Software Delivery Manager

**About Saluda Medical
**Saluda Medical **is the pioneer in closed-loop Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), a ground-breaking SCS therapy that can measure the spinal cord’s response to stimulation and make real-time adjustments to therapy. We are a cutting edge, progressive Australian based Medical Device company with offices and employees based in Europe, Australia, and the U.S We are at the forefront of spinal cord stimulation technologies for the management of chronic pain.

**What We’re Looking For...
Saluda Medical works with outsourced providers to support the design and development work of the local software team.

As our **Software Delivery Manager, **you are responsible for re-establishing the outsourcing practice and providing ongoing management of this function in alignment with the project goals and processes of the Software Engineering function.

**Your role will include:
- Provide advice to leadership on best practice and optimal outsourcing models
- Participate in the evaluation and selection of vendors
- Build strong relationships with our vendors.
- Establish processes that will enable seamless integration of work with the Australian based Software Engineering teams.
- Provide guidance on change management or education around effective use of outsourced vendors
- Identify project scope; coordinate with management or others to identify goals, time frame, and budget;
- Develop project plans including goals, identification of risks, budget, resource requirements, and communicates goals with the team;
- Develops, tracks, maintains, and manages project plan, budget, and timeline;
- Reporting on project updates, able to articulate ROI on outsourcing activities to senior leadership
- Identifies, tracks, and resolves all project risks and issues pertaining to software;
- Establish KPIs with outsourced organisations and work with leadership teams to meet and exceed the KPIs
- Provide relevant training in Saluda workflows and projects
- Problem solve with the outsourced team to resolve issues with KPIs, deadlines, processes, outcomes, turnover etc.
- Hold regular meetings with the outsourced team to ensure lines of communication are clear and issues are raised and resolved early
- Work collaboratively across Saluda Software teams
- Prepare and participate in requirements and design review meetings;
- Work with Saluda’s QA team to ensure all relevant documentation is provided and update as part of our QMS practice and process Assures project team conforms to organizational policies and procedures, ISO 13485, IEC 62304 and IEC 60601 requirements for medical product development;

It is anticipated that 1-2 overseas trips per year will be needed for this role to meet with the outsourced teams.

**About you:
- Previous experience in Project Management or team leadership
- Previous experience managing outsourced providers
- Previous experience in medical device
- Strong problem-solving and leadership skills;
- Strong collaboration skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in modern software development life cycle
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Software Engineering or Computer Science;
- Experience with and commitment to software development in a QA controlled environment; Experience in software development

**It’s not essential, but nice if you have:
- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements; Experience in the Neuromodulation industry.

**At Saluda, we challenge boundaries. We innovate and think beyond the conventional. **We disrupt.
**Are you Ready to Join? **If you would like to be part of our team developing the world's next generation of implantable device technology, contribute to making an impact on patient care, then this is the opportunity for you Please **APPLY NOW
- Saluda Medical is a class 3 medical device company; we support the health of our patients, our vendors, and our employees. Therefore, we request that all those joining our team are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Please do let us know if you would have any concerns around providing us with a record of your current vaccination status should you be successful in this role. _