Exact Sciences · 4 hours ago
Associate Director, Software Engineering
Madison, WI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$153K/yr - $259K/yr
10+ years expExact Sciences is helping change how the world prevents, detects, and guides treatment for cancer. The Associate Director of Software Engineering will drive the strategy, architecture, and delivery of next-generation laboratory information systems, fostering an empowered engineering culture and collaborating with various teams to deliver impactful solutions.
BiotechnologyHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedical
No H1B
Responsibilities
Raise capabilities in the engineering team; including, but not limited to, developing coding, testing, and deployment protocols and best practices
Maintain strong relationships and transparency with key stakeholders (Lab, Sales, Support, Customers, and Affiliates)
Partner with business and technology teams to prioritize roadmaps, requirements, balance business need with capacity, and technology constraints
Influence senior engineering and business leaders to drive increased capability though engineering processes and technologies
Work with business stakeholders and engineering teams to design innovative solutions to complex challenges faced by the Company
Supervise staff; including, but not limited to, organize and prioritize work, write/conduct performance reviews, train/develop, and manage work performance
Communicate goals clearly to employees to ensure understanding and success in achieving them
Motivate and inspire employees to do their best work through coaching
Maintain morale and support employee engagement initiatives
Ability to apply good process management, negotiating, influencing, and problem resolution skills
Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
Excellent project communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to execute project delivery to client satisfaction on time, on budget with quality
Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to articulate complex technical ideas in easy-to-understand business terms
Ability to accomplish results through others, particularly by establishing relationships, effective controls, and leading in a managed service environment
Ability to drive continuous improvements in organizational performance and efficiency, and career development for employees
Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork
Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures
Regular and reliable attendance
Ability to lift up to 10 pounds for approximately 5% of a typical working day
Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day
Ability and means to travel between Exact Sciences locations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a field related to the essential duties of the job; or High School Degree/General Education Diploma and 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor's degree
10+ years of experience in Information Technology with increasing responsibility and advancing technical skills
5+ years of experience leading or directing people and/or project teams
Strong proficiency of object-oriented, service-oriented architecture, micro-service architecture, and programming principals
Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in country where work will be performed on a full or part-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time
Preferred
Deep expertise in building high-throughput, production clinical lab systems (LIS/LIMS) with a formal Quality Management System in mind
Demonstrated success managing and developing large technical teams, while also fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and technical excellence
Hand-on experience with event-driven architectures, microservices, cloud engineering, and DevOps at enterprise scale
Expertise in Java, Spring/Spring Boot, Kafka, web technologies, Kubernetes, RDBMS, AWS, etc
Advanced proficiency in modern management platforms such as Git, Jira, LinearB, etc
Experience working in a regulated environment (SOX, HIPAA, CAP, CLIA, GCP, FDA, ISO-13485, and/or IEC-62304)
Demonstrated understanding of the Clinical Lab environment
Benefits
Paid time off (including days for vacation, holidays, volunteering, and personal time)
Paid leave for parents and caregivers
A retirement savings plan
Wellness support
Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
Company
Exact Sciences
Exact Sciences offers a portfolio of cancer screening and diagnostic tests that span from early detection to treatment monitoring.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.75B2025-06-20Acquired
2024-04-11Post Ipo Debt· $620.7M
2023-02-23Post Ipo Debt· $500M
Leadership Team
Kevin Conroy
Chairman & CEO
Aaron Bloomer
Executive Vice President, CFO
Recent News
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