Head of Research & Development - Wolverhampton, West Midlands County
If you are an experienced research and development leader with extensive knowledge of innovation, continuous improvement, and great people skills – you belong at Bromford.
As the Head of Research and Development, you'll develop and lead a best in sector research and development service, with a team of research, insight, analyst, design, and innovation specialists.
In this role, you will help make engagement with Research and Development as easy as possible and ensure that continuous improvement and innovation activity across Bromford is highly visible to all.
You'll take responsibility for being a face of Research and Development across the business, raising the profile and importance of problem definition and business capability. You will align the research and development resources and capability with the right problems to maximise the impact of the service on the delivery of our current strategy and the development of the next.
You will ensure the service equips colleagues with simple tools to solve problems, innovate and continuously improve in a 'no regret' way. You will also ensure that the service enables our Leadership 50 cohort to focus on the more complex problems that require cross–team collaboration. You'll work with the Executive to identify the problems that need more research and development work as part of our future strategy planning.
In this role you will contribute to the design of tests, pilots, and proofs of concept as part of exploration; ensuring the service maintains and develops a leading–edge range of skills and expertise to meet the business' needs; nurturing a diverse network of relationships inside and outside Bromford, and utilising them to connect with leaders, collaborate and inform our work.
You'll be a member of the senior leadership team, working collaboratively with your peers to ensure targets are met and our strategy is achieved. We want you to role model our DNA, mentoring, nurturing and developing colleagues, and providing opportunities for them to be the best they can be while getting the recognition they deserve.
By joining us, you'll play a vital role in helping us provide safe, secure and warm housing to over 100,000 people. But working with us is about so much more than putting a roof over someone's head. It's about building trust, building relationships and enabling all kinds of people to achieve more, chase their ambitions and build a brighter future for themselves.
This is a roaming role and as such can be based from any of our main offices in Wolverhampton (WV10), Tewkesbury (GL20) or Chipping Sodbury (BS37) and will involve extensive travel across our geography, so you must hold a full, clean driving licence.
As Head of Research and Development, you will bring:
Proven experience of working in a similar role including at least 3 years of successfully leading a team
Experience of working successfully in a large, complex, multi–site organisation and fast–paced environment
Experience from a mix of sectors, ideally including the private sector
Ideally, experience of managing budgets
Fluency in using the Microsoft 365 suite of applications
Knowledge of, and practical use of, some of the following analytical packages:
Power BI, Excel, SQL, Tableau, R, Python
Experience measuring social value
A flexible working attitude with time, travel and demonstrated reliability
Strong leadership experience with a coaching approach to getting the best out of your team
Excellent relationship building and connections with key partners and stakeholders
A commitment to our DNA and be an ambassador for BromfordYour experience in previous roles could include Head of Research and Development, Head of Innovation, Research and Development Manager, Head of Innovation Services, Design & Innovation Manager, amongst others.
A place to be you!
Being able to express yourself at work helps you connect with people and gives you the freedom to perform better at your job. We believe diversity helps drive success, so we want to build a culture where all our differences are celebrated. Everybody should feel that they belong and are able to bring their true, authentic selves to work. We want an organisation that reflects the communities and the people that we serve and if we can achieve this, we know that we will create an environment where everyone is included and can thrive.
Closing date for applications is 8th April; interviews scheduled for w/c 12th & 19th April
If this sounds like you, you'll feel right at home here. At Bromford we give both customers and colleagues the opportunity to realise their potential. In our team you'll do incredible work and be rewarded for doing so. Not just in the smiling faces of the thriving communities that you help build, but in the trust, support, training, success and friendship you'll find in our team.
If you can be bold, be honest, be you and be brilliant??? you belong at Bromford. Apply now.
In addition to a competitive salary, we will offer you a fantastic benefits package. This includes; 27 days holiday (plus statutory bank holidays); a choice of defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes; trust–based flexible working, and a GBP500 personal allowance to spend on your choice of things like private medical cover, dental treatment and gym membership. to see the full list.
Bromford Housing Group is committed to recruiting with care and safeguarding employees and customers, as a result we will carry out pre–employment checks. The nature of these checks will vary according to the role applied for, and may include details of current/previous employment, unspent criminal convictions, education and proof of relevant qualifications. We will also be asking for references for everyone who is offered employment with us which must cover the last two years. In addition to this, all employees will be asked for evidence of their right to live and work in the UK – further information is available on the
As the Head of Research and Development, you'll develop and lead a best in sector research and development service, with a team of research, insight, analyst, design, and innovation specialists.
