Ladder check · R&D
R&D Group Leader / Head of Product Development
Head-of to management: leads a team of developers or scientists and owns product and process development for a category, platform or site
Leads a group of product developers or scientists (typically 5 to 15 people) and owns the product and process development agenda for a category, brand platform or R&D site: sets priorities and allocates people across innovation, renovation and productivity projects, acts as gatekeeper in the stage-gate process, owns the group's budget and KPIs, quantifies technical risk for the business, and develops the team. Success is judged on a pipeline delivered on time and at quality (first-time-right launches, consumer complaints down), technical risks surfaced and owned early, a credible roadmap senior leadership trusts, and the capability of the people and the know-how in the group.
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Product Development
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