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The Position
Job Title: System Development Lead
Location: Maxim Park, Scotland
Role Overview
As System Development Lead, you are accountable for the day-to-day execution of the cobas lumira platform roadmap. Your mission is to translate product vision into prioritized, integrated work packages that cross-functional teams can deliver. As a decisive, delivery-focused matrix leader, you serve as a hands-on driver of execution. You orchestrate a complex ecosystem comprising R&D, Operations, Quality, and Clinical disciplines to ensure our solutions are robust, compliant, and delivered on target. Your focus is the integrity of the delivery process - ensuring that technical innovation is grounded in manufacturing feasibility and remains capable of transforming near-patient-care diagnostics.
* Drive decisive day-to-day execution of sophisticated Near Patient Care solutions, by translating the product vision into prioritized, integrated plans & work packages to deliver on timeline, quality, and budget.
* Foster a culture of high-impact collaboration as a cross-functional matrix leader, uniting R&D, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, and Clinical teams to instill shared ownership of project success.
* Establish robust collaborative frameworks that bridge the gap between R&D and other functions, ensuring seamless alignment and rapid decision-making pathways across the project.
* Drive proactive scenario planning and risk management, providing transparent, data-driven, high-impact communication to senior stakeholders regarding status incl. critical path deviations and budget adherence.
* Act as organizational 'integrator,' breaking down silos to resolve escalated bottlenecks and dependencies, while dynamically rebalancing resources to align with shifting portfolio priorities.
* Uphold the highest standards of technical integrity and quality compliance, driving the continuous improvement of development processes through effective stakeholder engagement and feedback loops.
* Provide technical direction by applying advanced engineering principles to solve complex execution problems, continuously challenging existing plans to design the most viable alternative courses of action.
* Drive resource forecasting and demand planning, defining capacity and skill requirements to enable R&D (Sub-)Chapter Leads to to effectively staff and supply the project.
* Partner with the business team to co-create the product roadmap, providing the critical "feasibility handshake" that ensures strategic ambitions are grounded in engineering and manufacturing reality.
Required Experience and Skills
* Industry Background: Significant experience in life sciences or engineering, with a proven track record of delivering complex projects from definition through to launch within the IVD or Medical Device industry.
* Development Expertise: Proven ability to orchestrate diverse disciplines - including Hardware, Software, and Consumables - into a cohesive system by coordinating technical handshakes.
* Strategic Matrix Leadership: Proven ability to navigate organizational change and technical ambiguity while leading cross-functional teams (R&D, Ops, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical) by fostering a culture of open communication to instill shared ownership for project outcomes.
* Situational Management: Expertise in risk mitigation and situational management, with the ability to drive proactive scenario planning and provide decisive leadership in challenging execution environments.
* Hybrid Methodologies: Excellent knowledge of Agile/SAFe and traditional project management, translating product visions into prioritized, integrated work packages.
Who we are
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.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.