Requirements Engineer Lead

About the role

The Research and Development Digital Innovation team within CooperSurgical leads efforts to translate user needs into product solutions and define and document product development requirements. The Requirements Engineer Lead is a leadership role responsible for leading product development and championing best practices in requirements management, business analysis, and technical product ownership. This role works cross-functionally to ensure Cooper delivers user-centric and cutting-edge solutions in Fertility and Women’s Health spaces.

As a Requirements Engineer Lead, you will work on product definition of software solutions both as stand-alone applications and as part of system solutions. You will ensure functional and non-functional requirements meet user and business needs while supporting the entire product development life cycle from ideation through launch.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with users and product marketing to understand user needs and business objectives.
• Conduct analysis of user journeys, workflows, and use cases.
• Translate user needs into product requirements, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria for development sprints.
• Work with development and testing teams to ensure user stories and acceptance criteria are clearly understood.
• Collaborate with UI/UX leads to support translation of requirements into visual and interactive design assets.
• Document, manage, and prioritize product backlog, ensuring alignment with evolving requirements and business goals.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment on technical requirements, timelines, and priorities.
• Actively participate in agile meetings to maintain transparency on progress, impediments, and successes.
• Own and maintain comprehensive product documentation, including user guides and release notes.
• Champion best practices in requirements engineering and technical product ownership.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Requirements Engineer or Technical Product Owner for Agile teams in a Software Development environment.
• Ability to define customer journeys, understand user needs, and ensure requirements deliver meaningful user value.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and align diverse stakeholders (business, engineering, UX, QA).
• Experience eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and validating functional and non-functional requirements (e.g., user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria).
• Hands-on experience prioritizing backlogs, defining MVP scope, and working closely with cross-functional Agile teams.
• Strong technical background with a good understanding of software development methodologies, solution architecture, and cloud technologies.
• Proficiency in tools like Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar for backlog management and documentation.
• Experience creating and managing traceability matrices (RTM) linking requirements to design, risk controls, verification, and validation activities.
• Understanding of embedded systems, SaMD (Software as a Medical Device), interoperability (HL7, FHIR), and data integrity requirements.
• Familiarity with FDA regulations (21 CFR Part 820), ISO 13485, IEC 62304, HIPAA, and software validation requirements in regulated healthcare environments.
• Ability to lead without authority, facilitate workshops, and drive consensus across technical and business teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Outcome-focused and detail-oriented mindset, including process discipline and drive for timely project completion.

Qualifications

• Minimum BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or similar field. Master’s degree preferred.

Work Environment

• Occasional domestic and international travel.
• On-site from an office in Trumbull, CT or Livingston, NJ.

Benefits

• Great compensation package, including medical coverage and 401(k).
• Parental leave and fertility benefits.
• Paid time off for vacation, personal, sick, and holidays.
• Multiple other perks and benefits.