Activity 1 :

Hierarchical management of agile teams

1- Description

• Manage 2 to 3 teams working on different technologies and scopes.
• Challenge their organization, whether local or international, to adapt it to achieve objectives and optimize it.
• Ensure the proper allocation of resources entrusted to them to guarantee the required processing capacity in projects.
• Manage human resources in terms of talent detection/retention, skills management/career trajectories.
• Evaluate individual and collective performance and identify potential.
• Unite their teams and develop collaboration and engagement around the collective by creating a work environment conducive to initiatives.
• Develop versatility through knowledge sharing or training/support plans and organize the distribution of these skills, including across international multi-sites, to ensure the best efficiency during projects.
• Share and communicate the company's strategy and best practices and disseminate management messages to their teams.
• Empower their collaborators and unite them around the objectives to be achieved.
• Ensure the proper integration of new collaborators.

2- Challenges

• Enable the smooth progress of development projects according to the initially planned schedule.
• Ensure the right level of versatility to avoid the phenomenon of critical resources being unique.
• Participate in the technological advancement of the company, maintain technical interest for the teams, and create a performance gap compared to competitors.
• Maintain engaged, effective teams that achieve defined objectives and create expected value.

• Maintain the level of technical and functional competence suitable for the projects to be carried out, retain good profiles, and if necessary, propose and implement necessary retention actions.

3- Frequency

Daily,

4- Nature of information necessary for the activity

×     Up-to-date and maintained skills management tool (skills matrix or versatility table).

×     Roadmap of their organization and strategic roadmap of the Group.

×     Best practices of the company (quality, architecture, management...).

×     Tools and documents provided by the Human Resources Department: processes, procedures, and HR tools.

Activity 2

Monitoring the technical and functional performance of the teams

1- Description

• Regularly monitor the progress of projects or studies for which they are responsible, within their business scope.
• Set up and monitor a dashboard composed of relevant indicators to facilitate reporting to the Research & Development management and objectify the individual and collective performances of their teams.
• Challenge the operational organization of the team and processes as needed.
• Identify/anticipate blocking points in the teams' missions and support them in proposing specific action plans to maintain collective performance.
• Report to their management any blocking points they are unable to address as soon as they are identified.
• Be receptive to improvement proposals made by their collaborators, evaluate them, and implement them if they make sense.
• Support their teams or project stakeholders to avoid wasting time or implementing unsuitable solutions.

2- Challenges

• Reduce costs generated by low-value-added activities and avoid wasting resources.
• Obtain collective commitment from the teams.
• Develop cooperation and collaboration.

3- Frequency

Permanent (random frequency, but action necessary).

4- Nature of information necessary for the

activity

×     Performance indicators.

×     Feedback.

×     Strategic vision of the company.

Activity 3 :

Ensuring the dynamics of continuous improvement and business transformation

1- Description

• Share and give meaning to the company's strategy and help the teams understand how their work contributes to the broader mission of the company.
• Anticipate organizational, operational, and technological changes and support employees during these changes.
• Facilitate the understanding and application of processes and decisions from management and ensure good information flow.
• Communicate and represent the interests of their teams to stakeholders when requested.
• Report observed dysfunctions and propose areas for improvement.
• Lead/participate in improvement initiatives within the company and get involved in their implementation through feasibility studies and deployment within their teams.
• Propose developments in development methodologies, participate in enriching the theoretical and methodological aspects of Research & Development services.
• Propose tools and methods suitable for the work environment to improve productivity, quality, final cost, and environmental and societal impact.
• Contribute to the management community's reflections on good managerial and operational practices and implement them within the scope.

2- Challenges

• Adapt to changes related to the company's strategy.
• Improve the overall efficiency of Research & Development.
• Ensure optimization of processes and projects.
• Maintain a technological lead over competitors.

3- Frequency

Permanent (random frequency, but action necessary)

4- Nature of information necessary for the

activity

×     Strategic vision of the company.

×     Knowledge of best practices and processes.

×     In-depth knowledge of Lectra solutions and those of competitors.

Hierarchical Management

Yes

Functional Management / Project Leadership

Yes

Tutoring / Training / Coaching

No