Senior R&D Programme Manager, AI-Driven Innovation Portfolio

VIOTAS; Limerick, Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

VIOTAS is seeking a Senior R&D Programme Manager to build and lead the programme management capability within VIOTAS Innovation, reporting to the Director of Innovation. You will help create a clear, prioritised portfolio across technology, product, market and strategic initiatives.

This role combines disciplined programme leadership with commercial judgement, strong stakeholder influence and practical use of AI and data to improve delivery visibility and to guide investment decisions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex programmes or portfolios in technology, energy, or regulated environments.
• Strong senior stakeholder management and executive reporting experience.
• Experience with business cases, budgets, benefits, risks and governance.
• Practical experience applying AI/advanced analytics to delivery or operations.
• Experience engaging with funding bodies and coordinating funding applications.
• Recognised programme or project-management qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Programme manage an integrated Innovation portfolio across major programmes, products, experiments and funded initiatives.
• Coordinate prioritisation, capacity planning, dependency management, scenario analysis and benefits tracking.
• Introduce AI-assisted tracking, reporting, risk detection and portfolio optimisation with governance.
• Provide concise, decision-ready reporting to Senior Leadership and the Board.
• Lead or assure complex cross-functional programmes and support recovery where delivery is off track.
• Build a structured opportunity-scanning process across energy markets, grid services, DER, storage, AI, analytics, cloud, edge technology and cybersecurity.
• Programme manage strategic experiments with clear hypotheses, budgets, time limits and scale-or-stop decisions.
• Collaborate to identify European funding opportunities and lead engagement, applications, delivery governance, claims and reporting.
• Develop robust business cases and work with Finance to assess value, cost, risk and strategic option value.
• Build a practical, high-value Programme Office that improves decisions without added bureaucracy.

Skills

Programme leadership

Stakeholder management

Portfolio management

AI analytics

Funding engagements

Board reporting

Cross-functional collab

Education

Programme/Project management qualification

Job description

VIOTAS is seeking a Senior R&D Programme Manager to build and lead the programme management capability within VIOTAS Innovation, reporting to the Director of Innovation. You will help create a clear, prioritised portfolio across technology, product, market and strategic initiatives.

This role combines disciplined programme leadership with commercial judgement, strong stakeholder influence and practical use of AI and data to improve delivery visibility and to guide investment decisions.