A Manager, R&D plans and directs all aspects of development activities within their teams. This means they ensure all engineering projects, initiatives, and processes conform to the organizations established policies and objectives. They report into a Senior Manager or 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. A Manager can have multiple team and technical leads reporting to them.
As a Manager, R&D at Arctic Wolf, you will
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.
Works with Product Team to define and deliver on the 3-month roadmap.
Support the team by providing direction, clarity and removing obstacles.
Execute the Product roadmap by:
Ensuring teams are highly motivated, performing well, and delivering work on time.
Remove any blockers preventing teams from getting their work done.
Making sure each team is clear on the objectives and goals they are striving to achieve.
Working with team members to deliver the key features.
Working with Architects to define and execute on the companys technical roadmap.
Establish career development plans and achievable goals for your reports and support their ongoing growth.
Develop and mentor careers of team members by executing regular one on ones, helping them grow their technical and leadership skills.
Drive continuous development process improvements.
Build collaborative relationships with other teams and stakeholders within the organization.
Oversee the full software development life cycle.
Ensure their teams is following ISMS regulations:
Secure Coding Practice.
Acceptable Use.
Execute administrative responsibilities:
Manage employee compensation and vacation time.
Manage and approve conference and training budgets.
Recruitment:
Lead recruitment efforts for their team(s) for both full-time and co-op employees.