Overview In this role, you define and drive the long-term strategy for the Global Systems Engineering group within Sleep and Respiratory Care, aligning capabilities to meet business objectives. You lead a large, globally distributed team, shape advanced technology and product development, and foster a high-performance, innovative culture. You partner across functions to guide strategic direction, improve engineering processes, and ensure delivery from concept to launch. This is a pivotal role for scaling system-level capabilities in a regulated medical context.
Compensation / Benefits- bonus based on KPIs
- competitive base salary
- benefits package
- career development
- global collaboration
- equity/long-term incentives
Responsibilities- Set the global Systems Engineering objectives, policies, processes and budgets in collaboration with senior leaders
- Formulate and steer the long-term vision to maximize business value
- Manage capabilities, competencies and tools to introduce new technology
- Own System Engineering standards, methods, and architecture; grow technical depth
- Oversee people management: recruitment, performance reviews, training, leadership development
- Co-lead achievement of operational plans; optimize allocation of personnel to projects
- Build cross-functional/external relationships to shape strategies and identify opportunities
- Maintain strong customer knowledge to inform decisions
Key requirements- Master's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or related field; advanced degree preferred
- 15+ years of experience in a regulated environment; medical/biotech experience preferred
- Experience leading systems engineering organizations of 100+ FTE
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional partners (Quality, Regulatory, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Service)
- Strong coaching and team-building skills aligned with Philips Behaviors
- Expert knowledge of consumer product development in medical contexts
- Proven track record defining innovation strategy with engineering, architecture and research
- Experience leading global, multi-site, matrix projects with cross-country teams
- Proven leadership of complex products from concept to launch including manufacturing and service readiness
- coaching and mentoring
- cross-functional collaboration
- strategic influence
- systems engineering leadership
- product development in regulated environments
- architecture and research integration
