Held the position of General Director of the Innovation, Strategic Investment and Analysis Section (HUB) at the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatics. Among other things, he was responsible for the preparation and implementation of the Fair Transformation Fund, which serves to support the transformation of selected regions in Slovakia into carbon-neutral economies. Currently, he is holding the position of minister at the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatics

He also worked as an expert within JASPERS (European Investment Bank) and focused on projects funded by the ESI Funds in the areas of innovation, research and development and the promotion of smart cities. In the past, Peter worked as an economic specialist at the US Embassy in Bratislava and also as the director of the Department of Innovation and Digital Economy at the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic. He was also part of the team at the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, which proposed a series of measures to support the startup ecosystem in Slovakia. Peter Balík has also worked abroad for a long time as a strategic consultant in various consulting companies and also in several international organizations, including the European Parliament in Brussels and the United Nations in New York.