Job Title
Manager, Systems Engineering and Software Business Analysis – Sydney, Australia (Full Time)
Overview
The Manager, Software Systems Engineering & Business Analysis is a senior leadership role responsible for defining and governing system behaviour across Cochlear's complex medical device software ecosystem. The role provides both people leadership and deep technical authority across multidisciplinary teams spanning Systems Engineering, Software Business Analysis and System Verification & Validation.
Responsibilities
* Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams across Systems Engineering, Software Business Analysis and System V&V, building capability, engagement and succession
* Define and govern system-level behaviour, ensuring requirements are clear, traceable, verifiable and aligned to clinical intent
* Establish and maintain end-to-end traceability across user needs, system requirements, interfaces and verification evidence
* Lead system-level technical decision-making, risk management and issue resolution in complex, safety-critical environments
* Ensure compliance with medical device regulatory and quality standards including ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, IEC 60601 and FDA requirements
* Sponsor and chair system-level design reviews, ensuring architectural alignment, integration readiness and verification depth
* Act as a primary interface between architecture functions and delivery teams to ensure effective system implementation
* Champion systems thinking, discipline excellence and continuous improvement through guild leadership, process ownership and tool evolution
This role offers the opportunity to operate as both a people leader and technical authority in one of Cochlear's most complex engineering domains. You'll shape system behaviour that enables safe, reliable clinical outcomes, influence future platform evolution, and build high-performing teams whose work directly changes lives.
Qualifications
* Extensive experience leading multidisciplinary R&D teams in regulated medical device environments
* Deep expertise in software-centric systems engineering, requirements engineering and system-level verification
* Strong working knowledge of medical device regulatory and quality frameworks (ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, IEC 60601, FDA)
* Proven ability to define, govern and verify complex system behaviour across software, firmware and hardware interfaces
* Excellent decision-making and risk management capability in ambiguous, safety-critical contexts
* Highly effective communication and stakeholder influence skills across technical, clinical and executive audiences
What Would Make You Stand Out
* Experience leading system behaviour definition for workflow-driven software, parameter-driven algorithms or real-time communication systems, along with a track record of building discipline maturity through standards, tooling and engineering process improvement.
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