Software Project Lead

The Software Project Lead is responsible for coordinating and driving execution across multiple Agile software development teams to ensure predictable high-quality delivery of software programs supporting ASP products and platforms. This role provides program-level leadership through cross-team planning dependency management risk mitigation release coordination stakeholder communication and execution governance. The position works closely with Product Owners Engineering Managers Technical Leads Systems Engineering Quality Regulatory Cybersecurity Manufacturing and other cross-functional teams to ensure software development activities remain aligned with business objectives program commitments quality expectations and regulatory requirements. This position reports to the Senior Manager of Software Engineering at ASP USA. Responsibilities

Under limited supervision and in accordance with applicable laws regulations ASP policies procedures and quality system requirements this position is responsible for the following:

• Lead Scrum of Scrums and other cross-team planning activities to coordinate execution across multiple Agile development teams.
• Drive program-level planning roadmap alignment milestone tracking and execution management for software initiatives spanning multiple products and platforms.
• Identify track and manage cross-team dependencies integration activities resource constraints and critical execution risks.
• Facilitate alignment between Product Owners Engineering Managers Technical Leads Quality Regulatory Cybersecurity and business stakeholders to support successful program execution.
• Defining and institutionalizing metrics-driven execution (velocity predictability escaped defects release burndown cycle time)
• Proactively identify blockers and organizational impediments coordinate resolution activities and escalate issues when needed.
• Coordinate release planning and software integration activities across multiple Scrum teams to ensure successful deployment and product readiness.
• Develop and communicate program status risks mitigation plans dependencies decisions and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.
• Lead risk management activities including risk identification assessment mitigation planning and issue resolution tracking.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance Agile execution team collaboration delivery efficiency and product quality.
• Support field issue prioritization investigation coordination and resolution planning when software activities require collaboration across multiple teams.
• Ensure software development activities comply with ASP quality system processes software development lifecycle requirements cybersecurity expectations and applicable regulatory standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Software Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 10 years of experience in software engineering software development software project leadership or technical program management.
• 5 years of experience leading Agile software programs multiple Scrum teams or large-scale software development initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Agile Scrum Scrum of Scrums Safe or other scaled software delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing cross-functional software projects involving multiple stakeholders and development teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage dependencies risks schedules priorities and competing business objectives.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project and Agilecollaboration platforms such as Jira Azure DevOps Confluence or equivalenttools.
• Strong leadership facilitation communication negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent analytical organizational problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to influence teams and drive execution without direct management authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a regulated medical device software environment.
• Familiarity with IEC 62304 ISO 13485 FDA Design Controls EU MDR cybersecurity requirements and software quality systems.
• Experience leading software programs involving embedded systems cloud applications cybersecurity connected devices or enterprise platforms.
• Experience with release planning DevOps practices CI/CD processes and software lifecycle management.
• Scrum Master PMI-ACP SAFe RTE SAFe Agilist PMP or equivalent certification.
• Experience supporting global software development teams and distributed engineering organizations.