Technical Project Manager – for our Develop and Optimize organization!

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.
Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

Do you want to kick start your Project Management career? Are you looking for a role where you can combine your technical insight with your passion for driving projects? Do you want to play your part in the development of future sustainable products within a major brand in the industry?

Then you might be our new Technical Project Manager!

Your challenges
As our new technical project manager you will be employed at our Østbirk location and report into Jens Kirkegaard Jakobsen, Manager (P&PE Manager). Here you will join a group of project managers, who run and support projects across several functions in VELUX and VELUX Commercial – with one aim: to make the best possible products for our end-customers. We are mainly dedicated to projects within new product launches, product development and product upgrades.

As Technical Project Manager, you will:

• Lead technical projects in a stage gate environment: Plan, budget, risk management, leadership within projects.
• Handle communication of and within projects – written, graphically and spoken.
• Utilize your strong technical skills and insights to improve the outcome of the project.

You should consider approximately 20 days of travelling per year, mainly within Europe.

Your qualifications
It is required that you

• Bring a technical background, perhaps as a Product Developer.
• Have minimum 3 years of experience within a product development end-to-end environment.
• Bring relevant technical education e.g. Design Engineer, Machine Engineer or within Mechanical Engineering.
• Speak and write English fluently. It is a benefit if you speak and understand German as well, but it is not a requirement.

It is seen as an advantage if you have already had experience driving smaller projects, however, you may also currently work as Product Developer or in a similar role, ready to take your first step in your Project Management career.

As a person, you are a team player with a proactive and pragmatic approach to problem solving. You are able to interact with and effectively communicate to all levels of our organisation. At the same time, you are able to manage several tasks in parallel.

You value working in a project-oriented culture where feedback and collaboration are crucial. You have a positive attitude and get your energy from short deadlines and achieving results in close collaboration with colleagues from different parts of the organisation. You feel comfortable in an outgoing role, and you focus on building networks and establishing trust with your stakeholders.

Your opportunities
You will work alongside experienced and committed colleagues – in a setting where knowledge is shared, and responsibility is given to those who can and will. Our team is characterised by an informal tone and respect for each other both as professionals and as individuals. Our feedback culture is essential, and we focus on a high level of empowerment of the individual.

We are a solid value-based company where commitment, courage and mutual respect are among the core values and teamwork and professionalism is essential to the way we work.

We will provide you with the opportunities, inspiration, and quality tools to create a brighter, common future.

Application and contact
Read more about the VELUX Group at www.velux.com, where you can also learn more about working at our company and what to expect in our recruitment process.

We look forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible! We will review candidates and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis. All enquiries will be treated confidentially.

Equal Opportunity Employer
VELUX Residential is fully committed to the concept and practice of equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. To further our goal of equal employment opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, it is the policy of VELUX Residential to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. All employment decisions shall be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity and only job-related qualifications will be required.

Location: Østvej 2 Østbirk