Research Team Manager - Power System - 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:

Able to lead a team with strong people management skills, to deliver the value, expected from the team.  The team manager is expected to define and implement both long term and short-term strategies, for the team, as per the overall organization strategy.

Your Responsibilities:

• Line management for a multidisciplinary research team

• Coaching project leaders for scientific excellence and professional execution of R&D projects

• Coaching team members to support their professional development and recruit new employees

• Fostering the creation of high-value research project proposals

• Contributing to technical work in research projects and pre-studies

• Maintaining and developing excellent collaboration across the organization, relevant business units and leading universities

• Positioning your team and its expertise in a landscape of evolving trends and research needs

• 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:

• You hold a PhD in relevant fields or equivalent professional experience

• Strong leadership and communication skills, and ability to manage expectations and complex interdependencies

• Previous experience in an industrial research environment

• Good knowledge of Power Grids technologies and products, and interest in new fields of research and technology

• Experience that demonstrates your team-oriented, innovative, and strategic working style

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