Practice Head (Digital - HLSBU)

Job Description

Role Purpose

The Software Engineering Head will be responsible for establishing and scaling world-class software engineering capabilities for Healthcare, Medical Devices, Digital Health, Payviders, and Life Sciences customers. The role will drive technology excellence, competency development, innovation, solution acceleration, talent growth, and business expansion to position the organization as a trusted engineering partner in the healthcare ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

1. Practice Strategy & Leadership

• Define and execute the software engineering practice strategy aligned with business goals.
• Build differentiated software engineering capabilities for Healthcare, MedTech, Digital Health, Payviders, and Life Sciences sectors.
• Drive technology roadmap, investments, competency development, and innovation initiatives.
• Establish the practice as a center of excellence for healthcare software engineering.

2. Capability Development

• Build and strengthen capabilities across:
  • Cloud Platforms
  • Embedded Software
  • Medical Device Software
  • Mobile & Web Applications
  • Data Engineering
  • Cybersecurity
  • DevSecOps
• Develop reusable frameworks, accelerators, reference architectures, and best practices.
• Establish technology communities and guilds to foster knowledge sharing.

3. Talent & Competency Transformation

• Define competency frameworks and career paths for software engineers.
• Build upskilling and certification programs.
• Mentor engineering leaders, architects, and senior technologists.
• Drive recruitment strategy for critical skills.
• Develop future technical leaders within the organization.

4. Innovation & Technology Leadership

• Evaluate emerging technologies and define adoption strategies.
• Lead innovation programs, hackathons, proof-of-concepts, and prototypes.
• Collaborate with academia, technology partners, and healthcare ecosystems.

5. Delivery Excellence

• Define engineering governance, quality standards, and development methodologies.
• Improve software delivery metrics, productivity, quality, automation, and predictability.
• Drive DevOps, Agile, and engineering transformation initiatives.
• Support large programs facing delivery, technical, or quality challenges.

6. Solutioning & Business Growth

• Support sales and business development teams in customer engagements.
• Lead technical solutioning for strategic opportunities.
• Create service offerings and go-to-market solutions.
• Participate in customer presentations, workshops, and executive discussions.
• Contribute to revenue growth through capability-led business expansion.

7. Thought Leadership

• Encourage teams to publish whitepapers, technical blogs, and industry viewpoints.
• Represent the organization at industry forums and conferences.
• Build market recognition in healthcare software engineering and digital health.

Desired Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Biomedical Engineering, or related discipline.

Experience

• 20+ years of experience in software engineering and delivery leadership.
• 8+ years of experience leading engineering practices, technology groups, or delivery organizations.
• Strong exposure to Healthcare, Medical Device, Diagnostic, or Life Sciences industries.
• Proven experience in scaling global engineering teams.

Technical Expertise

• Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Medical Device Software Development
• Embedded Systems
• AI/ML Applications
• DevSecOps
• Quality Engineering
• Software Architecture

Leadership Attributes

• Strategic thinker with execution focus.
• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Capability builder and mentor.
• Growth mindset with innovation orientation.
• Strong influencing and collaboration skills.

Role Balance

This role is ideal for a senior technology leader who can effectively balance capability building (40%), business growth and solutioning (30%), talent development (20%), and innovation/thought leadership (10%).