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



