Software Development Director (Digital Health)

TL;DR

Software Development Director (Digital Health): Lead 40+ engineers building and modernizing cloud-native applications for healthcare with an accent on technical direction, team scaling, and R&D site establishment. Focus on driving delivery excellence, quality culture, cross-team collaboration, and alignment with business priorities.

Location: Based in Hamburg, Germany; mainly on-site with collaboration across European R&D locations

Company

MedTech company providing products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing, and life science to hospitals and institutions worldwide.

What you will do

• Lead and scale software development: set technical direction and manage planning, cost, quality, and delivery.
• Build high-performing teams: recruit, coach, and mentor managers and engineers for long-term growth.
• Drive collaboration: align with Product Management and global stakeholders to translate strategy into outcomes.
• Ensure customer impact: turn needs into engineering results with team ownership from problem to delivery.
• Establish processes: comply with regulations while promoting continuous improvement and modern practices.
• Shape Hamburg R&D site: develop organization, embed values, and foster culture of impact and accountability.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
• 5+ years hands-on software development + 5+ years leadership managing managers/engineers in product environment
• Proven leading complex cross-team initiatives aligning tech with business goals
• Understanding of modern software ecosystems, agile (Scrum), cloud, DevOps
• Experience with .NET/C#, JavaScript, Blazor, SQL, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure (parts sufficient)
• Confident leadership: build trust, develop people, inspire through clarity and purpose

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, purpose-driven environment emphasizing people development, trust, openness
• Senior role with real impact and mandate to build new R&D site
• Competitive compensation, wellness allowance, family-friendly benefits
• Culture of Team Players, Forward Thinkers, Game Changers

Hiring process

• Applications reviewed continuously; apply by 10.05.2026 via recruitment system
• Contact Hiring Manager Jacob Colding or Talent Manager Emma Paulsson for questions