Instead, if a role is of interest to you, apply and you will get to speak to engineers from Lisbon during the process. They could answer any questions you have about where decisions are made and the autonomy of teams. I think you would be pleasantly surprised by the answers.
Alternatively, my email is in my profile. I can put you directly in touch with someone in the engineering team in Lisbon if you'd like to speak to them before speaking to a recruiter.