Head of Portfolio Management

HARTING Technology Group; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation (EMEA)

Flexibility (EMEA)

HARTING Birthday (EMEA)

Informal atmosphere (EMEA)

Job summary

HARTING Technology Group in Barcelona is seeking a Senior strategic portfolio manager to build and lead the Hub's digital, data, and AI initiatives.

You will own the digital product portfolio, develop KPI frameworks, dashboards (Power BI), and ensure benefits realization across projects. This role demands strong leadership, process design, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• University degree in business administration, business informatics, industrial engineering, or comparable qualification.
• 5+ years of experience in project management, portfolio management, or performance management within a complex organization.
• Proven expertise in business case development and evaluation (ROI, NPV, TCO).
• Strong track record in designing and operating KPI frameworks and performance reporting systems.
• Hands-on skills in dashboarding and reporting tools (Power BI, Excel, or comparable).

Responsibilities

• Development and continuous improvement of the performance and portfolio governance framework for the Hub's digital and data initiatives.
• Accountability for end-to-end Business Case & Value Realization - ensuring promised benefits are tracked, measured, and delivered.
• Accountability for Project & Delivery Performance - ensuring all projects are delivered within budget, scope, and timeline.
• Ownership of the digital product portfolio structure - creating global visibility across domains, products, maturity levels, and strategic alignment.
• Development and consolidation of the integrated digital product roadmap, including alignment with IT capacity and development capabilities.
• Prioritization of the AI use case pipeline based on business value, feasibility, and strategic fit.

Skills

Dashboarding

KPI reporting

Data analysis

Budgeting

Agile SAFe

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

HARTING stands for strong connections - across the globe. As one of the leading international suppliers of industrial connectivity, we are connecting customers to their digital future. And as an employer? We connect around 6,000 people at our headquarter in Espelkamp and at locations worldwide. Here you'll find great colleagues, as well as ever new opportunities and innovations revolving around IoT and artificial intelligence. In everything we do, we remain true to our roots: as a regionally connected family business that always stays firmly grounded in spite of our stellar high-tech. Here's to your unique future with us: Yours!

Responsibilities

Strategic Responsibilities

• Development and continuous improvement of the performance and portfolio governance framework for the Hub's digital and data initiatives.
• Accountability for end-to-end Business Case & Value Realization - ensuring that promised benefits (adoption, savings, quality) are tracked, measured, and delivered.
• Accountability for Project & Delivery Performance - ensuring that all projects are delivered within budget, scope, and timeline.
• Ownership of the digital product portfolio structure - creating global visibility across domains, products, maturity levels, and strategic alignment.
• Development and consolidation of the integrated digital product roadmap, including alignment with IT capacity and development capabilities.
• Prioritization of the AI use case pipeline based on business value, feasibility, and strategic fit.
• Design, implementation, and governance of the Hub-wide KPI framework for projects and digital products.
• Team building - defining the target structure, recruiting, onboarding, and developing team members for Phase 2 growth.

Operational Responsibilities

• Operation of the Approval Gate for digitalization requests and projects - preparing decision recommendations for the Head of Hub.
• Continuous tracking of project progress across all Hub streams (Data, Digitalization & AI) regarding budget, scope, timeline, and quality.
• Budget controlling for all transformation projects - planned vs. actual comparison, burn rate, forecast, Capex/Opex transparency.
• Prioritization and management of the cross-stream backlog in collaboration with the Data Team (P2) and Digitalization & AI Team (P3).
• Planning and communication of tool and feature releases in coordination with the Digitalization & AI Team (P3) and the Implementation Team (P4).
• Analysis of digital product usage to define optimal user experience and derive improvement recommendations.
• Post-go-live benefit tracking - measuring adoption rates, realized savings, and qualitative impact against business case promises.
• Monitoring enablement progress of business units and tracking rollout milestone delivery by Digital Champions.
• Building and operating multi-level dashboards (Power BI): strategic (SteerCo/Hub Lead), tactical (program level), and operational (project level).
• Close alignment and collaboration with all Hub teams and interfaces: P1 is the only function with Responsible (R) or Accountable (A) assignments across all four governance pillars. The Head of P1 coordinates closely with the Data Team for project data and KPI inputs, with the Digitalization & AI Team for product performance and backlog, with the Implementation Team for release readiness and change status, and with Digital Champions for adoption data and domain milestones. P1 provides the consolidated performance view; the Head of Hub uses this as the basis for SteerCo reporting and strategic decisions.

Profile Requirements

Professional Requirements

• University degree in business administration, business informatics, industrial engineering, or comparable qualification.
• 5+ years of experience in project management, portfolio management, or performance management within a complex organization.
• Proven expertise in business case development and evaluation (ROI, NPV, TCO).
• Strong track record in designing and operating KPI frameworks and performance reporting systems.
• Hands-on skills in dashboarding and reporting tools (Power BI, Excel, or comparable).
• Experience in budget controlling - creating cost transparency and managing variances.
• Knowledge of Agile (preferably SAFe) and traditional project management methodologies.
• Good understanding of digital products, data products, and IT delivery processes.
• Excellent German and English language skills.

Personal Requirements

• Entrepreneurial thinking - ability to build an entire function from scratch with a startup mentality.
• Leadership without a team (initially) - ability to deliver as a one-person function while preparing for growth.
• Analytical and data-driven - numbers, dashboards, and KPIs are the daily tools.
• Structured and systematic - bringing order to complexity across multiple parallel streams.
• Strong communication skills - ability to make complex performance data accessible for all audiences, from project teams to SteerCo.
• Diplomatically assertive - holding teams accountable and challenging constructively, including upward.
• Hands-on mentality - willingness to build templates, dashboards, and processes personally before delegating.
• Resilience and patience - building a new function requires navigating ambiguity and incomplete data.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (EMEA)
• Flexibility (EMEA)
• HARTING Birthday (EMEA)
• Informal atmosphere (EMEA)