Engineering Portfolio Analyst | Lodz, Poland

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Łódź; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Fitness programs

Home office equipment allowance

Company events

Job summary

Hitachi Energy seeks a strategic and analytical professional to drive value realization across software, automation, digital engineering platforms, and AI initiatives. You will partner with engineering, digital transformation, and leadership to develop business cases and define success metrics.

You will track benefits, create executive dashboards, and support governance boards with measurable outcomes and data-driven recommendations for portfolio decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in business analysis, financial analysis, technology portfolio management, digital transformation, product management, strategy, or investment analysis.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, Agile delivery, product-based delivery models, and technology investment governance.
• Practical knowledge of ROI modeling, value realization, business case development, benefit tracking, and KPI definition.
• Understanding of AI, Generative AI, analytics, automation, cloud platforms, and modern software engineering economics.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to translate data, assumptions, and uncertainty into clear business recommendations.
• Experience preparing executive-level materials, dashboards, portfolio reports, and decision papers.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and influencing skills in an international environment.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Develop ROI, TCO, NPV, IRR, payback period, cost-benefit, and scenario analyses for software development, engineering platform, automation, and AI initiatives.
• Build structured business cases for Proofs of Concept, Proofs of Value, MVPs, full-scale deployments, and platform investment decisions.
• Define value realization frameworks, success criteria, and KPI models covering adoption, utilization, productivity, quality, cost optimization, risk reduction, and engineering efficiency.
• Evaluate AI, GenAI, analytics, automation, and digital engineering use cases for strategic alignment, feasibility, scalability, and expected business impact.
• Track actual versus planned benefits, identify value leakage risks, and provide actionable recommendations to improve realized outcomes.
• Create executive dashboards, value scorecards, portfolio reports, and investment summaries for leadership and governance forums.
• Collaborate with product managers, software engineering teams, AI product owners, enterprise architects, finance business partners, PMO teams, and digital transformation stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops to identify value drivers, validate assumptions, define measurable business outcomes, and support investment prioritization.
• Support portfolio-level decision making by comparing investment options, assessing opportunity costs, and preparing recommendations for approval gates.
• Perform post-implementation benefit validation and continuously improve business case and value tracking practices.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering

Bachelor's or Master's in Business Administration

Bachelor's or Master's in Economics

Bachelor's or Master's in Finance

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Info Systems/Data Analytics

Job description

Hitachi Energy is seeking a strategic and analytical professional to drive value realization across software, automation, digital engineering platforms, and AI initiatives. The role bridges business strategy, technology investments, and measurable outcomes, ensuring that innovation efforts generate clear and quantifiable business impact.

As a trusted partner to engineering, digital transformation, and leadership teams, the successful candidate will develop business cases, assess investment opportunities, define success metrics, track benefits realization, and translate complex technical initiatives into actionable insights for senior stakeholders and governance boards.

How you will make an impact

• Develop ROI, TCO, NPV, IRR, payback period, cost-benefit, and scenario analyses for software development, engineering platform, automation, and AI initiatives.
• Build structured business cases for Proofs of Concept, Proofs of Value, MVPs, full-scale deployments, and platform investment decisions.
• Define value realization frameworks, success criteria, and KPI models covering adoption, utilization, productivity, quality, cost optimization, risk reduction, and engineering efficiency.
• Evaluate AI, GenAI, analytics, automation, and digital engineering use cases for strategic alignment, feasibility, scalability, and expected business impact.
• Track actual versus planned benefits, identify value leakage risks, and provide actionable recommendations to improve realized outcomes.
• Create executive dashboards, value scorecards, portfolio reports, and investment summaries for leadership and governance forums.
• Collaborate with product managers, software engineering teams, AI product owners, enterprise architects, finance business partners, PMO teams, and digital transformation stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops to identify value drivers, validate assumptions, define measurable business outcomes, and support investment prioritization.
• Support portfolio-level decision making by comparing investment options, assessing opportunity costs, and preparing recommendations for approval gates.
• Perform post-implementation benefit validation and continuously improve business case and value tracking practices.

Your Background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in business analysis, financial analysis, technology portfolio management, digital transformation, product management, strategy, or investment analysis.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, Agile delivery, product-based delivery models, and technology investment governance.
• Practical knowledge of ROI modeling, value realization, business case development, benefit tracking, and KPI definition.
• Understanding of AI, Generative AI, analytics, automation, cloud platforms, and modern software engineering economics.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to translate data, assumptions, and uncertainty into clear business recommendations.
• Experience preparing executive-level materials, dashboards, portfolio reports, and decision papers.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and influencing skills in an international environment.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

More about us

At Hitachi Energy, we recognize that our people are at the heart of our success. We are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive workplace, competitive rewards, and opportunities for professional and personal growth. Our benefits package is designed to help employees thrive both at work and in their personal lives.

Our benefits offering for this role generally includes:

• Private medical care and life insurance
• Access to fitness and wellness programs
• Access to benefits platform with discounts and perks
• Employee Capital Plans (PPK)
• Equipment for working from home or allowances for setting up a workplace at home
• Spectacles and contact lenses allowance
• Company events and team‑building activities

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.