People Lead Research and Development

Within Livestock, this role plays a key part in the development of people and teams within the R&D department. You will support professionals in their growth, strengthen collaboration and help the organisation to develop further. In addition, you will contribute ideas and work towards continuously improving the Way of Working within the product development department.

People Coach & Workforce Management:

Your role is to bring out the best in people and teams. This involves applying your coaching skills on both a personal and professional level. Paying attention to the individual is crucial in this regard. Furthermore, organising the teams in the most effective way from a business perspective is also important to you. Together with the CaptainXL team, you are a vital link in the strategic implementation and execution of our plans, which contributes to the ambitions of our Business Unit.

What are you going to do?

As People Lead Research and Development, you are a direct line manager and share leadership responsibilities with the Tech Area Lead, playing a key role in translating and implementing the strategy developed by the Leadership Team, as well as in professional development.

Leadership

As People Lead Research and Development, you are a direct line manager and share leadership responsibilities with the Tech Area Lead, playing a key role in translating and implementing the strategy developed by the Leadership Team, as well as in professional development.

HR responsibilities

Throughout the employee journey, you are responsible for onboarding and offboarding, (under)performance, support for (long-term) sick leave, recruitment and selection, escalations and conflict mediation.

Team dynamics

Together with the Agile Coach, you are responsible for team performance; you foster team performance, enthusiasm, dedication and a results-oriented mindset.

Personal and professional development

You identify, facilitate, motivate and encourage employees in their work and personal development. You ensure high-quality performance and development reviews, thereby promoting employees’ development and performance.

Your team

Your teams are multidisciplinary and comprise the disciplines required to design, develop and test the product, enabling the team to see the product through to completion and maintain it. The Product Owner provides the team with the functional requirements needed to achieve the Livestock Management vision. Every team within Livestock plays a key role in automating the farm. This can range from managing hardware processes to providing management-level insights into results. You will be responsible for teams with a strong focus on data and software.

As People Lead Research and Development, you are part of CaptainsXL – a multidisciplinary leadership team comprising the Head of Tech, Tech Area Leads, Agile Coach, HR Business Partner and your fellow People Leads R&D. Together, we work at operational, tactical and strategic levels to continuously improve People, Process and Technology.

What's in it for you?

As a People Lead Research and Development at Nedap, you will make a valuable contribution to our goal: making people happier and more successful in their professional lives. In addition to your salary, you are entitled to a thirteenth month, a good pension scheme, and profit sharing with the opportunity to become a shareholder of Nedap. At Nedap, everything revolves around trust and autonomy. That’s why, along with your colleagues, you decide on your own working hours and vacation days to maintain a healthy work-life balance. We also highly value personal and professional growth. You will receive a comprehensive introduction, and we encourage you to continuously develop yourself.

Required skills

It is important that you pay close attention to your teams and your people. You have a keen sense of the dynamics within teams and are able to pick up on people’s feelings. In addition, you are a strong communicator and can convey messages to people on both a personal and strategic level. You encourage the teams’ ability to organise themselves. And, of course, as People Lead R&D, you take the lead in breaking new ground. You have a clear vision of how to fulfil the role of People Lead R&D and are constantly seeking improvement, development and innovation within the role.

You will also recognise yourself in the following:

• Lead or coaching experience: You have several years’ experience of managing or coaching staff or teams in roles such as Team Lead, Project Manager, Agile Coach or Change Manager.
• Experience in/knowledge of the tech sector: You have experience within, or a strong affinity for, the tech sector.
• Languages: You are fluent in Dutch and English.
• Preferred: Experience in the livestock sector is an advantage, but not essential.

Good to know:

Hybrid (remote) working is common practice at Nedap, and you and your team will agree on your working hours to ensure a good work-life balance. Ideally, you will be present on our campus in Groenlo at least three times a week.