At Bayer, we're visionaries driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and strive for a world where 'Health for all, Hunger for none' is a reality.
As the Director of Software Delivery Excellence, you will operate in our Dynamic Shared Ownership model, elevating the software organization's agile planning and execution capability across global development teams. You will manage software leads and scrum masters, improving predictability, quality, and execution of software delivery across a global medical device software organization.
Your Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Act as a VACC leader, championing the DSO operating model and behaviors.
- Build and develop software leads and scrum masters, coaching them to become exceptional delivery leaders.
- Lead agile and software delivery transformation, introducing lean, agile best practices.
- Improve estimation, release planning, dependency management, capacity planning, and backlog management.
- Drive a continuous improvement culture through example, coaching, and organizational learning.
- Define and implement leading indicators for delivery and quality health.
- Develop team dashboards providing actionable insights into the software organization.
- Partner with engineering managers, product delivery leads, and others to influence change and deliver applications.
Requirements:
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar.
- Significant experience leading software development teams and deliveries.
- Demonstrable experience in agile transformation and improvement initiatives.
- Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Lean, DevOps, metrics, and estimation techniques.
- Expertise in delivering software in a highly regulated Medical Device, SaMD, SiMD, or similar environment.
- Strong data analytical and statistical skills.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree or MBA.
- Minimum 10 years of experience leading software development teams and deliveries.
- PMP, SAFe, or similar certification.
- Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Lean, DevOps, metrics, and estimation techniques with at least 3 years of experience with SAFe, CMMi, or similar.
- Minimum 3 years of experience delivering software in a highly regulated Medical Device, SaMD, SiMD, or similar environment.
- Six Sigma certification.
Salary: $151,120 – $226,680
Benefits: Health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.
