JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

GE HealthCare is seeking a highly experienced and visionary Head of Engineering to lead our Danish Engineering organization within the Surgical Visualization and Guidance (SVG) business, formerly known as BK Medical. Based in Denmark, Herlev, this role will oversee a team of approximately 100 highly skilled professionals.
As Head of Engineering, you will hold the overall responsibility for the strategic direction of the engineering function. You will be responsible for driving innovation, execution, and operational excellence across a multidisciplinary team that includes Systems, Software, Safety/Risk, and Program Management. You will serve as the single point of accountability for engineering product delivery and act as the primary interface between engineering and other key functions such as Supply Chain, Sourcing, Regulatory, and Supplier Quality.
This position requires strategic leadership and operational acumen to manage complex programs and deliver world-class intraoperative ultrasound (ULS) solutions. You will own and influence budgets and operating plans, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs. The role offers autonomy within the operational area and demands high levels of evaluative judgment to achieve impactful outcomes.
GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator with over 100 years of healthcare industry experience and around 50,000 employees globally. We enable clinicians to make faster, more informed decisions through intelligent devices, data analytics, applications and services, supported by our Edison intelligence platform. We operate at the center of an ecosystem working toward precision health - digitizing healthcare, helping drive productivity and improving outcomes for patients, providers, health systems and researchers around the world.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, develop, and retain top engineering talent
• Strategic mindset with a hands-on approach to operational excellence
• This role requires significant experience in the Engineering/Technology & Functional Management.
• Master’s degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma with at least 6 years of experience in Job Family Group(s)/Function(s)).Proven experience in leading large engineering teams, preferably in a complex or regulated industry
• Demonstrated engineering knowledge, program management, and business planning processes, having experience with the full product lifecycle
• Experience working cross-functionally with product development, quality, supply chain, commercial etc.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to influence at senior leadership level
• Experience and qualifications from the MedTech industry are highly desirable
• Understanding of regulated Healthcare industry
• Excellent communication skills in Danish and English
• The right candidate must reside in Denmark
  At our headquarters in Herlev, we are approximately 300 employees. We foster a collaborative and informal work environment supported by a flat organizational structure. Employee benefits from a high-quality staff canteen with a focus on health and variety, private health insurance and pension schemes, as well as regular social events and access to various staff clubs.
  GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics protected by law.
  We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.
  Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration, and support.

• Strategic planner and thinker with ability to drive change across the site
• Leading change through creative solutions to unstructured product and system design issues
• Provide strong functional leadership for the team, ensuring we have the right competencies in place, team/talent development, skill set improvement, and mentoring
• Resource assignment and prioritization including headcount and base cost budget
• Driving continuous improvement of systems, products, and processes
• Working internally to resolve business issues that require cross functional leadership and support
• Support existing products within Manufacturing, Sourcing, Service and Supplier Quality Engineering
• Drive compliance/closure of Regulatory and Quality requirements before approving design changes
• Build a continuous improvement culture where every team member is encouraged to identify and address improvement opportunities in their areas of expertise
• Interaction with adjacent functions as needed to solve issues.
• Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process
• Uses multiple internal and external resources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.