Team Lead and Product Owner

Job description

The Position

Executes departmental vision, develops procedures, and facilitates execution of functional activities for assigned team. Leads an extended team in a functional discipline to complete project tasks for the successful completion of product development deliverables and t o meet key business results.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides technical knowledge of engineering principles and their application to developing cost-effective, reliable and high-quality systems that satisfy customer needs and business requirements. Reviews and analyzes customer and business requirements, and articulates and documents system requirements and functions.
• Generates and analyzes alternative architectures, developing preferred architectures, communicating and coordinating with marketing and cross-functional development teams, and assisting with the management of the balance between development cost, schedule, quality and performance.
• Applies diversified knowledge of engineering principles, practices and implementation in the development of complex diagnostic systems.
• Continuously improves and expands capabilities in engineering best practices and advises teams on the selection and deployment of appropriate tools and standards.
• Ensures the maintenance and continuous development of skills and technical expertise required by team in order to support product development initiatives.
• Maintains extensive knowledge of state-of-the-art principles, theories, and practices around engineering related activities.
• Identifies and recommends long term tools, standards and methods to drive continual Engineering and Development improvement.
• Proposes long-term engineering strategy to achieve Ventana’s instrument technology and program goals.
• Conducts and participates in design/project technical reviews.
• Performs other duties and tasks as defined by Platform Systems Engineering
• Manages staff; provides staff with coaching, training and opportunities to develop skills, and gives ongoing, constructive and timely feedback on performance and progress toward goals and expectations.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Who You Are

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required. Master's Degree is preferred. 8 years of experience in engineering/development discipline and 3 years supervision or project leader experience is required.

Relocation benefits are available for this job posting.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, innovates and manufactures instruments and reagents that automate tissue processing and slide staining for cancer diagnostics. Our integrated staining, workflow management and digital pathology solutions optimize laboratory efficiency to reduce errors and support diagnosis for pathology professionals. Together with Roche, Ventana is driving personalized healthcare through accelerated drug discovery and companion diagnostics.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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