Senior R&D Programme Manager (Hybrid)

VIOTAS (Electricity Exchange); Limerick, Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

VIOTAS is seeking a Senior R&D Programme Manager to lead an integrated Innovation portfolio spanning technology, product, market, research, and strategic initiatives. You will drive prioritisation, capacity planning, and evidence-led decision making while embedding AI-assisted tracking and governance.

Reporting to the Director of Innovation, you will shape opportunities across energy markets, grid services, DER, storage, AI, analytics, cloud, edge technology and cybersecurity, with

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex programmes or portfolios.
• Strong senior stakeholder management and executive reporting experience.
• Experience with business cases, programme finances, benefits, risks, dependencies and governance.
• Practical experience applying AI, automation or advanced analytics to delivery or operational workflows.
• Experience engaging with funding bodies and coordinating funding applications or funded programmes.
• Recognised programme or project-management qualification, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Programme manage an integrated Innovation portfolio across 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 when delivery is off track.
• Build a structured opportunity-scanning process across energy markets, grid services, DER, storage, AI, analytics, cloud, edge tech and cybersecurity.
• Programme manage strategic experiments with clear hypotheses, budgets, time limits and scale-or-stop decisions.
• Collaborate to identify national and 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 adding bureaucracy.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Portfolio management

AI / analytics in delivery

Funding engagement

Regulated environments

Education

PM qualification

Job description

VIOTAS is seeking a Senior R&D Programme Manager to lead an integrated Innovation portfolio spanning technology, product, market, research, and strategic initiatives. You will drive prioritisation, capacity planning, and evidence-led decision making while embedding AI-assisted tracking and governance.

Reporting to the Director of Innovation, you will shape opportunities across energy markets, grid services, DER, storage, AI, analytics, cloud, edge technology and cybersecurity, with