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About the Role

The Associate Embedded Software Delivery Manager drives successful delivery across complex Embedded Software teams, taking ownership for planning, execution, risks, dependencies and delivery commitments. You will work closely with Engineering Managers, Platform Architects, Program Managers, Systems Engineering and development teams to create clarity, maintain momentum and ensure teams remain aligned to agreed outcomes. This role is about more than coordinating Agile processes. You will actively identify delivery challenges, bring the right people together, challenge assumptions, facilitate decisions and drive issues through to resolution. You do not need to be an embedded software engineer. You will, however, need the technical curiosity and credibility to understand complex engineering challenges, ask the right questions and confidently work with experienced engineering stakeholders. You will thrive in this role if you enjoy taking ownership, bringing structure to ambiguity and helping technical teams convert complex plans into dependable delivery outcomes.

Responsibilities

Own and drive squad-level delivery planning, execution and delivery commitments.
Translate platform priorities into realistic plans based on capacity, dependencies and engineering constraints.
Maintain visibility of milestones, forecasts and commitments, and take action when delivery moves off track.
Create momentum by removing blockers, driving decisions and holding yourself and others accountable for agreed outcomes.
Identify risks, dependencies and impediments before they affect delivery.
Work across teams to develop practical mitigation and recovery plans.
Balance scope, quality, technical debt, capacity, risk and delivery commitments.
Escalate appropriately while remaining accountable for driving issues through to resolution.
Support release readiness and quality-focused decisions in a highly regulated engineering environment.
Build trusted relationships across Engineering, Architecture, Systems Engineering, Program and Product teams.
Bring stakeholders together when priorities, dependencies or expectations conflict.
Challenge assumptions constructively and facilitate difficult delivery conversations.
Communicate progress, risk, trade-offs and delivery impacts clearly and proactively.
Influence outcomes without relying on formal authority and adapt communication for technical and senior audiences.
Drive sprint, backlog, release and longer-range planning activities.
Ensure priorities are translated into achievable plans based on team capacity and dependencies.
Use delivery metrics and evidence to identify emerging issues and improve predictability.
Maintain appropriate governance and visibility across milestones and commitments.
Help teams continuously improve the way they plan, execute and deliver.
Create clarity when priorities, responsibilities or requirements are still evolving.
Bring structure to complex technical environments without waiting for perfect information.
Facilitate decisions and maintain momentum through uncertainty.
Adapt plans as new technical, regulatory or business information emerges.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience owning software or engineering delivery outcomes, not simply coordinating delivery activities.
Experience working with engineering teams in technically complex environments.
Strong planning capability across priorities, capacity, dependencies, risks and delivery commitments.
Evidence of proactively identifying delivery challenges and driving them through to resolution.
Ability to operate effectively where priorities or responsibilities are ambiguous or evolving.
Strong stakeholder management and confident verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to influence, challenge constructively and facilitate difficult conversations.
Sound judgement when balancing delivery speed, quality, risk and technical considerations.
Experience with Agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, backlog management, forecasting and dependency management.
A collaborative, low-ego approach combined with a strong sense of personal accountability.
Technical curiosity and credibility to understand complex engineering challenges, ask the right questions and confidently work with experienced engineering stakeholders.
Comfortable working with experienced engineers and senior stakeholders.

Skills

Embedded software
Firmware
Mechatronics
Hardware/software product development
Agile delivery practices
Sprint planning
Backlog management
Forecasting
Dependency management
Release readiness
Software quality
Regulatory requirements
Technical risk management
Engineering delivery metrics
Delivery Manager
Technical Program Manager
Technical Project Manager
Product Owner
Engineering Lead

Experience Level

Associate

Benefits

Internal programs and employee benefits
Continuous learning
Professional development
Environment that enables thriving whilst balancing family or personal life commitments

About the Company

Cochlear’s mission is to help people hear and be heard. As the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, Cochlear is dedicated to helping people with moderate to profound hearing loss experience a world full of sound. We aim to transform the way people understand and treat hearing loss and innovate to connect people with future technologies. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping more people to experience a lifetime of hearing.
Life at Cochlear, visit www.cochlearcareers.com

Equal Opportunity

At Cochlear we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and enabling our people to realise their full potential. Through our internal programs and employee benefits, we aim to create an environment where our people will feel value and supported.