R&D Manager

Mavenir is building the future of networks and pioneering advanced technology, focusing on the vision of a single, software-based automated network that runs on any cloud. As the industry's only end-to-end, cloud-native network software provider, Mavenir is transforming the way the world connects, accelerating software network transformation for 250+ Communications Service Providers in over 120 countries, which serve more than 50% of the world’s subscribers.

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced R&D Manager to lead a software engineering team delivering mission-critical telco products used by mobile operators worldwide.
The role combines people leadership, technical ownership, delivery management, quality focus, and cross-functional coordination. You will manage a team of software engineers working on complex telecom platforms, ensure predictable delivery, drive engineering excellence, and contribute to product evolution in a cloud-native environment.
This is a leadership role for someone who understands software development, can work with senior engineers, product teams, QA, architecture, support, and customer-facing teams, and is able to translate business priorities into clear engineering execution.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers.
- Own planning and execution of R&D activities within the assigned product area.
- Ensure delivery of features, fixes, technical improvements, and customer commitments.
- Manage priorities, risks, dependencies, capacity, and delivery milestones.
- Work closely with Product Management, Architecture, QA, Support, Program Management, and Operations.
- Support technical decision-making together with architects and senior engineers.
- Drive improvements in product quality, test coverage, automation, CI/CD, and release readiness.
- Promote engineering excellence, maintainability, scalability, security, and operational stability.
- Reduce technical debt, repeated defects, and field issues through structured root-cause analysis.
- Support modernization toward cloud-native, containerized, and Kubernetes-based deployments.
- Communicate progress, risks, and priorities clearly to internal and senior stakeholders.
- Build team competence, ownership, accountability, and long-term product knowledge.

Job Requirements

- Proven experience in software engineering, technical leadership, or R&D management.

- 3+ years in a team lead or engineering manager role
- Experience leading development teams in a complex product environment.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, release management, and quality processes.
- Ability to manage priorities across roadmap, maintenance, customer issues, and technical debt.
- Strong communication skills in English. Fluent in Czech.
- Ability to work with senior technical experts as well as business stakeholders.
Requirements

- Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery
- Ability to balance technical involvement with people management

Nice to Have
- Experience in the telecom or messaging domain

Accessibility

Mavenir is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you require any assistance, please state in your application or contact your recruiter.

Mavenir is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes qualified applicants from around the world, regardless of their ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, age, disability, or other legally protected status.