At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic Patient Care Systems (PCS), we power the digital heartbeat behind life-saving cardiac therapies. We build the connected ecosystem that enables clinicians to monitor, manage, and protect millions of patients living with implantable cardiac devices around the world.

From secure device connectivity and real-time data platforms to intelligent clinical tools and patient-facing experiences, PCS transforms complex cardiac data into clarity — helping physicians make faster decisions, improving outcomes, and giving patients greater confidence in their care.

Every line of code we write supports someone’s parent, spouse, child, or friend. Our work ensures that life-saving therapies are not only delivered safely and reliably, but continuously improved through innovation, insight, and global scale.

If you want to build technology that truly matters — where uptime means peace of mind and innovation means more birthdays — join us. Together, we are shaping the future of connected cardiac care and changing lives every single day.

Come for a job, stay for a career!

A Day in The Life Of:

Powering the digital ecosystem that supports millions of patients living with implantable cardiac devices — technology that quietly protects human hearts every minute of every day
Directly influencing whether clinicians receive timely, reliable insight that enables life-saving decisions. Uptime here isn’t a metric. It’s peace of mind for families
Building and scaling a world-class engineering center in Galway that becomes part of the global nervous system behind cardiac care — shaping the future of connected therapies.
Creating a follow-the-sun operating model with India and the broader global network so that patient monitoring and physician support never sleep
Attracting and developing engineers who want their talent to mean something — building a team whose daily work translates into safer therapies and better outcomes.
Accelerating time-to-productivity because patients can’t wait. Strong onboarding, clear enablement, and early impact mean innovation reaches the bedside faster
Designing systems and operating rhythms that remove friction from the engineers building life-critical infrastructure — fixing root causes instead of managing exceptions.
Raising the bar on engineering excellence — modern DevOps, clean CI/CD, automated testing, disciplined validation — because in cardiac care, “almost ready” is not good enough
Engaging deeply in product strategy and architecture decisions that will shape reliability, scalability, and patient safety for years to come
Strengthening the invisible digital foundation that helps millions of people live longer, fuller lives — work that translates into more ordinary days, more milestones, and more time with loved ones

Key Skills & Experience

Minimum Requirements

Level 8 degree and minimum of 15 years of relevant experience with 10+ years of managerial experience or advanced degree with minimum of 13 years relevant experience with 10+ years of managerial experience
Proven experience scaling software engineering organizations through multiple growth waves. Has built and scaled teams (including hiring, performance management, and leader development), ideally with experience leading multiple teams/managers
Demonstrated ability to lead highly technical teams efficiently. A track record of balancing deep technical guidance with organizational leadership to drive product outcomes
Technical leadership fluency: architecture, V&V, and technical roadmaps. Has a track record of providing technical direction on architecture/design and verification/validation, and building/maintaining long-term technical roadmaps aligned to product strategy

Preferred Qualifications

Deep understanding of modern software development and delivery systems. Can credibly drive or sponsor modern agile development, testing discipline, and DevOps practices at scale
Experience with complex software systems (so they can “see around corners”). Comfort with complex platform software environments (distributed computing, software infrastructure, embedded), even if their recent roles are more organizational and operational
Cross-functional leadership in regulated environments. Can partner with Quality and Regulatory to ensure compliance with design controls and software lifecycle standards, and can run a site in an audit-ready way while still moving fast
Cybersecurity and risk leadership mindset. Familiarity with cybersecurity practices, risk assessment, and vulnerability management expectations in regulated environments
Global operating experience (explicitly including India collaboration). Has operated successfully with distributed teams across time zones, with the ability to create clarity in interfaces, decision rights, and working cadence across sites
Experience managing delivery across Agile/SAFe and other traditional models (in a tailored as opposed to principled manner). Can drive process improvements to increase productivity while maintaining quality
Experience with cloud-based or internet-related software tooling. Useful for modern platform operations and scalable engineering environments

Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Ireland: 144,800.00 EUR - 217,200.00 EUR |

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here

Senior Software Engineering Director - Patient Care Systems (Site Lead)

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