Head of research
The role of a head of research at SUEZ consists of participating in the definition and coordination of research policy within his/her professional field, and maintaining and developing the know-how of specialists within his/her professional domain.
Assignment
Main activities
- Manages and leads a team of engineers, technicians and PhD students, organized into various technical departments
- Proposes and coordinates R&D lines of orientation within his/her section
- Implements and coordinates interdisciplinary projects with the BUs, industrial partners and universities
- Responsible for the global management of projects which he/she heads
- Formalizes the capitalization and dissemination of knowledge
- Acts as guarantor for the dissemination of knowledge related to his/her specialization (current and to be acquired)
- Ensures the key skills within the section are maintained as well as a technical network inside and outside the group
- Defines the technical and financial objectives for his/her section and provides the required reports
characteristics
- Staff: 10 to 40 people
- Budget to be managed: €2 to €4 million
External corporate relations
International conferences, scientific partners (universities, groups of experts, etc.), professional associations
Profile
Required experience
Technical training to engineer level
More than 10 years of experience gathered in different BUs and in different countries as head of operations in his/her field.
- Knowledge of economics/management
- Excellent technical knowledge and global proficiency in the various activities in the section
- Perfect command of the processes and operating expenses (OPEX) and investment (CAPEX) related to his/her field
- Fluent French and English
- Notions of Spanish
Key skills required
- Method, rigour and organization
- Leadership skills
- Abstract thinking
- Writing skills in French and English
- Self-starter
- Ability to transmit knowledge
Development
Possibilities for personal development
- Possibilities for personal development
- Operational position in other divisions in the Group
