Our client's Innovation and Fintech team are seeking an experienced R&D Team Lead to join the team in Ireland, reporting to the Head of the Innovation Lab in New York. The successful candidate will be responsible for development, deployment, and continuous improvement of an R&D portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead a small but growing hybrid team principally located in Tralee, Ireland.
2. Serve as a leader with a vision for R&D IT as it relates to technology and solutions that enable business discovery, exploration, and experimentation.
3. Partner with Business, IT and R&D leaders to clarify requirements and prepare appropriate project deliverables and requirements.
4. Supervise the authoring of documentation such as requirements specifications, data models, test plans, and other SDLC deliverables.
5. Drive the execution of IT projects in collaboration with business and internal technology partners, team, management, university partners and Fintechs.
6. Define, lead, and implement technical work, software integration, and data integration activities.
7. Ensure full visibility into all programs by keeping leadership informed of technical progress and issues, including impact on time, resources, and delivery.
8. Ensure value of R&D technology spend with partners is realized through efficiency and productivity savings as outlined through business cases.
9. Partner with Innovation leads – Heads of Partnerships, Digital Strategy and Labs – as well as other select Americas and EMEA leadership to understand and deliver on the needs of business stakeholders.
10. Work with Head of Labs to define, develop and apply procedures and best practices.
11. Contribute to