Senior Director, Engineering Program/Project Mgmt

About the role

We are the people who give possibilities purpose

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.





Job Description

The CTL serves as the single point of accountability for product delivery, roadmap execution, and portfolio prioritization. The role represents the program at the Product Development Team and is responsible for successful new product development execution from concept through launch and post-market support. The Senior Director CTL will balance near-term customer and business commitments with development of scalable sensing platforms and reusable capabilities across the Pyxis portfolio. 

Key Responsibilities

Product & Portfolio Leadership

• Own the strategy and roadmap for assigned Pyxis enhancements and next-generation sensing products. 

• Define and align long-term investments across sensing technologies, intelligent inventory visibility, workflow automation, and related platform capabilities. 

• Balance customer commitments, product reliability, cybersecurity, technical debt reduction, scalability, regulatory requirements, and innovation priorities. 

• Partner with Product Management and Commercial teams to translate market needs and customer workflows into executable product strategies and measurable value propositions. 

• Lead annual strategic planning, roadmap reviews, business-case development, and investment prioritization. 

Next-Generation Sensing Leadership 

• Lead the development and commercialization of next-generation Pyxis sensing products and capabilities. 

• Drive system-level strategy and trade-off decisions across sensing modalities, identification technologies, embedded systems, mechanical design, connectivity, software, data, analytics, cybersecurity, interoperability, and user experience. 

• Ensure sensing solutions achieve required levels of accuracy, reliability, environmental robustness, maintainability, manufacturability, serviceability, and performance in healthcare settings. 

• Drive early customer validation, feasibility work, prototyping, architecture definition, and technical de-risking before full-scale development. 

• Establish scalable platform and reuse strategies that enable sensing capabilities to be leveraged across the Pyxis portfolio. 

Program & Execution Leadership 

• Own overall program success, including scope, budget, schedule, quality, risk, regulatory strategy, launch readiness, and business outcomes. 

• Lead cross-functional Core Team members across R&D, Product Management, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Supply Chain, Service, Clinical, Cybersecurity, Commercial, and other functions. 

• Drive decision making, issue resolution, escalation, and risk mitigation throughout the product lifecycle. 

• Ensure GPDS phase deliverables, design-control requirements, milestones, and gate-readiness expectations are achieved. 

• Partner with Program Management to maintain an integrated plan, critical path, resource model, dependencies, milestones, and operating rhythm for predictable delivery. 

• Coordinate verification and validation, human factors, design transfer, production scale-up, launch readiness, and post-launch product performance. 

Sustaining Engineering & Legacy Product Ownership

• Own lifecycle management of the installed base of Pyxis Logistics products.
• Prioritize customer enhancements, defect remediation, cybersecurity updates, infrastructure modernization, and regulatory commitments.
• Balance sustaining investments against new product development priorities.
• Lead field issue resolution and product health reviews to maintain customer satisfaction and business continuity.

Financial & Resource Management

• Own product and program funding plans. Develop business cases and investment recommendations.
• Manage portfolio budgets and resource allocations across strategic initiatives.
• Ensure cross-functional teams are appropriately staffed to meet product and business commitments.

Leadership & Organizational Development

• Build and lead high-performing, matrixed, global cross-functional teams. 
• Foster a culture of accountability, urgency, collaboration, evidence-based decision making, and customer focus. 
• Mentor CTLs, technical leaders, program leaders, and Core Team members. 
• Influence senior leaders and functional organizations without relying solely on direct authority. 
• Drive organizational improvements that increase engineering productivity, quality, predictability, platform reuse, and time-to-market. 
• Provide concise program updates and recommendations to executive governance bodies, including decisions required, risks, financial implications, and recovery plans.

Success Metrics

• Successful delivery of cloud-based Pyxis Logistics roadmap commitments.
• Achievement of portfolio revenue, customer adoption, and market growth objectives.
• Platform reliability, cybersecurity, and customer satisfaction outcomes.
• Predictable GPDS execution and milestone achievement.
• Reduction of technical debt and improved development velocity.
• Successful migration of customers from legacy to cloud-based platforms.
• High employee engagement and cross-functional team effectiveness

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience leading complex software products or platforms.
• Experience with cloud-native software products (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Demonstrated leadership of large cross-functional product development teams.
• Experience with Agile, DevSecOps, software lifecycle management, and regulated product development.
• Strong business acumen with experience managing roadmaps, budgets, and portfolio investments.
• Medical device, healthcare software, healthcare IT, or regulated industry experience preferred.

Why Join Us?

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.

We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.

To learn more about BD visit https://bd.com/careers.

Becton, Dickinson, and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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USA CA - San Diego Bldg A&B

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