The VP of Research & Development (VP R&D) plays a pivotal role in the future of the company. As the VP R&D you will be a hybrid technical, business, and people mentor. You will have overall responsibility for product management, documentation, software development, QA and dev-ops.
This position can be located anywhere in North America, with preference given for locations near a current Harris office.
The Technical Visionary
Provide an overall vision for product and technical roadmap
Drive best practices for all R&D processes including: product delivery, rollout, feedback and internal/external communication
Drive initiatives and solutions for the product and technical teams.
The Business Visionary
Be financially savvy
Innovate and evolve the business
Integrate customers into the overall strategy
The People Visionary
Build effective teams
Work with existing teams/structure
Build, listen to, and develop effective teams/team members
Bring departments together
What you will contribute:
Support and grow the product development team
Take part in product planning and task assignment
Own the product roadmap and communicate with all stakeholders
Steer product management committees to assess product mix and marketing strategy
Collaborate on strategic marketing plans for each product or product lines
Drive innovative ideas, solutions and products through leadership and definitive action
Directly and indirectly guide and support a team of 50
What we are looking for:
10+ years of management experience
Experience with SDLC/ coding best practices
What will make you stand out:
Certified Scrum Product Owner
PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner
Experience leading ERP/Financial product teams
Experience with on-premise to cloud migration projects
