Windows Software Manager

ABOUT ORGANOX:

OrganOx is a commercial stage organ technology company dedicated to developing technologies to improve outcomes for patients with acute or chronic organ failure. The company was established as a spin out of the University of Oxford in 2008 and is now part of the Terumo Group. OrganOx is a pioneer in normothermic machine perfusion (NMP). It's flagship platform, the metra®, is available for use in the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Australia. It has been utilized in over 7,000 liver transplants to date to keep donor livers in a metabolically active state outside the body enabling longer preservation times and functional assessment of the organ prior to transplant, leading to an increased number of organs available for transplant. Founded in 1921, Terumo Corporation (TSE:4543) strives to fulfil its mission of “Contributing to Society through Healthcare” by providing a comprehensive range of solutions in the fields of therapeutic procedures, hospital operations, and life sciences in more than 160 countries and regions.

Position Summary

The Windows Software Manager is responsible for leading the design and development of software at OrganOx, for device-hosted applications and services running on Windows-based platforms, ensuring delivery of robust, high-quality solutions for regulated medical environments. The role combines deep technical expertise developing Graphical User Interfaces (GUI), connectivity solutions and implementing cybersecurity mitigations, with strong leadership of teams, projects and cross-functional stakeholders.

Operating with a system-level perspective, the Windows Software Manager takes end-to-end ownership of the application software, driving alignment with quality standards and regulatory compliance requirements. The role also serves as a key technical representative for OrganOx, engaging confidently with external stakeholders including regulatory bodies, partners, and customers.

This is an on-site role in Oxford with flexibility.

Listed below are the major responsibilities of the role and a brief description of some of the key tasks to be performed. This list is not totally exhaustive.

Major Responsibilities

Resource management

• Lead and manage a team of Windows software engineers, fostering a high-performance culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Providing line management, including goal setting, performance reviews, development planning, and ongoing coaching.
• Mentor and support engineers in low-level design, debugging, and real-time system development challenges.
• Define and maintain an effective team structure, including roles, responsibilities, operating mechanisms, and supporting infrastructure.
• Plan and manage resource allocation, including headcount planning, role definition, workload distribution, and optimisation of team utilisation across distributed teams.
• Oversee recruitment activities, including identifying hiring needs, interviewing, candidate evaluation, hiring recommendations, onboarding, and probation management.
• Maintain visibility of team capabilities (knowledge, skills, and abilities) and develop targeted training and development plans to address gaps and enhance performance.
• Facilitate clear and effective communication within the team and across stakeholders, ensuring alignment with wider organisational objectives.

Planning

• Manage project timelines, resources, and budgets, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within scope.
• Guide technical decisions, design reviews.
• Ensure robust software integration with cross-functional teams
• Drive Agile or hybrid Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices.
• Author and execute a roadmap of developments to improve the Software Engineering function, with emphasis on application-level software.
• Financial forecasting and spend tracking against approved department and project budgets.

Technical Oversight & Execution

• Provide technical leadership for the development of application-level software for Class II and Class III medical devices.
• Oversee the full software development lifecycle, including requirements definition, architecture, implementation, testing, and maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory standards and frameworks, including FDA, ISO 13485, IEC 62304, and other relevant safety standards.
• Establish and enforce high-quality software engineering practices, including code reviews, architectural governance, and design best practices.
• Contribute hands-on expertise in complex or critical technical areas when required.
• Drive design principles that support modularity, testability, maintainability, scalability.
• Oversee release quality, defect management, and c