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Reporting to the Director of Innovation, you will help create and manage a clear, prioritised and evidence-led portfolio across technology, product, market, research and strategic-option initiatives.\nThis is a senior role for someone who combines disciplined programme leadership with commercial judgement, strong stakeholder influence and practical use of AI and data. You will improve delivery visibility, help leaders make investment and resource decisions, identify emerging opportunities and lead engagement with funding bodies.\nAbout VIOTAS:\nEstablished in Limerick, Ireland in 2013, VIOTAS set about designing and delivering new innovations to address the challenges posed by increased renewable generation in electrical grids: How can a grid be balanced when a large amount of electricity is coming from unpredictable renewable sources that are difficult to forecast and that change the fundamental principles of how grids operate?\nIn response, VIOTAS developed proprietary technologies that place electricity customers at the core of the solution. By managing their electricity consumption and onsite generation in real-time, VIOTAS help balance the wider electricity grid. The company then aggregates participating customers to form Virtual Power Plants which are traded in the electricity market. 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With a global expansion strategy, VIOTAS, currently with over 110 staff, operates in Ireland, Poland, USA and Australia.\nThe Role:\nProgramme manage an integrated Innovation portfolio covering major programmes, products, experiments and funded initiatives.\nCoordinate prioritisation, capacity planning, dependency management, scenario analysis and benefits tracking.\nIntroduce AI-assisted tracking, reporting, risk detection and portfolio optimisation, with appropriate human oversight and governance.\nProvide concise, decision-ready reporting to Senior Leadership and the Board.\nLead or assure complex cross-functional programmes and support recovery where delivery is off track.\nBuild a structured opportunity-scanning process across energy markets, grid services, DER, storage, AI, analytics, cloud, edge technology and cybersecurity.\nProgramme manage strategic experiments using clear hypotheses, budgets, time limits and scale-or-stop decisions.\nCollaborate to identify suitable national 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