R&D Group Lead – Automotive Color Software Development

In this role, you lead a global software development team focused on automotive color laboratories, delivering color matching, quality control, and color data management solutions. You translate business needs into scalable technical roadmaps and drive cross-functional, high-impact projects across R&D, IT, and operations. You will champion quality, best practices, and process optimization to shorten time-to-color and elevate color quality using automation and AI/ML. This is a strategic, execution-focused leadership role at a global scale.

• Rewards and benefits
• Health and well-being benefits
• Career development opportunities
• Inclusive team culture

• Lead a global development team and shape custom software for automotive color labs
• Define strategic roadmap for color software and translate business needs into technical solutions
• Manage complex global projects across cross-functional teams (R&D, IT, operations)
• Ensure high-quality system delivery, promote best practices, and optimize processes in the automotive color value chain

• Bachelor in IT, STEM, or related field
• Experience in software development and team leadership
• Knowledge of color science and color matching (preferred)
• Familiarity with agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, JIRA)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

• Strong communication
• Stakeholder management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Software development
• Color science and color matching
• AI/ML technologies (as per description)