**Strategic Portfolio & Business Operations Manager (Research)**
Manage complex research portfolios, drive operational excellence, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration. Excel in project management, budget planning, and data analysis. Minimum 10 years' experience in research environments, preferably with a Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or related field. Strong handle on CAPEX/OPEX tracking, workload analysis, and performance reporting. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, PMI certification appreciated.
Experience and skills: 10+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree, 8+ years with a Master’s degree, or 4+ years with a PhD, in an research‑enabled environment is highly desirable. Academic working level obtained through education and professional experience; university degree, MSc, or equivalent in Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field preferred. Significant experience in portfolio management, program or project management, business operations, operational excellence, change management, or organizational improvement. Experience supporting complex Research, R&D, engineering, innovation, or technical organizations with cross-functional and cross-site stakeholders. Strong capability in budget planning, latest-estimate coordination, CAPEX/OPEX tracking, headcount management, workload analysis, long-term capacity planning, and performance reporting. Expert knowledge of project management methods, data analysis, reporting tools, and supportive systems such as Microsoft Excel, Access, Project, SharePoint, Office applications, and electronic communication tools. Ability to translate data into written, graphical, and executive-ready reporting formats that support decision-making and stakeholder alignment. Sufficient technical understanding to communicate effectively with scientific, engineering, program, finance, HR, facilities, and leadership stakeholders, and to review plans and progress critically. PMI certification or equivalent, such as CAPM, PMP, or IPMA, is desirable. Skills: Strategic thinking, analytical reasoning, and problem solving. Decision quality, including the ability to build sound business cases, structure decision-making processes, and drive timely conclusions. Strong organizational sensitivity, stakeholder management, influencing skills, and ability to work across executive, managerial, technical, and operational levels. Excellent written, verbal, graphical, and executive communication skills. Strong interpersonal, teamwork, customer-service, mentoring, and leadership capabilities. Ability to convert abstract ideas into defined objectives, measurable outcomes, implementation plans, and sustained operational practices, including simplification of complex topics into tactically-sound messaging. Excellent planning, organizational, reasoning, prioritization, and motivational skills. Able to stand-in and provide input and guidance in place of Source Research leadership. Other information: PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. The employee is occasionally required to move around the campus including working while fully gowned in a clean room environment. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee may be required to travel based on business needs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. May spend extended periods of time at a computer workstation. The current base annual salary range for this role is currently: $150,000-206,250 Pay scales are determined by role, level, location and alignment with market data. Individual pay is determined through interviews and an assessment of several factors that that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and pay relative to other team members. The Company offers employees and their families, medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to participate in the Company’s 401k plan. Employees will also receive eight (8) hours of vacation leave every month and (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year. For more information, please contact the Recruiter or click on this link Compensation & Benefits in the US . All new ASML jobs have a minimum application deadline of 10 days. This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.