As Research, Development & Innovation Group Manager, you will contribute to our mission every day by leading and structuring a single, coherent RD&I team for BA GEN. Your team’s mission is to create the value we will offer to the market and our clients in the future by ensuring selective development of:
- Best-in-class competences and engineering tools;
- Differentiating offer of products and services that captures market’s and clients’ evolution
- Artificial intelligence tools and practices
- Technology watches to keep up with state-of-the-art
You will play a crucial role in bringing clarity and driving delivery and performance across the RD&I landscape by ensuring unified governance, transparent decision-making, strong project discipline, and effective articulation between Strategy, Business Streams, Technical Direction, Métiers, and the Corporate AI Taskforce.
What we offer
- Tractebel is more than a place to work. It’s your chance to evolve alongside top experts on impactful projects around the world. It’s an environment built on team spirit, where you can reach your highest potential.
- We actively support the development of our people, and the opportunities for growth within the ENGIE Group are wide open.
- We offer a competitive salary package, including representation allowances, double paid holidays, meal vouchers, eco cheques, bonuses, health insurance, PC purchase plan, ENGIE stock options, and more.
- Our mobility plans are adaptable to your needs: a company car, train pass, bike lease, or combinations thereof. You can also swap your company car for the flexible and tax-friendly Belgian Mobility Budget!
- Flexible hybrid working allows you to work from home (2–3 days per week), on-site or on the go. Tractebel contributes to your home office setup through advantageous purchase programs and support for your internet and mobile plans.
- Holidays: 20 legal days + 12 compensatory leave days (full-time). You can also buy 5 extra days for even more relaxation.
- To celebrate successes — and simply to have fun — we come together for afterworks, team sports, team-building events, our annual party, and more.
Your key responsibilities
- Manage the RD&I project team for Gas, Energy and Nuclear activities, ensuring coherence across the full portfolio of R&D and innovation activities.
- Lead the definition of a pluriannual RD&I roadmap, aligned with mid- to long-term Strategy and short-term Business objectives.
- Translate the orientations of the roadmap into a prioritized portfolio of RD&I projects; move from ideas / initiatives to structured projects, with clear decision gates, execution discipline, and measurable outcomes .
- Ensure robust gate-keeping of RD&I portfolio, including prioritization, arbitration, and periodic review of choices based on value creation and relevance for the business.
- Act as the main interface with the RD&I Board, Scientific Council, Métiers and Business Streams stakeholders.
- Manage RD&I budgets, monitor and plan workload, provide reporting and visibility to leadership on priorities, progress, risks, and results.
- Help define the appropriate processes, rituals, and management framework to ensure that all RD&I topics are run with the same level of rigor as operational projects, including externally funded projects.
- Ensure each key initiative benefits from strong project leadership, structured follow-up, regular reviews, and clear accountability for deliverables and outcomes.
We would love to hear from people with
- A Master’s degree in engineering or a related field.
- Proven track-record in R&D, innovation, product development in an industrial and/or energy-related
- Strong technical background / technical acumen
- Business acumen, with the ability to connect technical or innovation topics to market needs, competitive differentiation, and value creation
- Leadership experience in managing complex, cross-functional environments involving business, technical, and strategic stakeholders.
- Experience in portfolio management, budget management, and performance tracking.
- Good communication and influencing skills, with the credibility to engage senior leaders, experts, business stakeholders, and external partners
- Fluency in English; French is a strong asset.
- A strategic thinker with a hands-on mindset, able to combine long-term direction with short-term execution.
- A strong integrator who brings clarity, alignment, and momentum in environments that need structure and shared direction.
- A leader who can foster collaboration, and establish objective and transparent decision-making.
- Able to challenge constructively, arbitrate fairly, and maintain focus on value creation for clients and for the business.
- Passionate about innovation, technical excellence, and building differentiating capabilities for the future.
Our Recruitment Process
- Pre-screening conversation/HR in-depth interview (on-site or via Teams) with the Talent Acquisition Partner
- 2 business interviews (preferably on-site) with your future manager
Who we are
Ready to engineer your positive impact? Then join Tractebel, part of the ENGIE Group, and our 5,000 passionate experts around the globe, driven by shaping a more sustainable world every day. Make your contribution to carbon neutrality in markets like nuclear, renewables, power & gas, electrical grids, hydropower & dams, water resources & supply, desalination, complex & high-tech buildings, transport infrastructures, and ports & waterways.
Our top priorities are people, ethics, safety, and sustainability. With Tractebel, you are uniquely positioned to make a positive impact on global net-zero targets. The driving force behind reaching these goals is our greatest asset: you. Our people come first, and our strength is in our diversity. Because diversity leads to fresh perspectives that drive performance and innovation, we welcome all applicants and remain committed to an inclusive workplace.
Find out more about Tractebel, our activities and why you should join us here!
