Performance Manager (m/f/d) Project Portfolio

What we achieve together

In this role you play a key part in ensuring a professional, transparent, and future-oriented project portfolio that meets the international standards of the Vaillant Group. You create clarity for various stakeholders and enable well‑founded decision‑making. You are responsible for operational portfolio management and the associated portfolio controlling.

• You evaluate initiatives within the framework of demand, prioritization, and roadmap management based on strategic fit, cost-effectiveness, and risk profile; you prioritize according to expected benefits, map dependencies, and develop realistic portfolios


• You ensure professional project portfolio controlling by consolidating and analyzing financial data from various projects and preparing it for business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and actuals reporting


• Your responsibilities include the creation, development, and maintenance of a project portfolio, which you prepare in a clear and structured manner for relevant decision‑making bodies such as portfolio boards or steering committees


• You coordinate resources, budget, and timelines at portfolio level, identify bottlenecks at an early stage, and develop countermeasures (e.g., resource reallocation, adjusting priorities, adding capacities)


• By providing and administering relevant tools, you make a central contribution to the further development of methods, processes, and standards in project portfolio management


• Together with international colleagues from project management, IT, controlling, and program organization, you build trusting relationships and strengthen professional stakeholder management

What makes us successful together

• Qualification: You hold a master’s degree in a business‑related field, providing the professional foundation for effective project portfolio management


• Experience: You have more than seven years of relevant professional experience, ideally in project portfolio management, and are confident in cross‑functional project environments


• Know‑how & Skills: Your strong methodological expertise in project portfolio management and controlling, combined with your proficient use of SAP, Business Warehouse, and project‑related tools, enables precise analysis of complex interdependencies


• Nice to Have: Knowledge in risk or quality management as well as experience in developing project management methods and tools


• Personality: You work in a structured and solution‑oriented way with a strong sense of responsibility, while your clear communication and empathy allow you to thrive in an international environment


• Language Skills: You communicate fluently in English and operate confidently in global teams with diverse cultural backgrounds; German is an advantage

What you can count on

• Hybrid Work: We offer our employees the opportunity to work on a hybrid basis. There is also the option to temporarily work from a country within the European Union


• Salary: We offer an attractive remuneration package in accordance with the NRW IG Metall collective wage agreement, including vacation pay and Christmas bonus.


• Onboarding: Our clearly structured onboarding process, including an Onboarding App, enables us to integrate new employees into Vaillant Group quickly and in a targeted manner


• Health management: We offer comprehensive preventive health counseling & measures
  Individual development: Our development programs "GROW, EVOLVE, LEAD and EXCEL" prepare you for the next step in your career