Senior Manager - R&D
Overview
A Senior Manager - R&D plans and directs all aspects of development activities within their teams. This means that they ensure all engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with the organization's established policies and objectives. They report into a Director of R&D or in some cases the VP of R&D. They work closely with R&D Leadership, Product Management and the Security Services(S2) to ensure their teams are building what our customers and users need in a timely fashion. Senior Managers have a large scope of leadership and can have multiple managers and/or leads reporting to them. Senior managers can also have specialized subject matter expertise within the technical areas their teams work in.
Scope of Role
Generates and manages day to day work for team(s). Works with Product Team to define and deliver on the 6 month roadmap. Is also a key contributor to longer term planning and strategy with their Director.
Responsibilities
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Manage team(s) that will deliver high quality, innovative software solutions, in collaboration with stakeholders such as architects, developers, product managers, CSEs and prod support people.
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Support the team by providing direction, clarity and removing obstacles.
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Instil the Foundation of the R&D in their teams by living them on a daily basis.
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Execute the Product roadmap
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Ensure teams are highly motivated, performing well, and delivering work on time.
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Remove any blockers preventing teams from getting their work done.
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Make sure each team is clear on the objectives and goals they are striving to achieve.
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Work with team members to deliver the key features
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Work with Architects to define and execute on the company's technical roadmap.
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Implement the R&D Department and the related team responsibilities.
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Oversee the full software development life cycle.
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Ensure their teams is following ISMS regulations
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Secure Coding Practices
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Acceptable Use
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Develop careers of team members
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Regular One on Ones
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Career and personal development coaching
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Execute administrative responsibilities
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Manage employee compensation and vacation time
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Manage and approve conference and training budgets
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Involved in helping set and manage the Directorate level budget
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Has strong financial management skills
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Recruitment
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Lead recruitment efforts for their team(s) for both full-time and co-op employees.
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Be a key contributor to planning, hiring and recruitment strategy for their teams
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Mentor each team member; help them grow their technical and leadership skills.
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Establish career development plans and achievable goals for your reports and support their ongoing growth.
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Drive continuous development process improvements.
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Build collaborative relationships with other teams and stakeholders within the organization.
Security Requirements
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Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AW’s Information Security policies, standards, processes, and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of AW business information assets.
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Must pass a criminal background check and an employment verification as a condition of employment.
Top Skills
What We Do
The cybersecurity industry has an effectiveness problem. Every year new technologies, vendors, and solutions emerge, and yet despite this constant innovation we continue to see high profile breaches in the headlines. All organizations know they need better security, but the dizzying array of options leave resource-constrained IT and security leaders wondering how to proceed. At Arctic Wolf, our mission is to End Cyber Risk through effective security operations. To achieve this, we believe that organizations must do three key things: