The department Public Address - part of the Communications product area - is concerned with the development of hardware and software solutions for the PRAESENSA Public Address and Voice Alarm systems. These systems are high-end, secure, redundant, supervised and used globally in very visible locations like airports, shopping malls, cruise ships and public transportation. The work includes all stages of product development from a feasibility study to final test and release of the product for mass production. This is done with the use of state of the art development methods, tools and components.
The Group leader of Software Development, directs and coordinates activities of the software engineering group
Your contribution to something big:
- Responsible for Software Release Train
- Responsible for career development of direct reports
- Acts as Agile Project Leader to the software group
- Acts as Manager to the software group
- Enable the organization to deliver software of all projects on commitment: time, quality and cost
- Enables professional development of direct reports
- Define the software engineering R&D strategy
- Member of the engineering leadership team
- Has around 10 direct reports
Key areas of responsibility
- Manages department activities to design, implement, test and maintain software
- Responsible for planning and tracking, including dependencies with other R&D Disciplines
- Understands and defends software development cost estimation, ROI
- Works closely with Business Line and Product Managers to determine R&D priorities and initiatives
- Estimates personnel needs, recruits and develops top talent
Requirements
What distinguishes you:
- Hands-on working experience with software development
- Agile/scrum/kanban/SAFe experience with leading, planning, tracking, scrum master
- Experience with hybrid waterfall/agile projects
- Experienced in leading multi-site technical teams, connecting, inspiring and motivating people
- Excellent team leadership skills
- Excellent communicator
- Willing to travel between company locations and customer locations, including international
- Specific knowledge of communications systems is a plus
- Experience as product owner is a plus
Personal & professional attributes
- Ability to turn ideas and concepts into a coherent technology strategy and road map
- Leader with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with employees at all levels and cultures
- Entrepreneurial mindset and result orientation with strong customer focus
- Ability to act as a business leader, influence others and initiate change, working with cross functional teams
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