Principle Reseach and Development Architecture and Methodology Strateg

Next Ventures are currently executing a search for a Principle Research and Development Methodology Strategist for a exciting project at our clients research and decelopment centure in Stockholm.

Job Summary:
Our Clients R&D Competence Centre is responsible for corporate level product design competence improvement and R&D product development efficiency driver, including architecture and system design, design for "X"-ability, system engineering and software engineering, product development productivity methodology and tools infrastructure.
R&D Competence Centre is planning to establish the next generation RnD methodology framework, to integrate and leverage all the new RnD methodologies and methods, to adapt the products development demand of multiple BG.

Responsibilities
1. Provide industry trends and insight analysis of RnD model, methodologies and tools, based on our clients current RnD productivity improvement challenges, situation, status analysis, and corporate high-level demand, to lead the gap analysis, best practice analysis, strategic directions and roadmap.
2. Focus on essential and critical elements of software R&D competence and productivity, including product development process, methodology, tools infrastructure, information architecture and software engineering.
3. Drive the strategy planning which covers 2~5 years forward, to lead clients corporate level future key R&D competence, key methodology and tools definition and innovation, to deliver the strategy planning report and project Charter.
4. Guide the pilot project team, lead the key competence improvement to be the same level of industry benchmark.
5. Incubate and define new idea, method and tools.
6. Guide and participate external technology communication and cooperation, including universities, tools and method vendors, industrial companies and partners. Build and lead an external and internal strategic vision committee.

Qualifications
1. 15+ years' experience in R&D management and productivity improvement, product development and software engineering related process, methodologies and tools.
2. 10+ years Software engineering and software development experience in telecom, IT or Internet industry.
3. More than 2 years' experience in business and strategy planning on software engineering or architecture design.
4. Very good experience on driving and leading company wise and across BG projects.
5. Rich experience in traditional and new product development process and methodologies, E2E tools chain and infrastructure. Deep understanding of methodologies such as Agile, waterfall, XP, scrums. RUP, open sources, cloud computing, Iaas, PaaS, big data, data mining and data analytics.

Good communication and documenting skills, good team working and problem solving skills, demonstrated ability to be mentor.

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