Sw R&d Manager

**About this opportunity**:
Within Cognitive Software Engineering, we offer the opportunity to collaborate with highly qualified teams all around the world and enable success stories for our customers.

As a SW R&D Manager, you will play a meaningful role in the operation of the business, supervising and managing a unit and acting as a liaison between employees and higher management.

Within our Network Diagnostics product area, you will be responsible for a software development team, composed of multiple profiles, which are required to effectively release our products. Your expertise in both management & technology will be essential to lead your team to success and to make a significant impact in the field.

**What you will do**:
**Translate BCSS/CNS/CSE strategies into unit strategy and actions**:

- Translate and communicate strategic plans into local plans for the unit, setting priorities and targets
- Manage targets and objectives for the unit and follow up on performance
- Connect strategies with day-to-day operations, communicating how unit tasks contribute to the overarching strategies and visions

**Workforce planning, Recruitment**:

- Manage and forecast the resource/competence planning in the unit
- Recruit talent ensuring diversity, and manage onboarding of new employees
- Participate in annual budget setting and quarterly cost forecasting
- Follow-up on cost targets, implementing corrective actions as required

**Drive performance management of the unit**:

- Ensure adherence to global processes methods and tools
- Identify and mitigate risks and secure execution of the internal controls applicable to our unit
- Continuous monitoring of achievement toward targets & change management when required
- Review deliverables & support testing, proof of concepts or first-time implementation when required
- Unit Performance shall be reported in regular Performance Reviews in Leadership Team
- Managers are accountable for other elements of unit performance management, such as Voice for collecting feedback from employees and developing associated plans
- Support maintaining records of the performance, relevant trainings, and other records / documents of the team member, as appliable

**Individual Performance Management**:

- Set individual goals and targets for the team and team members
- Discuss the importance of integrity and integrity goals, ensuring that individual performance is achieved in an ethical and compliant manner
- Follow-up on performance of individuals, fostering honest and transparent feedback, and conducting annual appraisal and impact assessment
- Provide coaching support to team members and support improvement action plans
- Include health, safety, and well-being into everyday conversations

**Drive Competence and Career Management**:

- Develop plans for individual/team development connected to business needs
- Perform competence inventory in the team & participate in individual assessments as assessor
- Support team members with competence and career development
- Drive everyday learning
- Develop leadership skills in others, and instill our culture of integrity
- Plan job rotations

**Drive Innovation & Improvements**:

- Foster new ideas for product & process improvements and automation
- Identify and implement best methodologies, and improvement programs to boost unit performance in our hybrid work context
- Identify and address barriers to performance
- Drive relevant issues for the team
- Share knowledge and use collaboration tools
- Drives quality & excellence within the team, as well as a speak-up environment.

**Manage Pay, Rewards & Recognition**:

- Perform salary review and drive its communication
- Recognize and award individuals for achievements and for behaviors consistent with our values
- Manage time reporting and approvals (expenses, etc.), with full adherence to related company policies

**You will bring**:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. A Master's degree is preferred.
- Proven experience as an R&D Director/Manager or Program/Project Manager in the software development industry, leading remote teams, with a focus on cloud-based solutions.
- Demonstrated success in managing complex, large-scale software development projects, including experience with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
- Proficient in management tools and software, such as SAP, JIRA, Confluence, PowerBI, MS Suite, Microsoft Project, etc
- Excellent leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate and create an impact.
- Fluent English is a must, written and spoken
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail and a results oriented attitude.
- Experience in the software development life cycle, including requirements analysis