Director of R&D

We have a requirement for a Director of R&D for one of our private sector clients.

Summary:

Lead a .NET agile development/QA team working on current C#-based enterprise products and cloud applications. Responsible to assure the successful execution of business mission/goals through the development and deployment of the products. This requires envisioning the company’s service offerings, leading development efforts and human resources requirement including planning for risk and growth.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing and developing people within an Agile Development
  
• Minimum 5 years’ experience using C#, ASP.NET (MVC2), TSQL, PL/SQL, Java and VB6
  
• Experience in Web Services, WSDL, SOAP
  
• A thorough understanding of XML, the .NET framework and CLR
  
• Demonstrated knowledge of creating cloud based SaaS products
  
• Familiarity working with TargetProcess, FogBugz and other third-party tools would be an asset
  
• Knowledge of Design Patterns
  
• Superior Object Oriented development skills
  
• Knowledge of Design Patterns
  
• Thrive on working with multiple projects concurrently
  
• Superior comprehension, communication and technical writing skill
  
• An understanding of Government technical environments & general software requirements would be an asset
  
• Relevant Post-Secondary Education and/or equivalent work experience.
  

Responsibilities:

• Develop technical direction
  
• Develop product line
  
• Lead development team
  
• Manage software development and QA functions
  
• Contribute to pricing from development cost perspective
  
• Product documentation
  
• Prepare product advancement strategies
  
• Contribute to the technical content in marketing collateral & sales communication material
  

Start Date: August 2011
Duration: TBD
Type: Contract/Permanent
Location: Ottawa
Salary: TBD
Experience: 10 years