Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads the planning, architecture or research across multiple projects or disciplines.  Sets the direction for major technical or research initiatives and projects
• Coordinates product design and development activities requiring extensive analysis in areas such as user experience, software design and solver research.  Acts as a technical reference across groups or products and analyzes new and emerging technologies and methods for creating leading-edge products and solutions
• Leads the organization in depth and breadth of technical knowledge and ability. Defines, develops, and employs best practices and maintains them through technical reviews and mentoring
• Researches and understands the marketing requirements for products, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. Works with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions.  Disseminates information about opportunities to development leaders and senior management
• Operates without direct supervision and functions as a high-level team leader, project manager, or software architect
• May be responsible for line management of one or more technical teams