Job Description Summary

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Vice President, Verification & Test Automation Engineering to define and execute the strategy for verification and testing of all software, systems and AI-enabled solutions. This role ensures that products are built correctly according to approved requirements, specifications, and risk controls. This role owns testing engineering, automation, system verification, AI verification and release quality evidence, while partnering closely with Product, Quality, Regulatory, and Validation teams.
This is a critical leadership role in a fast-growing, innovation-driven team focused on delivering transformative healthcare solutions.

Job Description

Position Title: VP, Verification & Test Automation Engineering

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Vice President, Verification & Test Automation Engineering to define and execute the strategy for verification and testing of all software, systems and AI-enabled solutions. This role ensures that products are built correctly according to approved requirements, specifications, and risk controls. This role owns testing engineering, automation, system verification, AI verification and release quality evidence, while partnering closely with Product, Quality, Regulatory, and Validation teams.

This is a critical leadership role in a fast-growing, innovation-driven team focused on delivering transformative healthcare solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Verification Strategy & Governance: Define and own the verification strategy across software, systems and AI. Establish risk-based verification frameworks aligned to product classification and system criticality. Ensure full traceability from requirements to verification artifacts to objective evidence. Serve as the executive owner of verification readiness prior to release activities.
• Software & System Verification: Lead verification across cloud platforms, mobile applications and system integrations. Drive automation first verification across unit, integration, system, regression, performance and stress testing. Embed verification into CI/CD pipelines with measurable coverage and quality gates. Influence architecture and design decisions to improve testability and verification efficiency.
• AI/ML Verification: Define verification strategies for AI/ML components including function correctness, performance consistency and robustness under defined operating conditions. Establish controlled processes for model versioning, reproducibility and chang impact verification.
• Regulatory & Quality Alignment: Ensure verification practices comply with applicable quality system and regulatory expectations. Act as leadership partner during audits and inspections for verification related evidence. Define verification documentation standards and ensure inspection ready artifacts. Support risk management activities by providing objective verification evidence.
• Organization Leadership: Build and lead a global Verification & Test Automation Engineering organization. Define roles across test engineering, automation platforms and system verification. Develop talent, technical depth and leadership succession within the organization. Fost a culture of engineering rigor, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Cross Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product Management, Product Security, Legal, Regulatory, Quality Assurance) to ensure successful release of product software. Influence planning and execution to ensure verification scales with product complexity.
• Performance Metrics: Be accountable for key performance metrics and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Agile Implementation: Champion the implementation of agile software development methodologies across the enterprise.
• Process Reviews: Conduct regular process reviews and assessments to identify areas for improvement and implement changes as needed.
• Cultural Fit and Contribution: Ensure alignment with the company’s culture and values, contributing positively to the organizational culture.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• 15+ years of progressive experience in within the medical device verification, or quality engineering
• 10+ years in senior test engineering leadership roles
• Extensive experience with software and system verification
• Strong understanding of SDLC, CI/CD, automation and test frameworks
• Experience operating in regulation or high-reliability environments
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

• Strong sense of teamwork and collaboration that empowers a team first culture and continuous learning
• Focused “results” orientation. Clearly able to distinguish efforts from results.
• Ability to influence, engage and partner closely with various stakeholders across all levels of the business
• Strong communication (written/oral) and presentation skills that can effectively bridge the gap between technical and business audiences
• Personal courage in leadership and decision-making
• Collects and analyzes data to influence decision making, establish performance targets, and analyze results
• Combines strategic planning to paint the big picture with tactical execution to ensure business objectives are achieved
• Ability to lead execution multiple concurrent efforts

Additional Requirements:

• Southern California location. 

For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.

Why Join Us?

A career at BD means being part of a team that values your opinions and contributions and that encourages you to bring your authentic self to work. It’s also a place where we help each other be great, we do what’s right, we hold each other accountable, learn and improve every day.   

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of health. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow, and thrive. And find satisfaction in doing your part to make the world a better place.   

To learn more about BD visit https://bd.com/careers

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