Finance Manager - R&D Performance Management

Coloplast; Humlebæk; On-site; DKK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Coloplast is seeking a Finance Manager for R&D Performance Management in Humlebæk, Denmark. You will own financial frameworks to appraise and prioritise R&D investments, lead stage-gate financial assessments, and develop sales forecasts for new product launches.

The role collaborates across R&D, Commercial, and Global Operations to align assumptions and support prioritisation decisions, shaping the company’s innovations.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business or related field.
• Fluent in English.
• Experience from finance, consulting or a related field.
• Ability to translate complex analysis into clear, decision-ready recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Enjoy developing financial models.
• Take interest in R&D, partnering across functions and challenging assumptions constructively.
• Strong personal drive and eagerness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Build and challenge business cases for R&D projects using valuation models and translate market, pricing and cost assumptions into robust assessments.
• Lead the financial assessment at each stage gate, ensuring consistent evaluation across projects.
• Develop sales forecast models for new product launches.
• Support Innovation Performance Analysis & Portfolio Overviews.
• Help develop Investment Framework & Governance, including capital budgeting principles.
• Partner across R&D, Commercial functions and Global Operations to align assumptions and support prioritisation trade-offs.

Skills

Financial modeling

Stakeholder management

Decision-ready recommendations

Financial analysis

Cross-functional partnering

R&D collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business or related field

Job description

Finance Manager - R&D Performance Management

Location: Humlebæk, DK

Job Family: Finance

Help shape the investment decisions that determine which R&D innovations Coloplast brings to market.

About R&D Performance Management

R&D Performance Management is the trusted financial partner to R&D, combining the responsibilities for cost management with R&D portfolio analysis, business case valuations, forecast models and more. R&D Performance Management is part of Commercial Finance within Corporate Finance.

As a Finance Manager within R&D Performance Management, you will own and develop the financial frameworks used to assess, prioritise and track innovation across the company – combining business-case expertise with strong commercial understanding and a gatekeeping mindset. You will work with investment decisions from day one and have a direct influence on shaping the innovations Coloplast brings to market.

What you will do

• Build and challenge business cases for R&D projects using our valuation model, translating market, pricing and cost assumptions into robust business case assessments
• Lead the financial assessment at each stage gate, ensuring every project is evaluated on a consistent basis
• Develop sales forecast models for new product launches
• Support with Innovation Performance Analysis & Portfolio Overviews
• Help develop our Investment Framework & Governance, including capital budgeting principles
• Partner across R&D, Commercial functions and Global Operations to align assumptions, pressure-test input and support tough prioritisation trade-offs

Why join R&D Finance at Coloplast?

• A high-impact role at the intersection of finance, R&D, Operations and Commercial strategy
• Direct influence on which innovations Coloplast invests in and brings to market
• Ownership of business-critical financial frameworks, models and governance
• Broad collaboration with senior leaders and decision-makers across the value chain
• A purpose-driven culture focused on making life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs

What makes you a great fit?

As someone who enjoys solving business challenges, you are comfortable working independently and contributing to a positive team environment where we support each other. Your ability to combine financial understanding with strong stakeholder management enables you to challenge constructively and support informed and fact-based decisions.

Additionally, we imagine that you:

• A Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business or a related field
• Are fluent in English
• Bring experience from finance, consulting or a related field
• Can translate complex analysis into clear, decision-ready recommendations for senior stakeholders
• Enjoy developing financial models
• Take interest in R&D, enjoy partnering across functions and challenging assumptions constructively
• Have a strong personal drive and an eagerness to learn

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.

Coloplast Group - Holtedam 1 - Humlebaek - DK 3050 - Denmark