Digital Product Controller

Applus+; Cerdanyola del Vallés; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Transportation

Childcare

Restaurants

Cafeteria subsidy

Employee parking

Job summary

Applus+ is seeking a Digital Product Controller to join the Corporate IT Department and report to the Global CIO and Head of Digital Factory. The role aims to deliver an integrated view of portfolio health for Spain, Colombia and the Philippines by combining financial and project control with performance metrics.

Responsibilities include monitoring the Digital Factory project portfolio, consolidating budgets and forecasts, tracking costs, risks and deviations, and creating clear monthly reports

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Data Analytics or a related field.
• 6–8 years of relevant experience in project controlling, portfolio controlling, PMO, technology finance, digital delivery performance, or similar roles.
• Proven experience controlling project budgets, forecasts, actuals, commitments, variances and risks in complex, multi-project environments.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to convert large, heterogeneous datasets into concise conclusions, recommendations and executive-level reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong proficiency with reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI; experience integrating information from financial, project-management and agile-delivery systems.
• Solid understanding of agile product delivery and squad metrics, including velocity, throughput, predictability, cycle time, lead time, backlog health, defects and quality trends.
• Practical knowledge of artificial intelligence and analytics automation for controlling and monitoring, including data consolidation, anomaly detection, forecasting, insight generation and recurring reporting.
• High attention to detail, data-quality discipline and ability to establish clear controls, definitions and audit trails.
• Strong communication, stakeholder-management and influencing skills, with confidence working across functions, seniority levels and cultures.
• Professional proficiency in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Own the monitoring of the Digital Factory project portfolio and other initiatives across Spain, Colombia and the Philippines.
• Consolidate budgets, forecasts, actuals, commitments and expected-at-completion figures with consistent criteria.
• Track project costs, resources, purchase orders, invoices, accruals and variances.
• Identify deviations and risks; define corrective actions with product owners and regional stakeholders.
• Prepare monthly reporting, forecasts and dashboards for governance forums.
• Support budgeting, reforecasting, business cases and portfolio prioritization with robust analysis.
• Define and maintain a consistent squad performance framework for Digital Factory squads.
• Monitor velocity, throughput, cycle time, lead time, backlog health, defects and delivery against commitments.
• Build dashboards and scorecards by squad/product/region ensuring data quality and comparability.
• Translate performance data into actionable insights and improvements without losing context.
• Partner with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Engineering Leads, Finance and regional teams to track improvements.
• Use AI-enabled analytics and automation to improve consolidation, anomaly detection, forecasting and reporting.
• Continue to improve governance, reporting standards, KPI definitions and control processes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Spanish proficiency

Agile metrics

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in related field

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

SAP

ERP systems

Job description

Applus+ is one of the world's leading companies in testing, inspection, and certification, operating in over 70 countries across five continents with a team of more than 27,000 professionals. You can learn more about our projects on our website: http://www.applus.com/es.

We have experienced significant growth in recent years, thanks to our dedicated team, which we consider a key and strategic part of the company’s success.

Would you like to be part of this project?

Applus+ is looking for a Digital Product Controller, to join the Corporate IT Department reporting to the Global CIO and the Head of Digital Factory.

The Digital Product Controller will turn financial and delivery data into transparent, reliable and actionable insights for portfolio governance and decision-making.

The role has one overarching mission: to provide the Head of Digital Factory with an integrated view of portfolio health across Spain, Colombia and the Philippines. This combines financial and project control of the Digital Factory portfolio and other relevant initiatives requested by management with squad performance monitoring based on consistent delivery, quality and efficiency metrics.

Main Responsibilities:

• Project control: Own the monitoring of the Digital Factory project portfolio and other relevant initiatives requested by the management, covering Spain, Colombia and the Philippines.
• Consolidate budgets, forecasts, actuals, commitments and expected-at-completion figures, ensuring consistent criteria across projects and regions.
• Track project costs, internal and external resources, purchase orders, invoices, accruals, capitalization where applicable, and financial variances against approved plans.
• Identify deviations, financial risks and emerging trends early; work with Product Owners, Squad Leads and regional stakeholders to define corrective actions and follow them through to closure.
• Prepare clear monthly reporting, forecasts and management dashboards for the Head of Digital Factory and relevant governance forums.
• Support annual budgeting, periodic reforecasting, business cases, investment tracking and portfolio prioritization with robust analysis.
• Squad performance: Define and maintain a consistent performance framework for Digital Factory squads, balancing speed, predictability, quality and value delivery.
• Monitor and analyse indicators such as velocity, throughput, sprint predictability, cycle time, lead time, backlog health, release frequency, defects, escaped bugs, rework and delivery against commitments.
• Build standardized dashboards and scorecards by squad, product and region, ensuring data quality, traceability and comparability.
• Translate performance data into practical insights, highlighting bottlenecks, capacity constraints, quality issues and improvement opportunities without losing the operational context behind the metrics.
• Partner with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Engineering Leads, Finance and regional teams to agree actions and monitor measurable improvements.
• Use AI-enabled analytics and automation to improve data consolidation, anomaly detection, forecasting, reporting and management follow-up.
• Continuously improve governance, reporting standards, KPI definitions and control processes across the Digital Factory.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a rigorous, hands-on and business-oriented professional who can turn financial and delivery data into clear management insight and practical action.

You combine strong analytical judgement, attention to detail and reporting discipline with the ability to engage Product Owners, squad leads, finance teams and international stakeholders. You are comfortable challenging data, identifying root causes and following agreed actions through to completion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Data Analytics or a related field.
• 6–8 years of relevant experience in project controlling, portfolio controlling, PMO, technology finance, digital delivery performance, or similar roles.
• Proven experience controlling project budgets, forecasts, actuals, commitments, variances and risks in complex, multi-project environments.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to convert large, heterogeneous datasets into concise conclusions, recommendations and executive-level reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong proficiency with reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI; experience integrating information from financial, project-management and agile-delivery systems.
• Solid understanding of agile product delivery and squad metrics, including velocity, throughput, predictability, cycle time, lead time, backlog health, defects and quality trends.
• Practical knowledge of artificial intelligence and analytics automation for controlling and monitoring, including data consolidation, anomaly detection, forecasting, insight generation and recurring reporting.
• High attention to detail, data-quality discipline and ability to establish clear controls, definitions and audit trails.
• Strong communication, stakeholder-management and influencing skills, with confidence working across functions, seniority levels and cultures.
• Professional proficiency in English and Spanish.

Nice to Have

• Experience in a Digital Factory, software product organization, technology PMO or international shared-service environment.
• Knowledge of Jira, Azure DevOps or comparable agile-delivery tools, and of ERP or financial systems such as SAP.
• Experience with portfolio governance, product economics, capacity planning, vendor-cost control or capitalization of technology investments.
• Exposure to distributed teams in Spain, Colombia and the Philippines.

What We Offer

• A high-impact role reporting directly to the Head of Digital Factory, with visibility across the Digital Factory portfolio and squads.
• The opportunity to shape the financial and performance-control model of an international digital delivery organization.
• Close collaboration with Product Owners, Product Managers in the business, squad leads, Finance and regional teams in Spain, Colombia and the Philippines.
• A full-time, permanent position based in Bellaterra / Barcelona.
• Flexible compensation plan (medical insurance, transportation, childcare and restaurants)
• Subsidized employee cafeteria.
• Employee parking

Applus+ is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to evaluating all applications equally based on abilities, achievements, and experience, regardless of race, nationality, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.