Performance and Portfolio Manager Innovation (f/m/d)

Uniper SE

Jobbeschreibung

We are Uniper: an international energy company with about 11,000 employees.

We combine a balanced portfolio of technologically advanced large-scale assets with outstanding technical and commercial expertise.

These assets and capabilities enable us to deliver flexible, bespoke, competitively priced energy products and services with agility, precision and speed.


Our Innovation team in Düsseldorf is looking for you!

(Strategic) Portfolio Management:

  • Support the development of yearly Innovation agenda (innovations work programme for the next year)
  • Analyse the portfolio of projects and activities in various stages to ensure alignment with as well as meeting strategic objectives
  • Calibrate portfolio against corporate strategy & boundary conditions
  • Analyze portfolio based on strategic insights
  • Identify portfolio white spots in alignment with Innovation and corporate functions


Performance Management & Reporting:

  • Provide function-wide performance management support, leveraging KPIs and dashboards
  • Conduct and facilitate performance management meetings to drive continuous improvement
  • Ensure project data accuracy and improve tracking of milestones / hypothesis to ensure performance discussions on project / portfolio level
  • Deliver department input for corporate reports
  • Develop & steer the annual Innovation Agenda (formal approval process of innovation activities / targets) together with the Innovation Areas
  • Support external reporting process (e.g. sustainability reporting, non-financial statements)

Budget Planning & Management:

  • Management of the budget planning and tracking for the innovation function including forecast / planning processes
  • Responsible for the overarching budget framework & connected planning tools
  • Counterpart for Innovation projects in Budget topics

Operations Excellence & Process Management:

  • Further optimize the Innovation function target operating model, our tools for reporting, portfolio & project management
  • Review and update our Innovation Process in cooperation with governance function

  • Master's degree in economics, science, engineering or comparable
  • Relevant experience in performance, reporting and portfolio management, ideally in energy and/or innovation related fields
  • Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills to translate corporate goals and project performance into Portfolio actions
  • Experience in performance management, utilizing KPIs and dashboards to thrive performance culture
  • Strong PowerPoint Visualization and Storytelling capabilities
  • Relevant Experience in Microsoft PowerBI & Excel
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to work in interdisciplinary environments
  • Fluency in English; other languages are a plus

At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

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