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VP R&D - for one of our startup companies

Overview
Skills
  • DevOps DevOps ꞏ 8y
  • Building High-Performance Systems ꞏ 8y
  • Enterprise SaaS ꞏ 8y
  • Fault-Tolerant Systems ꞏ 8y
  • Large-Scale Systems ꞏ 8y
  • QA ꞏ 8y
  • R&D ꞏ 8y
  • ROI Evaluation ꞏ 8y
  • Software Engineering ꞏ 8y
We are looking for a technological leader, with strong interpersonal and managerial skills who is a team player. Taking end-to-end responsibility for the company’s R&D strategy, performance, and delivering high-quality software solutions on tight schedules in a fast-paced environment to push the company forward.

Your Responsibilities:

  • End-to-End responsibility for the company's R&D vision, performance, and deliverables
  • Managing the entire engineering group – lead multiple teams in a fast-paced, Agile environment to support the evolving business
  • Engage in the process of building the company's roadmap, as a member of the company's leadership team
  • Develop high-performance, fault-tolerant, scalable distributed software systems.
  • Ensure 100% customer satisfaction through our product development, design, and deployment
  • Manage the group’s metrics and OKRs based on R&D and company goals.
  • Mentor, coach and retain key talents through effective mentorship, coaching and succession planning
  • Managing multiple, development projects from conception to completion, and ensuring quality outcomes
  • Working along with the Sales & Marketing team.
  • Business Travel internationally may be required occasionally

Requirements:

  • B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 8-10 years of experience leading, managing, and scaling R&D teams, in startup environments
  • Experienced in leading 30+ employees (Including Software Engineers, DevOps, QA, etc.)
  • Experience in building teams, hiring, coaching, and motivating staff through learning and development
  • Experience in building high-performance, fault-tolerant and large-scale systems
  • Experience with building successful products while working together with product managers
  • Deep understanding of R&D built for enterprise SaaS offering
  • Firm understanding of evaluating ROI of R&D projects
  • Good understanding of R&D interface with the business
  • Full proficiency in English
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