Responsibilities
- Oversee and prioritize the Sierra product backlog to reflect strategic goals and resolve conflicting demands, ensuring development focuses on high-impact features and maintenance.
- Convert clinical workflows and user requirements into well-defined product features, including clear acceptance criteria and definitions of completion.
- Engage in technical discussions to provide clinical insight, clarify functional objectives, and assist engineers in evaluating feasibility and system impact.
- Lead Agile rituals such as sprint planning, reviews, demos, retrospectives, and program increments, ensuring team adherence to agreed processes.
- Manage the product’s journey through release, versioning, and change control, verifying all validation and communication steps are completed before deployment.
- Guide engineering decisions by participating in design and code reviews to uphold technical quality and architectural integrity.
- Conduct and oversee functional and user acceptance testing to confirm deliverables meet market expectations and defined requirements.
- Coordinate clinical validation of new features and algorithms with external partners like Mayo Clinic, analyzing outcomes to support clinical claims in collaboration with Regulatory/QARA.
- Ensure software requirements integrate with the broader product ecosystem, including accessories, amplifiers, headboxes, and consumables for seamless operation.
- Support service and support teams with clinical and technical expertise to resolve complex customer issues and help identify opportunities for product improvement.
- Collaborate with clinical partners and key opinion leaders to gather feedback, translate insights into actionable engineering requirements, and support joint initiatives.
- Develop and maintain documentation, training content, release notes, and functional specifications to ensure clarity and usability across teams and users.
- Perform additional duties as assigned by leadership.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid — Kennewick, WA
Other
- Physical demands include lifting up to 50 pounds, repetitive hand movements, and visual acuity including color discrimination; roles involving equipment may require bending, reaching, and stooping.
- Approximately 10% travel is required for commercial events and customer site visits.
- While supported by a Quality and Regulatory (QARA) team, the role must ensure compliance with clinical data integrity and medical device regulations such as FDA and HIPAA.
- May need to register with a vendor credentialing service and pass a U.S. federal background check for access to government facilities.
