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Job Description Lead the Research & Development organization for Philips Advanced Imaging, with accountability for the technical leadership, program execution, and delivery of complex cardiovascular imaging, AI-enabled software, and medical device products from concept through commercialization. This leader will build and lead high-performing multidisciplinary engineering teams, drive predictable execution against business priorities, and make timely, technically sound trade‑off decisions across performance, risk, quality, schedule, and resources. Your role: Advance Philips’ next‑generation imaging and AI-enabled solutions by translating technology and clinical needs into innovative, high-quality products that improve patient care, while strengthening development execution, predictability, and organizational scalability. Lead and develop multidisciplinary R&D teams across hardware, software, systems, optical, mechanical, electrical, and data science engineering. Own execution of the R&D portfolio and major product development programs, establishing clear priorities, milestones, resource plans, dependencies, and accountability, while making deliberate resource and priority trade‑offs to deliver against business commitments. Establish a rigorous operating cadence for program execution, proactively identifying critical‑path issues, resolving cross‑functional dependencies, and driving timely escalation and decision‑making. Provide decisive technical leadership across multidisciplinary programs, rapidly assessing complex issues, creating clarity in ambiguous situations, and making pragmatic, risk‑based trade‑off decisions across technical performance, product requirements, quality, schedule, and resources. Ensure compliance with FDA, ISO 13485, IEC 60601, MDR, and applicable global regulatory requirements. Partner cross‑functionally to align product development priorities with business objectives and operational capabilities. Build scalable development processes and foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration. Support strategic technology roadmap development and long‑term innovation initiatives. Manage technical, regulatory, and program risks throughout the product lifecycle.

You’re the right fit if: You bring 12+ years of medical device product development experience in a regulated environment, with a demonstrated track record leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations and delivering complex products from development through regulatory clearance, commercialization, and scale. You have exceptional technical judgment and systems‑level intuition, with the ability to quickly understand complex engineering problems, identify what matters most, challenge teams constructively, and make timely decisions when faced with competing technical, regulatory, schedule, and business constraints. Experience in medical imaging, cardiovascular or interventional technologies, AI‑enabled healthcare products, SaMD, and/or growth‑stage or integration environments is highly valued. You combine strategic R&D leadership with strong execution capabilities, technical and regulatory credibility, and expertise in design controls, risk management, and global medical device requirements including FDA, ISO 13485, IEC 60601, and MDR. You are an effective executive communicator with demonstrated strength in complex program execution, technical decision‑making, cross‑functional collaboration, organizational development, change leadership, and talent development. You are a strategic, customer‑and clinically focused technical leader who combines disciplined execution with the ability to advance meaningful innovation, building scalable R&D processes, develop high‑performing technical talent, and advancing next‑generation imaging and AI‑enabled product platforms.

You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical field required; an advanced degree is preferred.

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The pay range for this position in Massachusetts (MA) is $226,000 to $360,000. The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors, including job‑related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long‑term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here. At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work‑authorized visa, now or in the future. This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug‑free workplace. At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health‑tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life. For more than 130years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people’s lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health. Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That’s why we’re taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other’s views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success. It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to fostering a culture where all are treated with respect and professionalism. To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans’ Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888‑367‑7223, option 5, for assistance.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug‑free workplace.