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
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