R&D Team Manager - Digital Solutions- IDC

Business Information:

Hitachi Energy India Development Centre (IDC) is a research and development facility with around 500 R&D engineers, specialists, and experts, who focus on creating and sustaining digital solutions, new products and technology. This includes product integration, testing, cybersecurity, and certification.  The India Development Centre is situated in Chennai and Bangalore. IDC collaborates with the R&D and Research centres of Hitachi Energy, which are spread across more than 15 locations throughout 12 countries.
In the past 20 years, IDC has secured more than 200 international papers and 150+ patents.

Mission Statement:

We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic.  Hitachi Energy has a proven record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries

Your Responsibilities:

• Responsibility of technology team, manage planning, execution of research and development (R&D) activities and resources. Support the team with facilitating role (RTE) or similar.

• Ensure quality, cost, timeliness of deliverables and stakeholders satisfaction. 

• Ensure cross-function, cross tech. line/business collaboration e.g. product management, portfolio management etc.

• People management, promote sustainable competence and talent development.

• Create inspiring team’s vision connected with organization’s vision & strategy, promote innovation spirit and operation excellence.

• Committed to foster a culture of health, safety and integrity woven in everyday work.

• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your Background:

• Master’s degree, strong technical background within power system or software development, preferably in HVDC, FACTS etc.

• Knowledge of Digital analytics will be an added advantage

• Passion for people and technology, smart collaborator, strong in decision making, right inner drive to deliver in a dynamic environment

• Prior experience in R&D, people management are preferable

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.