This newly established role will serve as the critical link between corporate strategy and portfolio investment decisions across our global solutions portfolio. Reporting into Product & Technology leadership, this individual will help determine where the company should invest, partner, build, buy, or acquire capabilities to drive long-term growth and competitive differentiation.
The Director, Portfolio Strategy will provide leadership visibility across a complex portfolio of software, hardware, services, and innovation initiatives, enabling executive teams to make informed decisions regarding R&D investments, strategic priorities, and portfolio direction.
This role is initially an individual contributor position with the opportunity to build and lead a small team as the function evolves.
ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities
Portfolio Strategy & Investment Planning
- Translate corporate strategy into portfolio strategy, investment recommendations, and roadmap priorities.
- Evaluate portfolio performance and identify opportunities for growth, innovation, and market expansion.
- Assess build, buy, partner, and acquisition opportunities to strengthen portfolio competitiveness.
- Develop portfolio frameworks that balance core, adjacent, and transformational investments.
Governance & Prioritization
- Establish portfolio governance processes, operating mechanisms, and decision-making frameworks.
- Lead portfolio review processes and facilitate executive discussions on investment trade-offs.
- Develop visibility into R&D investments, portfolio health, resource allocation, and strategic outcomes.
- Support annual and long-range planning processes related to portfolio investment decisions.
Executive Alignment & Influence
- Align Product, Engineering, Corporate Strategy, Finance, Commercial, and regional leaders around portfolio priorities.
- Facilitate discussions that resolve competing priorities and drive organizational alignment.
- Present strategic recommendations and portfolio insights to senior executives and ELT stakeholders.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Product & Technology leadership regarding strategic investment decisions.
Market Intelligence & Growth Strategy
- Monitor market trends, competitive dynamics, emerging technologies, and industry disruption.
- Develop executive-level recommendations regarding future growth opportunities.
- Assess strategic technology partnerships and ecosystem opportunities that support long-term business objectives.
Required Experience
- 10-15+ years of experience in Portfolio Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Strategic Planning, Management Consulting, Product Portfolio Management, or a related function.
- Demonstrated experience influencing portfolio-level investment decisions across software, hardware, and services environments.
- Strong understanding of R&D investment planning, capital allocation, business case development, and ROI analysis.
- Experience building executive governance processes and facilitating strategic decision-making discussions.
- Ability to translate complex data and portfolio information into actionable business recommendations.
- Strong executive presence with experience presenting to senior leadership teams.
Preferred Experience
- Experience in both corporate and consulting environments.
- Exposure to technology-enabled businesses, enterprise software, payments, financial services, retail technology, or complex solution portfolios.
- Global experience working across North America, Europe, and India.
- Experience evaluating M&A, strategic partnerships, or technology investment opportunities.
MBA or advanced business degree preferred but not required.
Why should you join Diebold Nixdorf?
Brightest minds + technology and innovation + business transformation The people of Diebold Nixdorf are 23,000+ teammates of diverse talents and expertise in more than 130 countries, harnessing future technologies to deliver personalized, secure consumer experiences that connect people to commerce. Our culture is fueled by our values of collaboration, decisiveness, urgency, willingness to change, and accountability.
–Diebold Nixdorf is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
** To all recruitment agencies: Diebold Nixdorf does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Diebold Nixdorf employees or any other organization location. Diebold Nixdorf is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes**
We are a global Company operating in multiple Locations and Entities. As we are keen to find the best solution for our candidates several legal entities might be applicable for a Job offer. A List of our operating entities can be found here - https://www.dieboldnixdorf.com/en-us/about-us/global-locations
Diebold Nixdorf Dublin, California, USA Office
Dublin, United States
Diebold Nixdorf Pleasanton, California, USA Office
Pleasanton, United States
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San Francisco, United States
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