Software Engineering Director - Patient Care Systems (CRM)

Posted:
3/1/2026, 10:15:13 PM

Location(s):
Galway, Connacht, Ireland ⋅ Connacht, Ireland

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic Patient Care Systems (PCS), we power the digital heartbeat behind life-saving cardiac therapies. We build the connected ecosystem that enables clinicians to monitor, manage, and protect millions of patients living with implantable cardiac devices around the world.

From secure device connectivity and real-time data platforms to intelligent clinical tools and patient-facing experiences, PCS transforms complex cardiac data into clarity — helping physicians make faster decisions, improving outcomes, and giving patients greater confidence in their care.

Every line of code we write supports someone’s parent, spouse, child, or friend. Our work ensures that life-saving therapies are not only delivered safely and reliably, but continuously improved through innovation, insight, and global scale.

If you want to build technology that truly matters — where uptime means peace of mind and innovation means more birthdays — join us. Together, we are shaping the future of connected cardiac care and changing lives every single day

The Patient Care Systems (PCS) Globalising Leader is responsible for planning, executing and optimizing a unified, high-performance product development system spanning the US, Ireland, and India. This role will operationalise a repeatable integration playbook, drive standardisation and collaboration across geographies and cultures while enabling seamless follow-the-sun delivery. By transforming vendor reliance and enhancing internal team capabilities, the PCS Globalising Leader will deliver measurable improvements in speed, quality, and operational outcomes, supporting the long-term success of the PCS organization.

Come for a job, stay for a career!

A Day in The Life Of:

  • Build, refine, and execute onboarding and integration strategies to ensure new teams and members ramp up efficiently and consistently.
  • Lead and align cross-geo planning, execution, and operations between the US, Ireland, and India, driving unified product development and standardization.
  • Champion follow-the-sun delivery and robust handoff processes to maximize throughput, decision speed, and seamless cross-regional collaboration.
  • Oversee vendor insourcing strategy, hiring ramp, and operational outcomes to reduce external reliance and maintain high performance and stability.
  • Drive a results-focused culture, tracking and improving key metrics such as cycle time, delivery throughput, incident response, and organizational capacity.

Key Skills & Experience  

Must Have:

  • Bachelor’s level 8 degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 10+ years of experience in program management, product management, or engineering leadership roles, with significant experience in global, matrixed organizations and 7+ years managing and developing other leaders, product managers, or cross-functional teams or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience
  • Demonstrated experience building and executing integration/onboarding frameworks at scale
  • Proven ability to lead cross-geographical teams with shared backlogs and cross-time-zone operations
  • Deep knowledge of agile and lean delivery methodologies, with a record of driving cycle time, throughput, and decision speed improvements
  • Experience executing large-scale vendor insourcing or workforce transformation programs
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills; adept at synthesizing complex issues and uniting diverse stakeholders
  • Outcome-oriented leadership style, with a focus on accountability and continuous improvement

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree (MBA, MS) or PMP/Agile certification
  • Experience in medical device, healthcare, or regulated technology environments
  • Direct experience designing or managing follow-the-sun delivery models and operational handoffs
  • Deep expertise in vendor-to-internal transition mechanics (role mapping, knowledge transfer, cutover planning)
  • Demonstrated success in building and scaling cross-cultural team standards
  • Experience working closely with executive leadership to align strategy and execution across multiple regions

Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package

 

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

 

 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

 

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik:  Ireland: 122,640.00 EUR - 183,960.00 EUR | 

 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here