R&D Operations Controller

R&D Operations Controller

Join the world’s oldest start-up and turn up the volume on your career

Join the PMO

At GN Audio, we work to lead major technology shifts with intelligent audio and video solutions aiming to provide the best user experiences the market has to offer. To make sure we are always ahead of the game we work in a cross-functional setup, continuously innovating and optimizing our development and production processes and the solutions we bring out to our customers around the world.

In the PMO we are responsible for making sure we stay on track and continuously align on priorities and capabilities across the business and help facilitate that we make the best use of the people and assets we have available. We are a strong sparring partner towards senior and line management as well as project managers facilitating that we as a business make the best decisions possible in an ever-changing world.

To take our portfolio ambitions to the next level we are rethinking our ways of working and that means bringing the PMO even closer to the business than what we have seen in the past. Doing that, however, requires that we have a strong PMO that can deliver a high-quality data foundation for decision making in a structured and professional way – and this is where you come into the picture.

Help us bring our portfolios to the next level

Taking on the role of R&D Operations Controller, you will be responsible for securing that we have the right data on funding, budgets and resources available at the right time to the right people in a format that we can use to take data driven decision-making across R&D.

Specifically, you will:

• Facilitate the project budget process securing input and alignment around the annual budget creation as well as monthly follow-ups with our Portfolio Partners and Line Managers throughout the year ensuring that we stay within the agreed boundaries.

• Provide support for our Product Development Units and Platform Teams focusing on improving performance and efficiency.

• Provide various types of analysis for forecasting, benchmarking, and learning purposes supporting R&D management in decision-making.

• Maintain key project information within PMO databases to secure a solid data foundation enabling sound and data-driven decision-making.

• Develop and maintain our reporting setup enabling our data to come to life and create value for the business.

• Work closely with our Portfolio Partners and Systems and Data members of the team to improve PMO capabilities, streamline processes and support our digitalization journey.

We recognize that personal qualities are critical to succeeding in this role

We expect that you are a team player with a proactive mindset in relation to stakeholders and will be eager to take part in continuously building upon or PMO capabilities.

As an ideal candidate, you possess the ability to gain agreement and commitment from others through collaboration and negotiation. You can thrive in a fast-paced environment and you have the mental resilience to be a vocal advocate.

With your sharp analytical skills, you can effortlessly make decisions based on a blend of data and intuition and we expect you to have high standards for your work and hope you prefer to work in a systematic, methodical, and orderly way.

What we have to offer

Joining our team, you will gain immense knowledge of how to run a Development Organization during times of change. You will help mature and refine the structure and processes for how we efficiently manage our R&D organization in our new highly cross-functional setup and with new portfolio management tools to support this transformation. You will gain a large network as you will communicate with many different functions in management and projects – including Finance and Line- and Project Management in R&D. It will be challenging, exciting – at times it will be chaotic – and it will be hugely rewarding as you will find a great potential for personal and professional growth.

People skills and business acumen
Being a part of PMO requires a unique set of skills that comes with experience. In this role we are looking for someone with a background in finance and/or economics, but as importantly we are looking for someone who can create structure, has an analytical mindset, is business smart and who wants to be part of building a PMO fit for the future.

Our ideal candidate has:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree within a finance, economics, supply chain or business-related field.

• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and experience analyzing and interpreting data and communicating results and trends as a basis for decision making.

• A structured mindset and an ability to execute according to a drumbeat, yet still being open to and identifying opportunities for improvement.

• Great stakeholder management skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English (verbal and written).

You will be part of a small team where we are highly dependent on each other to succeed and where you will be the PMO’s primary interface to our finance organization, and you will likely have some experience in a similar role.

Would you like to know more?

To apply, use the ‘APPLY’ link no later than June 2nd 2023. Applications are assessed on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible. 

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Senior Strategy & PMO Manager, Head of PMO, Sandie Lang Rosenlund on +45 6134 3491

Good luck with your application. We’re really looking forward to hearing from you.