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Our software platforms support clinical trials, diagnostics, and medical decision-making in highly controlled regulatory environments.\nAs Associate Director, R&D Software Engineering, you will be accountable for the end-to-end software development function, including architecture, development, testing, and release management, for products operating within a regulated healthcare context. This role provides leadership across multiple development teams, balancing the sustainment of validated products with the delivery of new initiatives, while ensuring quality, compliance, and scalability are embedded throughout the software lifecycle.\nYou will combine strong technical depth with disciplined execution and people leadership, and you will be comfortable operating in environments where regulatory compliance, documentation, and audit-readiness are as critical as delivery speed. Partnering closely across Product, Quality, and Operations, you will help ensure Clario’s technology continues to meet global regulatory expectations while enabling innovation.\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive compensation\n\nLeadership opportunities within a global healthcare technology organization\n\nWhat You’ll Be Doing\nDefine and execute the technical and management strategy, including budgeting, to sustain existing software products and deliver new product initiatives in collaboration with senior leadership and key stakeholders.\n\nPartner with Product Management to translate product requirements into delivery plans within an Agile development framework, establishing clear milestones and ensuring delivery on time and within budget.\n\nMonitor progress against plans, document outcomes, and report variances in scope, timeline, cost, or quality.\n\nFoster close collaboration between Software Development and Software Quality Engineering to maximize test automation and distribute integration responsibilities throughout the development lifecycle.\n\nOwn development team capacity planning and manage variations in productivity, quality, unplanned work, and remaining effort against planned velocity.\n\nCollaborate with Quality Assurance, Service Delivery, and Product Management to ensure effective communication and documentation for customers, corporate leadership, and validation purposes.\n\nServe as a member of the Engineering senior management team and the broader corporate management team, contributing to the definition of corporate strategy and long-term goals.\n\nProactively identify technical and delivery risks, develop mitigation strategies, and ensure development metrics are maintained and monitored in corporate systems.\n\nPartner with Human Resources to attract, retain, and develop top talent, including interviewing, hiring, onboarding, performance management, coaching, and succession planning.\n\nLead organizational development, change management, leadership development, diversity, and continuous improvement initiatives within the engineering organization.\n\nBuild and sustain high-performing teams with a mindset of continuous improvement and adaptability to change.\n\nWhat We Look For\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.\n\nExtensive experience (10+ years) in software development within the medical device industry, or within another highly regulated, global industry (such as life sciences, diagnostics, clinical technology, or regulated SaaS).\n\nDemonstrable experience leading software teams delivering products subject to regulatory requirements, including validated development processes, documentation standards, controlled releases, and audit readiness.\n\nProven senior people leadership experience, managing development organizations of 10+ engineers across multiple levels, disciplines, and technologies.\n\nStrong understanding of Agile development practices as applied in regulated environments, balancing flexibility with compliance and governance requirements.\n\nDeep knowledge of modern software architecture, including multi-tier systems, multi-tenant SaaS, performance, reliability, scalability, and data integrity considerations.\n\nSolid understanding of data modeling, process modeling, and database design in enterprise and regulated contexts.\n\nExperience developing and managing budgets, business cases, and cost-benefit analyses for complex software portfolios.\n\nA consistent track record of managing scope, mitigating delivery and compliance risks, and delivering complex initiatives on time and within budget.\n\nAt Clario, our purpose is to transform lives by unlocking better evidence. It’s a cause that unites and inspires us. It’s why we come to work-and how we empower our people to make a positive impact every day. 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