Operations R&D Manager (F/M/D)

How you’ll make an impact:

• Project Management: Plan, schedule, and monitor R&D projects, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to budget.
• Resource Allocation: Coordinate internal and external resources, balancing workloads and optimizing team performance.
• Process Development: Define and implement structured development processes, including stage‑gate models, agile frameworks, or tailored methodologies.
• Budget Control: Track project expenditures, forecast costs, and ensure financial discipline across R&D initiatives.
• Intellectual Property and Risk Management: Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure successful outcomes, support appropriate protection of newly created intellectual property, assist in defense and enforcement activities, and monitor and alert IP issues to higher‑level management.
• Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the liaison between R&D, operations, manufacturing and supply chain, providing regular updates and aligning expectations.
• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain comprehensive project documentation and performance metrics to support decision‑making and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.

Strong background in engineering, project management, or industrial operations.

Proven experience managing complex, multi‑disciplinary R&D projects.

Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Asana) and methodologies (e.g., PMI, Agile, Lean).

Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.

Ability to lead cross‑functional teams and foster collaboration.

Your background:

Strong background in engineering, project management, or industrial operations.

Proven experience managing complex, multi‑disciplinary R&D projects.

Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Asana) and methodologies (e.g., PMI, Agile, Lean).

Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.

Ability to lead cross‑functional teams and foster collaboration.

More about us

We offer you the opportunity to work with fantastic people and develop yourself on projects that present great technical challenges and have a real impact.

Location: Genoa, Ligura, Italy;
Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Job type: Full time

Experience: Senior Management

Job function: Engineering & Science

Contract: Regular

Publication date:

Reference number: R

About Hitachi Energy

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission‑critical technologies like high‑voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.

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