R&D Business Partner

CareerWise Recruitment; Limerick; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology recruitment firm is seeking an R&D Business Partner to support product strategy and operational processes. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in a tech environment and strong financial modeling skills. This role emphasizes data-driven decision-making and collaboration with leadership to optimize product growth strategies. It offers the opportunity to impact product performance and resource allocation significantly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Finance, Business Analysis, or Product Ops in a tech company.
• Experience partnering with R&D or product management teams is desirable.
• Understanding of product development processes and Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Partner with R&D leadership to create long term product-led growth plans.
• Develop actionable execution plans with metrics for growth and ROI.
• Evaluate investment decisions related to R&D initiatives.
• Optimize resource allocation for maximum ROI.
• Analyze product portfolios focusing on Gross Margin Performance.
• Negotiate on major cost lines for cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Financial Modelling

Data Analysis

SQL

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder Management

Tools

BI Platforms

Financial Analysis Tools

Job description

A REMOTE - R&D Business Partner is required by CareerWise Recruitment for our Irish based client. As a Business Partner, you will support the R&D function, and you will collaborate closely with cross-functional optimise resource allocation in Product and Engineering. In essence, we’re looking for a strategic and data driven R&D Business Partner to partner with our R&D function. This role requires a mix of Data Analytics & Deep Product and Engineering Operational understanding, enabling you to contribute meaningfully to product strategy and roadmap, operational processes and outcomes, investment decisions, return on investment, and the setting and delivery of targets.

Main Candidate Requirements

• Looking for someone who has worked in a Software Company (or consumption) with product and Development Teams directly (probably in a smaller company) where they worked with the head of a product team and a head of engineering.

About the Role

• Partner with R&D leadership to build long term product-led growth plans for the company, and land these in actionable execution plans with clearly defined metrics for growth and return on investment.
• Provide a Data-Driven approach to evaluate Investment Decisions related to R&D Initiatives, optimizing Resource Allocation to ensure maximum return on investment.
• Review and Analyse Product Portfolios, focusing on Gross Margin Performance, including Cloud and other third-party costs.
• Drive Efficiencies through effective Negotiations on our largest cost lines for Cloud Infrastructure (including cloud providers, e.g. MSFT).

Responsibilities

• Partner with R&D leadership to build long term product-led growth plans for the company.
• Land these in actionable execution plans with clearly defined metrics for growth and return on investment.
• Provide a Data-Driven approach to evaluate Investment Decisions related to R&D Initiatives.
• Optimize Resource Allocation to ensure maximum return on investment.
• Review and Analyse Product Portfolios, focusing on Gross Margin Performance.
• Drive Efficiencies through effective Negotiations on our largest cost lines for Cloud Infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Finance, Business Analysis, Product Ops, or a related field, within Product-Led, Fast Paced Technology company.
• Proven experience partnering with R&D, product management, or operational teams is highly desirable.
• Understanding of product development processes and Agile methodologies is a plus.

Required Skills

• Strong Financial Modelling and Data-Analytical skills.
• Strong SQL skills would be advantageous.
• Proficient in Advanced Excel, BI Platforms and other modern Financial Analysis Tools.
• Proven influencing and stakeholder management skills at leadership team level.
• Seeking out problems and working with the team on landing solutions.
• Driven to work with urgency – but balancing with a longer term strategic focus.

Preferred Skills

• Proven experience partnering with R&D, product management, or operational teams is highly desirable.