R&D Manager

Deltalight North America; Wevelgem; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Deltalight Group HQ in Wevelgem is seeking an experienced R&D Manager to co-define and drive the R&D strategy, translating it into an actionable roadmap and leading a multidisciplinary team of engineers, prototyping, quality and certification experts from concept to market launch.

As a Management Team member, you bring technology and innovation perspective to strategic decisions and help grow Deltalight’s global product portfolio, ensuring projects meet quality, timing and cost targets.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Senior R&D leadership experience in a product development environment.
• Strong technical affinity combining mechanical and electronic product knowledge.
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on and pragmatic approach.
• Strong people manager with clarity, accountability and engagement.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Able to manage complexity, set priorities and deliver results.

Responsabilités

• Co-define and implement the R&D strategy aligned with overall business objectives.
• Translate strategy into an operational plan and product development roadmap.
• Set priorities and allocate resources across all R&D projects.
• Manage the R&D budget, ensuring cost awareness and smart investments.
• Monitor market trends, technologies and innovations, and translate them into concrete actions.
• Own the end-to-end product development process from concept to production, ensuring collaboration with Product Management, Quality and Operations.
• Improve and standardize R&D processes, tools and best practices.
• Ensure projects meet quality, timing and cost targets.
• Guide key technical decisions and support complex problem-solving.
• Embed innovation within the organization from idea to implementation.
• Lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary R&D team.
• Define team structure, capabilities and development needs.
• Provide clarity, direction and accountability across the department.
• Act as a strong communicator and motivator, creating alignment, energy and engagement.
• Actively contribute as a member of the Management Team.

Connaissances

Leadership

Strategic thinking

People management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Formation

Master's degree in Engineering

Description du poste

R&D Manager

Deltalight Group HQ - Wevelgem

Deltalight is a Belgian family-owned company and international market leader in architectural lighting. From our headquarters in Wevelgem, we design, develop and manufacture innovative lighting solutions that inspire architects and designers worldwide.

To further strengthen our innovation capabilities and product development processes, we are looking for an experienced R&D Manager.

Your role

As R&D Manager, you co-define and drive Deltalight’s R&D strategy and translate it into a clear operational roadmap. You lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers, product developers, prototyping, quality and certification experts, ensuring the successful development of innovative products from concept to market launch.

As a member of the Management Team, you bring a strong technology and innovation perspective to the company's strategic decisions and contribute to Deltalight’s long-term growth and competitiveness.

Strategic & Organizational Leadership

• Co-define and implement the R&D strategy aligned with overall business objectives.
• Translate strategy into a clear operational plan and product development roadmap.
• Set priorities and allocate resources across all R&D projects.
• Manage the R&D budget, ensuring cost awareness and smart investments.
• Monitor market trends, technologies and innovations, and translate them into concrete actions.

Product Development & Innovation

• Own the end-to-end product development process, from concept to production, ensuring close collaboration with Product Management, Quality and Operations.
• Improve and standardize R&D processes, tools and best practices.
• Ensure projects meet quality, timing and cost targets.
• Guide key technical decisions and support complex problem-solving.
• Embed innovation structurally within the organization, from idea to implementation.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary R&D team.
• Define team structure, capabilities and development needs.
• Provide clarity, direction and accountability across the department.
• Act as a strong communicator and motivator, creating alignment, energy and engagement.

Management Team Role

• Actively contribute as a member of the Management Team.
• Bring a technology and innovation perspective into strategic decision-making.
• Contribute to Deltalight’s long-term growth, positioning and competitiveness.
• Share responsibility for the overall company performance beyond the R&D function.

Profile

• Master's degree in Engineering or equivalent through experience.
• Proven experience in a senior R&D leadership role within a product development environment.
• Strong technical affinity, ideally combining mechanical and electronic product knowledge.
• Strategic thinker with a hands‑on and pragmatic approach.
• Strong people manager who creates clarity, accountability and engagement.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Able to manage complexity, set priorities and deliver results.

We offer

• Lead a talented multidisciplinary R&D team and help shape the next generation of architectural lighting solutions.
• Work in a company where innovation, design and technology are at the heart of everything we do.
• Take ownership of challenging development projects with visible impact on our global product portfolio.
• Collaborate with passionate colleagues across Product Management, Operations, Quality and Sales.
• Grow your career in an international organization that combines global ambition with a strong entrepreneurial culture.

Company

Incorporated in Belgium in 1989 by business manager and designer Paul Ameloot, today Deltalight has developed to become the market leader and trendsetter in architectural lighting. Presenting innovative lighting designs, the company is recognised throughout the world for its subtle blend of ambiance, elegance, functionality, and design, both in interior and exterior lighting. The future of Deltalight is guaranteed with Peter and Jan Ameloot joining their father at the helm of the company, bringing additional dynamism and ambition to the team.

Building on its reputation as manufacturer of architectural lighting, Deltalight has grown to become a trendsetter when it comes to lighting designs for residential, commercial and professional environments. Ranging from retail to residential, office, public, showrooms to hospitality and landscape projects, small to very large scale, Deltalight has the product range, experience and knowledge to meet the functional and aesthetic needs of your projects.

Over the years Deltalight established its growth based on in-house design, R&D, quality control, testing and production. From design to engineering and prototyping, all the way to production, packaging and stocking… all is handled at the Deltalight headquarters in Belgium. DELTALIGHT®

Muizelstraat 2

B-8560 Wevelgem (Moorsele)

Belgium

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www.deltalight.com