Looking for an experienced Head of R&D for a key executive position. The Head of R&Dwill reside mostly in belarus and oversee the development and testing engineers.
He or she, will travel constantly and worwith the teams there on both day-to-day delivery aspects and projects and on improving the quality and capacity of the teams.
Roles and Responsibilities
* Responsible for the delivery of the studios various product lines.
* Responsible both for the development and testing aspects of the product.
* Responsible for recruitment of both the development and testing engineers.
* Responsible for work methodologies and tools across all disciplines in the R&D and testing units, setting coding and coding review standards, testing standards, interfaces and hand-over procedures with internal customers, build and release management processes etc.
* Responsible for full lifecycle of the product, from planning, to development, to testing and to supporting the product in production.
* Will work hands on with senior R&D management staff to improve their managerial skills and assist with day-to-day dilemmas and issues.
* Responsible for interaction and integration of the studios products with 3rd parties (on the technical side).
* Works closely with the Architect / System Analysis team to drive the overall company technology roadmap.
* Works closely within the R&D to drive the R&Ds internal Technological roadmap.
Requirements:
* Degree in Computer Sciences- a must.
* Experience with leading an R&D team of at least 100+ people - a must.
* Experience working with offshore teams a must.
* A strong background in either Internet or Gaming products both on web and mobile- an advantage.
* Experience in a startup setting an advantage.
* Willingness to travel.
* Demonstrated team building and leadership skills.
* Highly dynamic and fast paced thinker.
* Hands on experience with agile development methodologies.