Senior Director, Systems Engineering Ultrasound

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Senior Director, Systems Engineering Ultrasound (Cambridge, MA)

The Global Systems Engineering Leader defines and drives the technical direction for our Systems Engineering group within the Ultrasound business and manages the overall capabilities of the department to ensure that business objectives can be met as it pertains to Systems engineering, technology and product development.   

Your role:

• Member of the R&D Leadership Team determines (in consultation with the Leadership Team) the global Systems Engineering team’s objectives, policies, processes and budgets on short and long term, makes sure that the organization can meet the objectives and ensures that the roles and responsibilities are put in place.
• Accountable and responsible for the development of new systems, including defining requirements, architecting solutions, testing and validating designs to meet customer needs and objectives.  Provides technical guidance and oversight to support the integration and verification of subsystems.  
• Senior people leader with direct responsibility for development and growth of their teams, is a champion of the Philips Culture and is expected to drive change across the organization. Manages and integrates clearly diverse systems development functions through subordinate leaders.
• Drives continuous improvement of systems engineering processes in the team and strives for efficiency and the highest standards of quality in everything the team does while on-boarding best practices from other business units and external standards and benchmarks.   

You're the right fit if:

• You’ve acquired 15+ years of experience of relevant (Leadership + Technical) experience, including minimum five (5) or more years’ experience in systems development within the health technology industry.
• Your skills include…. Minimum 5+ years managing large globally distributed teams (100+ FTEs) up to and including director level reports, with direct line management and budget accountability > 15M.  

• You have a… bachelor’s degree in systems engineering.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. 
• You’re an… Strong leader with ability to demonstrate impact to business in prior roles, including evidence of continuous improvement (including software quality improvement), building high-performing teams and developing talent. 

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an office role. 

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Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in (MA) is $198,000 to $366,000

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.    

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered.  Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.  Details about our benefits can be found here. 

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case. 

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.  Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran and maintains a drug-free workplace.