
Strategic Portfolio Manager
Giesecke+Devrient
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: München • Germany
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About the role
- Define and steer the global portfolio strategy for software and digital solutions within the (hybrid) Commercial Cash Cycle — taking into account company objectives, market trends, customer needs, pain points and willingness to pay
- Support the development of our vertical strategy beyond the existing portfolio — based on use cases with a particular focus on integrated digital solutions, including sales enablement and sales support
- Identify and analyze new business ideas to evolve the (digital) commercial portfolio together with our customers; assume business lead responsibility for these ideas in early development stages
- Work closely with product management, sales and regional teams to prioritize investments, plan resources and align market requirements with product roadmaps
- Evaluate and integrate new technologies — e.g., AI — into the portfolio with a focus on customer-centric innovation and value creation
- Develop and implement frameworks for portfolio governance, performance monitoring and health assessment
- Support strategic key initiatives such as partner identification and enablement (e.g., for forecasting solutions), global campaigns, innovation projects, third-party integrations and country-specific cash-cycle analyses to holistically advance the cash cycle
- Act as a sparring partner for senior leadership, providing well-founded insights and recommendations on portfolio development and strategic direction
Requirements
- Degree or equivalent qualification
- Proven experience in strategic portfolio management, ideally in the software and/or digital solutions space
- Experience co-developing innovations with customers
- Strong execution focus and results orientation
- Experience in software sales and business development
- Strong understanding of emerging technologies, including AI, and how to apply them to customer-centric innovations
- Excellent stakeholder management skills and communication with global, cross-functional teams
- Fluent English; additional languages are a plus
- Industry knowledge in commercial cash management is a plus
Benefits
- We are a company with an equal-opportunity corporate culture
- We value diversity in all its forms and foster an inclusive work environment free from bias, discrimination and harassment, where all employees feel a sense of belonging
- Willingness to travel (international)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
strategic portfolio managementsoftware salesbusiness developmentcustomer-centric innovationperformance monitoringhealth assessmentpartner identificationthird-party integrationsuse case developmentemerging technologies
Soft Skills
execution focusresults orientationstakeholder managementcommunicationcollaborationstrategic thinkingleadershipinsight generationproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
degree or equivalent qualification