Software Leader (Software Modernization)

Lead the Modernization of Healthcare Software and Solutions at Philips

Innovation Engineering (IEN) partners with Business Units and Functions to accelerate innovation and enhance quality, aligning closely with product roadmaps and priorities. We provide a focused portfolio of digital innovation and system platforms that enable our Philips Businesses to scale innovation.

Software Leader (Software Modernization)

The incumbent would be a Capability Leader to spearhead the modernization of our healthcare software and solutions, establishing a center of excellence that harnesses future-of-healthcare technologies—Agentic AI, AI Integrated Solutions, AR/VR (Augmented Reality), sustainable architectures, and secure-by-design practices—to deliver safer, more sustainable, and more engaging experiences for patients, clinicians, and partners. This role combines strategic vision, technical expertise, empathetic leadership, building and nurturing a high-performing team, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry trends.

Your role:

• Capability Leadership
  • Define a strategic plan by identifying opportunities and capabilities that are highly relevant and can create value for businesses and customers
  • Champion the adoption of modern technologies that can significantly improve Quality, Productivity & Experiences
• People & Culture
  • Define and execute on a strategic workforce plan and competence development plan
  • Establish and grow a world-class team of engineers and architects focused on modular, secure, and sustainable software design. Develop capabilities that are seen as distinctly differentiating for the businesses.
  • Inspire and lead a cross-functional team with empathy, accountability, and a growth mindset
  • Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and psychological safety.
  • Mentor team members and support career development aligned with organizational goals.
• Stakeholder Engagement
  • Collaborate closely with internal business units, product teams, and clinical stakeholders to align technology with healthcare outcomes
  • Build strong relationships with external partners, industry forums, and technology vendors to stay ahead of the curve.
• Execution Excellence
  • Drive talent onboarding, engagement and career growth. Ensure execution is efficient, compliant to processes and QMSes and meets the program commitments (time, quality, costs)
  • Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, data privacy, and security standards.
  • Measure and communicate the impact of modernization efforts on business and patient outcomes

You're the right fit if:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field. Master's degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 18 years of progressive experience in the development and release of Products and Solutions, especially in a regulated environment like healthcare is strongly preferred
• Proven experience in a leadership role, engaging and building competent engineering teams.
• Strong software engineering background with prior hands-on experience in software development.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively across teams and with stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of building solutions leveraging GenAI and non-GenAI, familiarity with major cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) and their AI/ML services deployment, monitoring, and MLOps principles.
• Familiarity with major cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) and their AI/ML services

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.

Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This role is an office-based role.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.

Over 125 years ago, Frederik and Gerard Philips started a small light bulb company in Eindhoven. Little did they realize that it would become a global force of innovation, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide. But it did.

Today, Philips is a world leading health technology company with a vision to make life better for people worldwide through meaningful innovation. Making good on this promise depends on our passionate, inspirational, collaborative and diverse team.

We have over 80,000+ brilliant people around the world but are always looking for more. Like-minded, motivated, focused minds to join us in creating a healthier, more connected society while transforming themselves personally and professionally.

Working at Philips is more than a job. It's an experience filled with unexpected moments that will transform you in lasting and positive ways. Help us improve the world for the better while building a career that no one could have planned for. Even you.