VP Engineering

Meet the Team:

This mission-critical leadership role is responsible for defining and leading the company’s front-end innovation function, with accountability for identifying high-value growth opportunities and translating them into clear, differentiated, and actionable product concepts and demonstrate technical and market feasibility. The role establishes the strategic direction, operating model, decision framework and feasibility of innovation efforts focused on expanding the company’s sensing platform into new care settings, adjacent markets, new analytes, and disease states. This position will also play a leadership role in Dexcom’s corporate venture capital effort.

Operating at the intersection of strategy, clinical insight, product definition, design, and technology, this leader ensures the organization is pursuing the right opportunities and developing high-quality concepts that are clinically meaningful, strategically aligned, technically plausible, and ready for transition into formal development. The role is responsible for building and leading a small, high-caliber cross-functional team that owns the front end of innovation from opportunity identification through concept development, technical and market feasibility and handoff to downstream development organizations.

Where you come in:

• Establish and manage the strategic direction and priorities for an innovation pipeline to drive future opportunities for growth, including expansion beyond current core indications, new analytes, adjacent disease states, care settings, and new product concepts.

• Build and lead integrated cross-functional and matrixed teams spanning market strategy, clinical and medical strategy, product concept leadership, product design, prototyping and technical feasibility.

• Lead the creation and management of a robust innovation pipeline based on unmet customer and clinical needs, market attractiveness, strategic alignment, platform leverage, and competitive differentiation.

• Ensure prioritized opportunities are translated into well-defined product concepts with clear target users, use cases, clinical and customer value, differentiated positioning, and concept-level requirements.

• Integrate subject matter expertise across system architecture, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, system integration, sensor technology, and algorithm technology to evaluate feasibility, resolve key technical uncertainties, and inform concept selection.

• Ensure concepts are developed with sufficient clarity and rigor to support effective handoff into downstream product development teams.

• Communicate innovation strategy, portfolio health, key risks, and major recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders.

• Maintain awareness of relevant external developments, including emerging technologies, evolving care models, competitor activity, clinical trends, and market shifts.

• Lead efforts to identify, evaluate, and help shape external innovation opportunities that are strategically aligned with Dexcom’s long-term growth priorities, technology roadmap, and platform expansion objectives, including the targeting of suitable corporate venture capital investment opportunities.

What makes you successful:

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree or Advanced degree (highly preferred) PHD, MBA, MS, MD in bioengineering, engineering, life sciences, business, or a related field plus 15–20+ years of experience in medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, or related healthcare technology industries.

• Demonstrated experience leading front-end innovation efforts using need-driven innovation principles, preferably including formal training or experience with Stanford Biodesign or similar methodologies.

• Combination of strategy and operational product leadership experience, including responsibility for advancing new medical device or healthcare technology concepts from opportunity identification through product development and market introduction.

• Significant experience in innovation leadership, product strategy, front-end product development, new market development, platform expansion strategy, and evaluation of external innovation opportunities, partnerships, or venture-related initiatives.

• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams in regulated environments and working with complex products that combine clinical value, technology, user experience, and market strategy.

• Strong communication, presentation, and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead through ambiguity.

Additional Experience (Strongly Preferred):

• Familiarity with continuous sensing platforms, wearables, chronic disease management, or adjacent monitoring technologies.

• Experience leading advanced technology, feasibility, or early prototyping teams that bridge research, systems engineering, sensor technology, algorithms, and downstream product development.

• Proven ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and create clarity from uncertainty.

• Strong business and market acumen, including the ability to assess strategic fit, commercial potential, and competitive differentiation.

• Experience assessing external technologies, startups, venture opportunities, strategic partnerships, or adjacent innovation ecosystems to inform corporate strategy and long-term growth decisions.

• Demonstrated ability to build and lead small, high-performing senior teams and establish clear decision rights and operating cadence.

What you’ll get:

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.

• A full and comprehensive benefits program.

• Growth opportunities on a global scale.

• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.

• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

Travel Required:

• 0-25%

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree with 20+ years of industry experience

• 15+ years of successful leadership experience in relevant industry

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at [email protected].

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at [email protected].

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Salary:

$220,800.00 - $458,600.00