Synchro are proud to be working exclusively on site with an industry leading client in Berkshire and recruiting on their behalf for a Global Head of Research and Software Development to join their leadership team. My client is currently embarking on a large-scale global agile transformation and are streamlining their product suites and moving the business to a productised offering.
We are seeking an individual who has a deep understanding of agile and can scale up the development capability on an enterprise level. In addition to this, they are moving away from a legacy monolithic platform to a serverless microservices architecture build with a focus on using data more to help with ROI. You will be responsible for circa 250 employees globally with a plan to increase this to 400-500 over the next 12 months.
As a member of the newly created executive leadership team this role has high visibility within the organisation and will be pivotal to the continued success of our client. We are seeking a commercially astute, technology leader who possesses creativity, innovation, pragmatism and above all the ability to deliver a new development strategy.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- Elevate the efficiency and impact of the research and development effort by developing/streamlining data and analytic processes in line with our global strategy
- Lead the development of market share through the design and launch of productization of software solutions
- Introducing strong and technology focused leadership into an established but growing multi-disciplined software development team
- Communicate and evolve strong stakeholder relationships globally
- Taking a global view of software development activity and unifying strategy and business leaders toward a common output
- Building and developing the capability of the team via department leaders aligned to product and projects
- Responsibility for the technology used in the product portfolio as well as the compliance and certification of the product portfolio
- Delivering design related quality, performance and cost targets
- Contributing to the product strategy process across the business unit, including promoting lean and agile ways of delivering value
- Leading and developing the competencies within your team aligned to the long-term strategy of the business
ROLE: Global Head of Software Development / Research and Development / CTO
LOCATION: Berkshire
SALARY: Up to £150,000
BENEFITS: Competitive
Please contact Chi Ming Lau at Synchro to explore this fantastic exclusive opportunity further or apply through this job posting and we will be in touch.
Keywords: Head of Software Development, Head of Development, Chief Software Officer, Product Strategy, Global Head of Research and Development, Research and Development, Product Director, Product Manager, Head of Software Development, Head of Research Development, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Software Officer, Vice President Product Management, VP Product Development
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