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General Manager R&D (all genders)

Cluj-Napoca
Full-time
Permanent employee

Your mission:

As General Manager R&D, you will take full responsibility for our Romanian development hub and play a key role in shaping its future growth. You will ensure efficient site operations, foster a high-performing engineering culture, and act as the bridge between our local teams and headquarters. This is a dedicated leadership position with significant impact on the success and scalability of our global R&D organization.

Your Tasks

In this role, you will oversee all operational, financial, and organizational aspects of our Romanian entity while driving collaboration, transparency, and sustainable growth.

  • Take full operational, organizational, financial, and legal responsibility for our Romanian subsidiary
  • Represent the company towards local authorities, banks, and external partners and ensure compliance with labor, tax, and corporate regulations
  • Own and manage the site budget, including forecasting, cost control, payroll oversight, and close alignment with HQ Finance
  • Lead, coach, and develop our local R&D organization, fostering engagement, accountability, and long-term talent retention
  • Partner with Talent Acquisition and HQ stakeholders to attract, hire, and onboard top engineering talent
  • Build scalable team structures and leadership capabilities aligned with business objectives
  • Coordinate local R&D activities and ensure alignment with product roadmaps, priorities, resources, and delivery expectations
  • Promote transparency by proactively communicating progress, risks, dependencies, and capacity planning
  • Cultivate a collaborative, trust-based, and performance-oriented engineering culture
  • Strengthen collaboration between Engineering, Product Management, and headquarters while identifying and removing organizational bottlenecks

Your profile:

  • Several years of leadership experience within a software development, technology, or R&D environment
  • Proven track record of managing teams, budgets, and operational processes
  • Experience working within international organizations and collaborating across headquarters and subsidiary structures
  • Solid understanding of modern software development environments and agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban
  • Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution and operational excellence
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills
  • High level of ownership, sound decision-making abilities, and a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset
  • Empathetic and motivating leadership style combined with the confidence to challenge teams and stakeholders constructively
  • Ability to remain calm and focused in dynamic and fast-paced environments

Tools & Technologies
  • Agile Project Management: YouTrack
  • Knowledge Sharing & Documentation: Confluence
  • Collaboration & Communication: Microsoft Teams

You can look forward to:

  • The opportunity to shape and grow an international R&D hub with real impact
  • A high-visibility leadership role influencing strategy, culture, and organizational development
  • Close collaboration with HQ and our global R&D organization
  • The perspective to develop the site into a Center of Excellence
  • Meal, cultural, and vacation vouchers, private medical insurance, and additional local benefits

Your Contact Person

Camilla Geismar
Recruiting Business Partner

c.geismar@meteocontrol.com 

À propos de nous

Chez meteocontrol, nous nous consacrons aux énergies renouvelables depuis 1998 et sommes l'un des principaux développeurs mondiaux de systèmes indépendants de gestion de l'énergie. Grâce à nos solutions globales, nous accompagnons l'ensemble du cycle de vie des systèmes énergétiques. De la planification à la mise en service, nous assistons nos clients en tant que consultants techniques indépendants. Pour ce faire, nous avons besoin d'une équipe de collaborateurs hautement qualifiés et motivés.
Voulez-vous faire partie de notre équipe diversifiée issue de différents départements et conduire ensemble l'avenir des énergies renouvelables ?

Avec de l'énergie pour l'avenir. Nous vous attendons avec impatience !