R&D Manager HMP

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Department : R&D

Job title : R&D Manager

Location :

Reports to: R&D Director

Context:

We are developing for AMEX GBT a travel web application called HMP (Hotel MarketPlace).

The aims of this project are to manage all AMEX GBT hotel reservations performed by travel agents, and provide the best user experience.

The team is international, based mainly in France, London an India.

The R&D manager plans, organizes, and coordinates a research and development project from the design phase to completion.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of developers.
• Ensure individuals contributes as much as possible, learn and grows in their role, knowledge and skills.
• Ensure the team works efficiently in an enjoyable environment.
• Evaluates and optimises the time and resources needed to carry out the various stages of the projects in order to establish an overall development plan.
• Negotiates resources (human, technical, financial, deadlines) according to the progress of projects and adjusts resources if necessary.
• Measure risks that may arise during the implementation and development phases.
• Setup the necessary interfaces between the departments concerned.
• Follow-up progress and deadlines for the various tasks with the project collaborators.
• Guarantees the quality of the product / codebase.

Experience/ Qualifications:

• Confirmed experience in Angular JS development.
• Engineering school or master's degree in computer science.
• More than 7 years' experience in an R&D department.
• First experience in team management (also remote or offshore).
• Passion, Software Craftmanship, Culture of Excellence/Clean Code, TDD.
• Fluent English (multicultural and international team)

Professional / Technical Skills:

• Argue to convince internally.
• JavaScript / TypeScript
• Containers
• CI/CD,
• High Availability
• Scalable & performant platform

Location

The Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and more.

• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with global tuition assistance, access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

• We strive to champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global Inclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

• Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.

• And much more!

This role is for Klee Data Systems ("KDS" or the "Company"), a member of the American Express Global Business Travel family of companies.

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