R&D Director

Company: Assa Abloy AB
Location: Olney
Posted on: April 2, 2021

Job Description:

Are you looking for a--challenging role in a--busy Research & Development department? Do you want to be a part of a growing international company where you have the opportunities for professional development within the Traka ASSA ABLOY Group? As an--R&D Director based in Olney UK, you will have the chance of leading a rapidly growing team of software (both dev and ops), electronic and mechanical engineers . The team is responsible for developing electromechanical products and software solutions from concepts into successful launches in close cooperation with the Product Management team. Your Mission As a successful R&D Director, your main mission will be to introduce strong people and technology focused leadership into an established but rapidly growing multi-discipline team, consisting of mostly engineers, in order to further build the organization. You will be responsible to for developing R&D methods, building the team as well as leading the management of design within across the Traka product range. You will build the capability of the team by developing resources and ensure competence to deliver on the product roadmaps and project portfolios provided by product management. You will be responsible for the technology used in the product portfolio in scope. Furthermore, you will be responsible for the compliance and certification of product portfolio. You will be responsible for delivering on the design related quality, performance and cost targets set for the portfolio and contribute to the product strategy process within Traka. This will include promoting lean and agile ways of delivering value through the technology team. You will lead and develop the competence within your teams to fit the company's long-term strategy and develop solutions to design challenges with constraints on cost, quality and performance. You will report directly to our CTO for the Traka Group.
-- What We Are Looking For As a person you have strong drive for results and the determination to deliver according to plan. You have excellent communication skills where you can be very clear in what you want but also able to interact on different levels of the organization. You will have an inquisitive mind and keen eye for detail. You need to have worked in a similar position before and have a track record with strong leadership capabilities (5-10 years). You will have led R&D departments focusing on electromechanical and software development and further have cross functional working experience. You will have driven enterprise level software development using Agile practices such as Scrum. You will have an engineering degree or equivalent, preferably a technical master within Electronics, Mechanics or Software and are fluent in both verbal and written English. We are offering an exciting job in an expansive company. For the right person this is an excellent opportunity to grow within the company.

• Experience of working with agile teams or lean project management methodologies.
• Experience in developing enterprise level desktop applications, web-based applications, web services and cloud hosted software as a service solutions.
• Experience in developing electromechanical based products.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence or similar The ASSA ABLOY Group is the global leader in access solutions. The Group operates worldwide with 48,500 employees and sales of 8,2 billion euros. The Group has leading positions in areas such as efficient door openings, trusted identities and entrance automation. ASSA ABLOY's innovations enable safe, secure and convenient access to physical and digital places. Every day, we help billions of people experience a more open world.

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