A Snapshot of Your Day
The position is central to steering a portfolio of approximately €1 B, 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.How You'll Make An Impact
R&D; Portfolio & Budget ManagementDrive the general 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.Functional Excellence & Process ImprovementAdvance 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.Data Analytics & Strategic InitiativesBuild 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.What You BringMaster's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Data/Analytics, or a related field.
A Ph D 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.Skills
Financial & Data AnalysisBudgetingForecasting Business AnalysisCritical ThinkingProject and Process ManagementProject ScopingProcess ImprovementStakeholder ManagementRisk ManagementChange ManagementLeadership and CommunicationExecutive-level CommunicationInfluencing SkillsCollaborationRewards / BenefitsCareer growth and development opportunitiesSupportive work cultureCompany paid Health and wellness benefitsPaid Time Off and paid holidaysSavings FundParental leave and family building benefits

📌 R&D Planning Project Manager | R&D Portfolio (Baja California)
🏢 Siemens Energy
📍 Baja California