Head of R&D Hub Padua

Head of I-Hub Italy

The new Innovation Hub in Padua - Italy is looking for a global-minded organizational builder who can scale capabilities and lead through influence across a complex international matrix organization.

What You'll Do

Strategy Implementation and Sustainable Hub Growth

• Translate the Innovation Strategy and the direction of the Head of Innovation Excellence into a multi-year Hub roadmap and annual plans for capabilities, staffing, infrastructure and budget.
• Drive capability-led, globally aligned Hub growth and develop the Hub contribution across Product Enhancement, Product Category Ownership and Global Engineering Services.
• Implement the Innovation Excellence Hub Operating Model, connecting People, Domain and Product Leadership through clear responsibilities, decision rights and escalation paths.
• Ensure local execution remains aligned with global product, domain and process governance; prevent parallel local strategies, portfolios, standards or processes

People Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness

• Act as the line manager for the Hub organization and hold accountability for people leadership, performance, development, succession, capacity planning, local execution, culture and engagement.
• Set clear objectives and responsibilities, provide regular feedback and coaching, address performance issues, recognize contribution and develop future leaders and experts.
• Recruit and onboard employees in line with the approved Hub capability target picture, workforce plan, budget and global hiring governance.
• Create a high-performing, inclusive and values-driven environment that strengthens ownership, collaboration, learning and Belimo Credibility Culture.

Who You Are

Educational requirements: 

• Degree from a university, university of applied sciences or equivalent institution in engineering, technology or a related scientific discipline.
• Advanced education in business administration, leadership, finance or project / operations management is desirable.

Experience: 

• Proven experience in building or scaling technical teams and capabilities in an international matrix organization.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and collaboration with Global Domains, Product Engineering, Production, Quality and other relevant functions.
• Strong business and financial understanding, including resource, budget and operational planning.

Personal requirements:

• Enterprise & Service‑oriented mindset and enjoyment of interface roles
• Strong communication skills; very good target group-oriented communication and presentation skills at all hierarchical levels
• Proficiency in English is required; Additional local or international languages are advantageous.
• Ownership mentality; high personal responsibility with the ability to organize, prioritize and delegate with resilience Empathetic, solution‑oriented, proactive, sound judgment, and courage to decide and escalate
• Ability to be influential in and beyond the reporting line across hierarchy and divisions (360°); Holistic thinking
• Willingness to travel internationally as up to approximately 10-15%, depending on business needs.

Who We Are

At Belimo, we take pride in making our company a rewarding place to work. Our leaders are value-driven and encourage new ideas in their teams around the world. Through our passion, our employees are not only creating amazing products, they are revolutionizing the HVAC industry. Investing in our people is at the heart of Belimo's approach to engaging diverse creative talent to grow an industry-leading company. The success of our corporate brand is based on the expertise and commitment of each individual.