Job Description

Role Purpose

Lead all financial activities for Strategic Product Management & R&D (≈€37M budget, ~250 employees).

Ensure strong financial control, effective investments, and clear performance tracking, while acting as a key business partner to leadership and supporting innovation and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Leadership

• Own budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning
• Align financial strategy with R&D and product goals
• Ensure efficient use of resources

Performance & Investment Management

• Define and track KPIs for R&D and product development
• Evaluate investments (ROI/ROIC)
• Lead business cases and pre-/post-calculations

Cost & Resource Management

• Manage CAPEX and OPEX
• Ensure transparency of costs across projects and teams
• Support continuous financial improvement

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure strong financial governance and controls
• Support stage-gate processes and decision-making
• Maintain documentation, compliance, and reporting standards

Efficiency & Transformation

• Drive efficiency using CORE principles
• Promote digitalization, automation, and AI
• Improve financial processes and ways of working

Business Partnering

• Advise leadership on financial decisions
• Support management processes and follow-ups
• Foster a high-performing and financially disciplined culture

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, or similar
• 10–15 years of finance leadership experience (preferably in R&D/engineering)
• Strong skills in:
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Investment analysis and business cases
  • Project/portfolio controlling
• Experience with digital tools, automation, and AI is a plus
• Fluent in English

Key Competencies

• Strategic financial leadership
• Analytical and data-driven decision-making
• Business partnering and stakeholder management
• Financial governance and control
• Continuous improvement and efficiency focus

A key leadership role ensuring that R&D investments deliver value, are well-governed, and support innovation through strong financial discipline and business partnership.