CIC Technology Research Director
Ricoh Innovations seeks a dynamic Research Director to lead our technology R&D
team. The role has significant impact on R&D activities within Ricoh Innovations
and our parent corporation, Ricoh Company Ltd. (RCL)- a $20B worldwide leader
in office automation, information technology, optics, VLSI, green technology
and more. Our current Director successfully championed our technology assets
into a new business venture where he now plays a crucial role.
Responsibilities include:
- Leading the technology R&D staff (fifteen exceptionally talented researchers)
- Setting research directions in coordination with Ricoh Company Limited (RCL)
planning divisions
- Forming partnerships with internal and external organizations to promote business
opportunities for our research and gain customer feedback
- Continually germinating, and shaping promising new research directions with our
staff
- Identifying and moving mature (beta level) technology into Ricoh products/services
businesses
- Inspiring customers and senior executives in Ricoh with visions of the
future - as enabled by Ricoh's technology
Qualifications:
* Earned Doctorate or equivelant in computer science, electrical engineering,
mathematics, physics, statistics or closely related technical discipline
and 10+ years in research
* Several years of leadership experience in a corporate research position
* Several years of experience managing technical teams through both the technical
research phase, and the business creation phase
* The ability to identify and champion a vibrant research agenda adding value with your
own ideas in combination with the diverse background the existing research base
already provides
* A burning desire, and the ability and experience to back it up, to see research results
placed in a commercially important setting
* Proven ability to generate new projects and appropriately curtail those not meeting
expectations
* Ability to think strategically, act strategically and ensure excellent tactical focus on a
day-to-day basis
* The ability to explain new technology and business concepts to non-technical and
semi-technical audiences, including those whose primary language is not English
* Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
* Technical achievement as principal contributor providing name recognition and credibility
* Entrepreneurial experience (either new venture or corporately funded)
* Experience with technology transfer from industrial research to business division
Ricoh Innovation is an agile technology-based research and innovation company, wholly
owned by Ricoh Japan LTD. We're located in Silicon Valley and contribute to the cutting
edge IT research and business innovation culture of the area. Originally established as a
technology research lab (1989), we maintain a strong research program that provides
seminal ideas, technical foundations as well as the diverse skill sets needed to champion
ideas through to market success. Today, we identify common unmet customer needs,
create business relationships, invent foundational technology, and test solution/app/service
combinations via web-based user trials. You never know what we'll spin up next in order
to satisfy the superior value expected of the Ricoh brand.
We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage all qualified women and minorities
to apply. Applicants must already be qualified to work in the USA. We offer a competitive
salary and benefits package.
Please send resume to jobcicdir@rii.ricoh.com
Apply Here: cicdir@rii.ricoh.com
