Director R&D Technical Lead – Animal Health

MSD

Technical Lead guiding architecture and delivery for animal health solutions in cloud and software development. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure product alignment with customer needs and market value.

Posted 5/17/2026full-timeCambridge • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate with Product Managers and designers to translate product goals into technical solutions, with a keen focus on value, business outcomes, and user experience.
Define and lead product architecture, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
Lead the product technical design and implementation of product features, ensuring alignment with product vision and customer needs, along the full product lifecycle.
Drive architectural decisions for the product, in partnership with functional technology leaders, and advocate for best practices in hardware development, software development, data, AI, testing, and deployment.
Partner with functional R&D leads to support and grow engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and technical excellence.
Mentor and coach engineers, modelling best practices across hardware, software, and data engineering.
Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Product Management, Design, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success to ensure alignment and delivery.
Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams, connecting technical teams directly with customers as appropriate.
Ensure speed to market of our products, while maintaining appropriate focus on quality, scalability, and performance.
Identify technical risks early and proactively define mitigation strategies.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, information systems or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Proven experience in system architecture / engineering, technical leadership, or leading development teams in a product-driven environment.
Strong technical expertise in relevant programming languages, frameworks, and cloud infrastructure.
Demonstrated expertise in hardware design and engineering as well as software development practices.
Deep understanding of the product development lifecycle and agile methodologies.
Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound technical decisions under uncertainty.
Experience mentoring and leading engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.
Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with customers, Product, Design, and Business Stakeholders.
Passion for building products that solve real customer problems and deliver measurable value.
A mindset of ownership, accountability, and customer focus; comfortable signing up for results and driving outcomes through others when needed.
Passion for fostering team innovation and leveraging the collective ideas and expertise of cross-functional colleagues.
Business experience in both large-scale companies and start-ups preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

system architecturehardware designsoftware developmentcloud infrastructureagile methodologiestechnical leadershipprogramming languagesdata engineeringproduct development lifecycletesting

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationmentoringleadershipinnovationcustomer focusaccountabilityownershipcross-functional teamwork

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer scienceBachelor’s degree in electrical engineeringBachelor’s degree in information systems