiatives across squads
• Ensure engineering solutions align with clinical workflows and domain requirements
• Partner with architecture and product teams to deliver clinic-based digital solutions
• Shape and execute the engineering strategy aligned with organisational and product goals.
• Define key performance metrics and ensure delivery excellence across tribes.
• Lead strategic planning and resource allocation to support long-term growth.
• Ensure consistent application of architecture and quality standards across all engineering domains
• Oversee engineering budgets and ensure alignment with organisational financial objectives.
• Promote learning agility and technical development within leadership ranks.

WHO YOU ARE?

You are a strategic and technically grounded leader with a strong understanding of engineering systems, architecture, and delivery frameworks. You confidently assess technical risks and resource trade-offs, using software delivery metrics and agile performance indicators to guide decisions and drive continuous improvement. You lead with empathy and clarity, excelling in people management, coaching, and mentorship to grow capable, confident teams. Through thoughtful decision-making and strategic prioritisation, you align technical execution with business goals while empowering others to perform at their best.

Our values show up in how we think, build, and make choices that make an impact. We are building a culture that drives progress; one that fixes friction, chases what changes, and owns the outcome. We design with tomorrow in mind, ask sharper questions, and answer them with care, urgency, and systems that scale.

Think you’ve got energy, curiosity, and guts? Come hold the space, make it matter, and own a breakthrough.