In this role, you will help make engagement with Research and Development as easy as possible and ensure that continuous improvement and innovation activity across Bromford is highly visible to all.
You'll take responsibility for being a face of Research and Development across the business, raising the profile and importance of problem definition and business capability. You will align the research and development resources and capability with the right problems to maximise the impact of the service on the delivery of our current strategy and the development of the next.
You will ensure the service equips colleagues with simple tools to solve problems, innovate and continuously improve in a 'no regret' way. You will also ensure that the service enables our Leadership 50 cohort to focus on the more complex problems that require cross–team collaboration. You'll work with the Executive to identify the problems that need more research and development work as part of our future strategy planning.
In this role you will contribute to the design of tests, pilots, and proofs of concept as part of exploration; ensuring the service maintains and develops a leading–edge range of skills and expertise to meet the business' needs; nurturing a diverse network of relationships inside and outside Bromford, and utilising them to connect with leaders, collaborate and inform our work.
You'll be a member of the senior leadership team, working collaboratively with your peers to ensure targets are met and our strategy is achieved. We want you to role model our DNA, mentoring, nurturing and developing colleagues, and providing opportunities for them to be the best they can be while getting the recognition they deserve.
By joining us, you'll play a vital role in helping us provide safe, secure and warm housing to over 100,000 people. But working with us is about so much more than putting a roof over someone's head. It's about building trust, building relationships and enabling all kinds of people to achieve more, chase their ambitions and build a brighter future for themselves.
This is a roaming role and as such can be based from any of our main offices in Wolverhampton (WV10), Tewkesbury (GL20) or Chipping Sodbury (BS37) and will involve extensive travel across our geography, so you must hold a full, clean driving licence.
As Head of Research and Development, you will bring:
Proven experience of working in a similar role including at least 3 years of successfully leading a team
Experience of working successfully in a large, complex, multi–site organisation and fast–paced environment
Experience from a mix of sectors, ideally including the private sector
Ideally, experience of managing budgets
Fluency in using the Microsoft 365 suite of applications
Knowledge of, and practical use of, some of the following analytical packages:
Power BI, Excel, SQL, Tableau, R, Python
Experience measuring social value
A flexible working attitude with time, travel and demonstrated reliability
Strong leadership experience with a coaching approach to getting the best out of your team
Excellent relationship building and connections with key partners and stakeholders
A commitment to our DNA and be an ambassador for BromfordYour experience in previous roles could include Head of Research and Development, Head of Innovation, Research and Development Manager, Head of Innovation Services, Design & Innovation Manager, amongst others.
A place to be you!
Being able to express yourself at work helps you connect with people and gives you the freedom to perform better at your job. We believe diversity helps drive success, so we want to build a culture where all our differences are celebrated. Everybody should feel that they belong and are able to bring their true, authentic selves to work. We want an organisation that reflects the communities and the people that we serve and if we can achieve this, we know that we will create an environment where everyone is included and can thrive.
Closing date for applications is 8th April; interviews scheduled for w/c 12th & 19th April
If this sounds like you, you'll feel right at home here. At Bromford we give both customers and colleagues the opportunity to realise their potential. In our team you'll do incredible work and be rewarded for doing so. Not just in the smiling faces of the thriving communities that you help build, but in the trust, support, training, success and friendship you'll find in our team.
If you can be bold, be honest, be you and be brilliant??? you belong at Bromford. Apply now.
In addition to a competitive salary, we will offer you a fantastic benefits package. This includes; 27 days holiday (plus statutory bank holidays); a choice of defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes; trust–based flexible working, and a GBP500 personal allowance to spend on your choice of things like private medical cover, dental treatment and gym membership. to see the full list.
Bromford Housing Group is committed to recruiting with care and safeguarding employees and customers, as a result we will carry out pre–employment checks. The nature of these checks will vary according to the role applied for, and may include details of current/previous employment, unspent criminal convictions, education and proof of relevant qualifications. We will also be asking for references for everyone who is offered employment with us which must cover the last two years. In addition to this, all employees will be asked for evidence of their right to live and work in the UK – further information is available on the
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