Head of Research Programs

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Own the applied research portfolio: research themes, hypotheses, expected impact, and success criteria. Decide which initiatives to start and which to stop, in agreement with the Head of Engineering Excellence Center (HCEE) and in line with delivery priorities.
Commission and oversee external R&D at partners (universities, research institutes, state bodies, individual experts) within agreed security and access boundaries.
Run a single intake process for research requests from projects, covering context, goals, deadlines, metrics, input data, and expected artifacts. Return incomplete requests for clarification. Prioritize requests together with Delivery Managers (DM), escalate priority conflicts to HCEE, and keep both informed on scope, timelines, risks, and status.
Assign a research group and a group lead to each initiative and agree on

Degree in engineering, physics, or applied mathematics.
10+ years of combined engineering and applied research experience, including 3+ years leading researchers or an R&D team across multiple projects.
Proven track record of turning research results into fielded products: at least one algorithm, method, or prototype brought from initial hypothesis to deployment.
Solid grasp of experimental methodology: hypothesis formulation, experiment design, metrics and baselines, statistical rigor, reproducibility, version control of code and data.
Sound technical judgment: the ability to distinguish promising research directions from dead ends early and to stop work that is not converging.