About IRIS IMS

What if you join a company that offers a wide range of innovative technological solutions and services to answer to the Digitalization challenges of organisations ? Part of our offerings are Smart Capture, Content Management, Case Management and Robotic Process Automation. Solutions are delivered based on our own IRIS technology, next to that we are a specialized partner of Automation Anywhere, IBM, Mendix and Microsoft. With around 60 employees, we are part of the Information Management division of Canon Benelux, a bigger ecosystem with close to €40 MLN in combined annual revenues.

Our vision is to be the preferred information management partner for customers, and the desired employer for talent. We are enabled by people, powered by innovation, managed with excellence, and open to everyone.

Our headquarters are located in Louvain-la-Neuve, a central and easy to access business location with all necessary facilities. Needless to say, we facilitate and promote remote working in these turbulent times, we even did so before 2020!

Job Purpose

To direct and co-ordinate the design and creation of IRIS products ranges.

Results Fields

  • Play a role in the definition and the development of a R&D strategy with the General Management.
  • Appling the development strategy defined by the General Manager and/or his manager and explain the development priorities to the team.
  • Planning and piloting the delivery activities in collaboration with other managers, in order to achieve both qualitative objectives (meeting deadlines, quality and customer satisfaction) and quantitative objectives (financial profitability).
  • Spontaneously proposing innovations for the products and/or character recognition engines and playing an active role in that innovation in order to optimise the products and keep them up-to-date in relation to market trends and competitive product positioning.
  • Analysing competitive and comparable products on the market, from the technical point of view, in order to come up with innovative proposals.
  • Remaining constantly informed of the trends and developments in the field concerned, and keeping his or her knowledge up-to-date in the light of new developments in order to reinforce his or her credibility by means of a service that is permanently based on updated knowledge.
  • Developing particular functionalities and taking part in the writing of the relevant codes.
  • Checking and ensuring the quality of the deliverables by designing test and validation procedures.
  • Motivating his or her employees in order to optimize and develop their skills, aptitudes and know-how and guaranteeing the proper workings of the product management.
  • Coaching and guiding less experienced staff.
  • Spontaneously proposing to the General Manager the necessary job openings as well as the departures that need to be planned.

Scope

This job manages between one and five colleagues with a staff responsibility for the project team.

Expertise

Master’s degree in computing or industrial or civil engineering +15 years of experience required.

Technical Knowledge

  • Algorithms
  • Good knowledge of programming languages: C++, .NET, C#, etc.
  • Development knowledge of specific products: IRISNext.
  • Excellent knowledge of English. Knowledge of one of the national languages is a plus.

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Jean-Christophe Wavreille
Jean-Christophe WavreilleHR Manager
Leading the Finance and HR department at IRIS, Jean-Christophe can answer any possible question you might have.