At Fresenius Medical Care, we are the global leader in kidney care, committed to improving the lives of patients with chronic kidney disease. Our mission is to deliver high-quality, innovative products, services, and care across the entire healthcare journey. Guided by our vision—“Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day.”—we work with purpose and compassion, supported by a global team of over 125,000 employees.

Our values guide how we work: 

We Care for our patients, each other, and our communities We Connect across teams and borders to deliver excellence together We Commit to doing things the right way— growing with purpose and leading kidney care with integrity and innovation 

As a key leader serving Agile product teams, the Capability Architect (m/f/d) will steer the creation of best-in-class customer experiences, business solutions and operational processes driving value for our customers, team members and stakeholders.

Your assignments:

Primary responsibility to create, elaborate, refine, and prioritize Agile team backlogs as well as to author user, defect, and enable stories within the team backlogsDevelop detailed feature specifications, work instructions and training to ensure they’re clearly understood by relevant teamsDrive efficient increment and iteration planning through clearly communicating product needsWrite acceptance criteria and acceptance tests aligned with product value and team Definition of Done (DoD)Collaborate with team leadership to determine overall objectives for functional increments of team and program value delivery and report product progressCollaborate with capability and solution architecture to ensure effective dependency managementEngage with architects and delivery managers to properly sequence release schedulesCo-Lead team iteration demonstrations to stakeholders and sponsors of the Agile teamParticipate in increment and iteration retrospectives to help drive continuous improvementEngage with other capability architects and process owners throughout the overall delivery program to identify common blockers, improve quality and reduce time to release

Your profile:

Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or engineering fieldSeveral years of experience in leading software product development in healthcare or minimum 5 years leading technology delivery within a business department. Previous experience in Product Development, Technical Project Management or Software Engineering is valuable and transferableStrong management skills with the ability to lead cohesive and productive teamsStrong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of management through diplomacy and tactProven applications functional knowledge, including relevant best practices of a large-scale PLM systemsKnowledge of CMII is an advantageKnowledge in our core systems (Windchill, Modeler, Thingworx)Knowledge in Azure DevOps and Agile principlesFluent in English and GermanWillingness to travel within Europe, Asia and US

Our Offer for you: 

There is a lot you can discover at Fresenius Medical Care, regardless in which field you are an expert and how much experience you have - all dedicated to your professional journey. 

Whether in front of or behind the scenes - you are helping to make ever better medicine available to more and more people around the world Individual opportunities for self-determined career planning and professional development A corporate culture in which there is enough room for innovative thinking - to find the best solution together, not the quickest one A large number of committed people with a wide range of skills, talents and experience The benefits of a successful global corporation with the collegial culture of a medium-sized company