Description
This position will act as a strategic partner and advisor in terms of technology, innovation, intellectual property, know-how, organizational technical core competency, R&D strategy, product commercialization, and program execution. This role works closely with strategic product, technology and venture partners to define the needs being addressed in each R&D program and deliver the concepts, capabilities, designs, and plans to meet these needs. This role will also ensure that R&D projects are delivered on time, in budget and that the products meet specifications.
On any given day, you might:
- Collaborate with key Product, Business, and Technical partners to identify, understand, and prioritize key productneeds in the backlog based on impact, complexity, cost and demand.
- Drive and empower experimentation with emerging technologies including GenAI, with tooling, frameworks, guardrails, models and environments.
- Delivers a robust roadmap of useful capabilities to meet the needs of the R&D team as well as partners who rely on the group for early stage technologies.
- Navigate and understand a complex and rapidly evolving technology space with an open mind, creative problem solving skills, and a bias for early action.
- Operationalize and monitor key change management activities to ensure pilots and experiments are meeting targets.
- Partner across the organization to lead R&D efforts and processes in acquiring an in-depth understanding of the customer needs, and applying both strategic and tactical methods to stay on top of the evolving trends in the competitive landscape.
- Act as both a strategic problem solver and architect for the future technology and capability needs of CTO R&D to implement business strategy.
- Drive continuous organizational and leadership development to enable R&D growth.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, or Engineering.
- At least 4 years of project management, product management and/or leadership experience in technology roles.
- A deep understanding of the FinTech industry generally.
- Proven track record building, launching and driving products through the lifecycle.
- Ability to bring innovative thinking couples with practical execution to solve multi-dimensional issues.
- Demonstrated leadership and management experience in working with cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams on complex projects.
- Highly focused on delivering products that meet the needs of patients and customers.
- Ability to influence leadership to adopt new ideas, products and/or approaches
- Brings support and positive attributes to a culture that is respectful, supportive, goal oriented, scientific and diverse.
- Must have ability to read and understand complex contracts of the business, work with the legal and transaction teams and operate the R&D program in awareness of the foregoing.
