R&D Planning Project Manager | R&D Portfolio
Siemens Energy, Inc.
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Descripción de la vacante
Siemens Energy seeks a senior manager to steer the global R&D portfolio and budget, aligning investments with strategy and providing executive-ready analyses.
You will lead cross-functional programs, drive standardization, and deploy data analytics and AI to accelerate planning and reporting across Business Areas.
The role demands advanced financial modeling, stakeholder storytelling for the Executive Board, and a track record of delivering complex projects in a global environment.
Formación
- Master's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Data/Analytics, or a related field; PhD considered a plus.
- 5-7 years of professional experience in R&D portfolio management, corporate strategy, controlling, PMO, or adjacent fields.
- Experience in industries such as energy, industrial technology, aerospace, automotive, or management consulting is beneficial.
- English fluency required.
Responsabilidades
- Drive the R&D portfolio and budget processes to deliver executive-ready decision documents aligned with strategy and data quality.
- Advance functional excellence by standardizing processes and improving data governance across Business Areas.
- Develop dashboards, analytics workflows, and data products connected to the central R&D database to enable strategic initiatives.
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Descripción del empleo
The position is central to steering a portfolio of approximately €1B, providing high-quality planning, transparent budgeting, and essential decision support for the Executive Board. To meet these objectives, the role is structured around three core areas: strategic R&D portfolio and budget management, functional excellence and process improvement, and the advancement of data analytics.
The position is central to steering a portfolio of approximately €1B, providing high-quality planning, transparent budgeting, and essential decision support for the Executive Board. To meet these objectives, the role is structured around three core areas: strategic R&D portfolio and budget management, functional excellence and process improvement, and the advancement of data analytics.
This focus ensures the alignment of R&D investments with corporate strategy, enhances the efficiency and reliability of planning processes, and leverages data to drive insights and decision-making. Given the focus on portfolio steering and executive-level reporting, the ideal candidate will possess a strong background in R&D portfolio management, corporate strategy, or controlling.
Key requirements include advanced analytical and financial modeling skills, experience creating compelling narratives for senior leadership, and a proven ability to manage complex projects in a global environment.
- Drive the global R&D budget cycle, ensuring the Executive Board receives transparent, scenario-ready decision documents based on strategy and data quality. Steer the R&D portfolio against corporate strategy by identifying opportunities to accelerate, rebalance, or reduce investments, and prepare clear storylines for executive-level decisions.
- Deliver high-quality analyses and materials that synthesize financials, technology value, and portfolio dynamics into concise insights for major decision forums.
- Advance functional excellence by driving standardization, harmonizing business case logic, and improving data governance across Business Areas.
- Automate and enhance R&D planning and reporting processes to make them faster, more reliable, and less dependent on manual effort, including deploying AI-based solutions to transform R&D planning, reduce manual work, improve consistency, and accelerate the generation of insights.
- Build and scale data and digital excellence by developing dashboards, analytics workflows, and 'data products' connected to the central R&D database. Serve as a subject matter expert for the R&D database, ensuring it remains the single source of truth for all R&D data.
- Support strategic initiatives such as the R&D Academy to foster capability building, adoption of best practices, and future-ready R&D management skills.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Data/Analytics, or a related field. A PhD is considered a plus.
- 5-7 years of professional experience in R&D portfolio management, corporate strategy, controlling, PMO, or adjacent fields.
- Experience in industries such as energy, industrial technology, aerospace, automotive, or management consulting is beneficial.
- English fluency required.
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Business Analysis
- Critical Thinking
- Project Scoping
- Process Improvement
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk Management
- Change Management
- Executive-level Communication
- Influencing Skills
- Collaboration
We are a global and diverse team with members located in Mexico, Romania, and Germany. We work with a co-creation spirit and outside-in perspectives, enhancing the effectiveness of research and development and providing a solid foundation for decision-making across all management levels, up to the Executive Board.
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With ~100,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we're also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
- Career growth and development opportunities
- Supportive work culture
- Company paid Health and wellness benefits
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- Savings Fund
- Parental leave and family building benefits
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