VP Research & Development

We are making the future of Mobility come to life starting today.

At Autofleet, we support the world’s largest vehicle fleet operators and transportation providers to optimize existing operations and seamlessly launch new, dynamic business models – driving efficient operations and maximizing utilization.

We are looking for a brilliant and highly motivated VP R&D who is a technological leader, with strong interpersonal and managerial skills. Passionate about leading a fast growing and high-performing team, that is customer centric in a B2B SaaS company.

Reporting to the CTO, you will be taking end-to-end responsibility for the company’s R&D strategy, performance, and deliverables on tight schedules in a fast-paced environment.

As VP R&D you will work closely with a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, product managers and the rest of the executive team, to define and execute the company’s R&D strategy.

What you’ll do:

• Be part of Autofleet’s executive leadership team
• Manage, hire and coach our R&D teams, while providing tech leadership, mentoring the team, and implementing best practices
• Establish and implement methodologies and processes to accommodate the business needs, drive transparency and ensure 100% customer satisfaction while maintaining a high level of quality and stability
• Working hand-in-hand with product and business operations to execute features from the requirements to acceptance by our customer base
• Engage with customers and prospects directly in order to support and understand their needs
• Partner and work closely with all company stakeholders including sales, marketing, product, business operations and support

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in R&D teams, 5+ years of managing R&D teams.
• Experience in B2B SaaS companies
• Experience in developing cloud-based applications, mobile apps, and web applications.
• Experience with big data environments.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, focusing on finding creative and innovative solutions.
• Ability to balance business needs, a sense of urgency, and shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions
• Technical experience with the following technologies would be an advantage: Nodejs / Python, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, React and React Native, ML, and Data science tools.