Vice President, Operations Engineering

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later having pioneered an industry. And were just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what weve started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening serving with integrity thinking big and being dependable. Weve already changed millions of lives and were ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. Well get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though weve come a long way from our small company days our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Summary:

Responsible for establishing overall program goals and objectives and provides leadership over the Operations Engineering organization. Ensures that all departmental activities are aligned with overall company goals and strategies. Develops Operations equipment manages programs researches new ideas and establishes an Operations equipment roadmap. Focus is on both strategic and tactical programs to deliver and sustain innovative products.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee delivery of Operations equipment projects involving mechanical electrical and software development that are manual semi-automated and/or automated across the project teams while supporting a unified culture vision and strategy for overall equipment development.

• Oversees sustaining and scale-up efforts of existing equipment improvement and optimization of equipment and processes and development of new equipment supporting both existing and new products.

• Ensure project performance on-time on budget and with high quality results.

• Assures that company milestones and plans are developed for each project and that the planned results are realized.

• Reviews staffing levels for programs and recruit and hire staff to fill key roles in the Operations Engineering organization as well as determining when to use consultants and outside design houses.

• Analyzes research data and proposed product specifications to determine feasibility of project proposal.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards regulation and security laws in medical device technology space.

• Coordinate and communicate with other senior leaders on product roadmap operational opportunities and challenges partnership opportunities key performance indicators financial results and other management priorities.

• Responsible for ensuring that department understands and complies with quality standards and requirements as documented.

Required Qualifications:

• 15 years experience in leadership of technical staff with a track record of progressive growth in responsibility.

• Track record of recruiting exceptional talent and building high performing teams

• 10 years experience leading product development teams

• Proven track record of successfully bringing technology products to market

• Demonstrated track record of project management success and planning complex technology integration projects

• Proven abilities to manage mentor and motivate employees.

• Ability to organize motivate and lead diverse technology and project teams in a quickly growing and agile/flexible corporate environment.

• Strong technical background and ability to quickly come up to speed on various technologies and build immediate credibility with technical team.

• Ability to prioritize and manage a large number of diverse projects while constantly communicating results across the organization and maintaining alignment with senior executives.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in relevant Engineering discipline

Travel Required:

• 0 24%

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Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may at its discretion assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcoms AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at

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