Senior Software Development Manager

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

The Opportunity

As the Senior Software Development Manager, you will lead a global, highly skilled function responsible for transforming complex healthcare challenges into cutting-edge instrument software solutions. In this role, you will lead a dedicated chapter of senior discipline leads and govern a large-scale global delivery network driving predictable customer value.

• Lead Strategic Software Execution: Direct operational execution across backlog elaboration, product ownership, solution leadership, and vendor management for global instrument software programs.

• Drive Global Governance & Scale: Establish operational standards, capacity planning, and governance frameworks to guide 150+ global delivery resources across multiple release streams.

• Empower & Develop People: Provide direct line management, mentorship, and career coaching for 10+ senior leads, nurturing a high-performance, collaborative team culture.

• Innovate Delivery Practices: Scale modern Lean-Agile methodologies, enterprise tools, and emerging AI-driven, automated agentic workflows within regulated software frameworks.

• Partner Across the Business: Collaborate closely with Product Management and Life Cycle Teams to translate commercial intent into compliant, technical backlogs and robust software architectures.

• Ensure Quality & Compliance: Maintain systemic quality accountability, adhering to critical healthcare software development standards (e.g., ISO 13485, IEC 62304).

• You hold a BS/BA degree in Engineering, or a related field

• You have 10+ years of demonstrated track record being a technical leader within large-scale, globally distributed software delivery teams within regulated industries (e.g., medical devices, healthcare, automotive, or aerospace).

• You have 4+ years of experience with people leadership

• You have advanced expertise in Scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe/Lean-Agile), enterprise tooling (Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps), and structuring complex software backlogs.

• You have a proven ability to coach and develop senior leads while strategically managing software vendor partnerships, SOWs, and blended delivery models.

• You are familiar with or curious for integrating AI-driven tools, automated agentic workflows, and modern development practices into software delivery.

• You have strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build alignment and influence across cross-functional matrix teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• You have proven capability to govern large-scale, globally distributed teams (~150+ resources) across multiple concurrent instrument software release streams.

• You have the ability to manage strategic software vendor relationships, hold external partners accountable to delivery metrics, and optimize blended team models.

• You have the ability to coach/mentor the next generation of Path Lab Software Technical Leaders

• You have experience as a SAFe / Lean Agile SME

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

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