CGM is Europe's leading developer of IT solutions for the entire healthcare sector. As a Vice President of Software Engineering and Product Architecture (Hospital Information System), you will be the key technical leader responsible for both leading multiple Scrum teams within a specific domain area and owning the high-level architecture of our customer-facing products. Your mission is to ensure seamless integration of new customer requirements with scalable, maintainable, and strategically aligned software solutions. This unique role combines hands-on leadership of engineering teams with a visionary approach to product architecture, driving technical excellence and customer value.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and inspire multiple Scrum teams focused on a specific domain, fostering agile best practices and engineering excellence.
- Define, communicate, and oversee the product architecture for customer-facing solutions, ensuring technical alignment with business objectives and market demands.
- Collaborate closely with product management, UX, and business stakeholders to translate customer needs and emerging requirements into a coherent architectural vision.
- Own architectural decision-making, balancing scalability, performance, security, and innovation across the domain.
- Drive architectural reviews and cross-team alignment to maintain consistency and quality throughout the product lifecycle.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks, dependencies, and trade-offs, ensuring timely delivery without compromising quality.
- Champion continuous improvement in team processes, tools, and workflows to optimize productivity and product quality.
- Partner with cross-functional teams including infrastructure, QA, DevOps, and security to enable smooth delivery and operational excellence.
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to proactively evolve the product architecture and engineering practices.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years leading multiple agile teams.
- Demonstrated success in architecting and delivering complex, customer-facing software products.
- Strong expertise in Agile Scrum methodologies and scaling agile across multiple teams.
- Deep technical knowledge with hands-on experience in relevant programming languages, cloud platforms, and modern software architecture patterns.
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with a proven ability to align diverse stakeholders on technical strategy.
- Track record of managing end-to-end product architecture with a strong customer-centric focus.
- Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and operational excellence.
- Strategic thinker with excellent problem-solving skills and a focus on delivering business impact.
Ideal Candidate Profile Includes:
- Experience in Healthcare industry.
- Familiarity with microservices, API design, event-driven architecture.
- Exposure to emerging technologies such as AI/ML or big data.
- Previous experience in roles combining technical leadership with product architecture ownership.
Benefits:
- A responsible position within a growing international group of companies.
- Comprehensive training opportunities.
- Exciting tasks and development perspectives in a sustainably growing enterprise.
- Close collaboration within the team.
- Home office options as per agreement.
- Flexible working hours to promote a good work-life balance.
- Various social events, such as multi-day departmental trips, summer parties, and Christmas parties.
- Digital wellness management initiatives, including home workouts, nutritional counseling, and mental training.
- Modern workplaces, employee discounts, and more to ensure a pleasant working environment.
If you are interested in this opportunity, we offer a gross annual salary starting at € 62.800.-. Our compensation aligns with the IT collective agreement. We are also open to discussing a competitive salary that reflects higher qualifications and experience. If you possess significant professional experience, we are willing to offer a higher salary. If this challenge sounds appealing to you, we look forward to receiving your application!