Project Manager

Job Summary

Are you ready to take the challenge to become a Project Manager at Tetra Pak?
 
We are looking for passionate professional to join our Programme Management team within R&D department.
In this role you will oversee the entire lifecycle of complex projects and products, ensuring they meet customer needs and align with Tetra Pak innovation strategy. 

This is a permanent position based in Modena (Italy) and will report to a Programme Manager. The candidate is expected to travel up to 10-15% of the working time.

What you will do

In this position your main responsibilities will be:

• Leading Projects: Define, communicate and manage project goals, timelines, budgets, and deliverables, ensuring they meet stakeholder requirements.
• Planning & Execution: Create and implement project plans, breaking them into manageable tasks and assigning roles to team members.
• Governance management: Prepare and present project updates to the governance forums, ensuring timely communication and full alignment to all organisation levels
• Quality Assurance: Define, plan and manage systematic quality activities to meet project requirements through employing necessary processes, methods and tools 
• Stakeholder Management: Communicate with and align internal and external stakeholders throughout the project.
• Risk Management: Identify risks, develop mitigation strategies, and adapt to changing business needs.
• Procurement & Contracts: Oversee supplier selection and ensure contracts align with project objectives.
• Team Leadership: Build, motivate, and support a cross-functional team to achieve project success

We believe you have

We’re looking for someone with strong project management experience, leadership skills, and a passion for innovation.

Education & Language Skills:

• Master’s degree in a technical or management field.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

Professional Experience:

• 5–10 years of experience in project management, ideally in innovation, product development, or industrialization processes with budget responsibility.
• Experience working with PMI standards and Agile methodologies is a plus.
• Proven ability to work with stakeholders at all levels, using informal authority to influence and manage expectations.

Personal Qualities:

• Self-Motivated & Results-Oriented: You take ownership of your projects and ensure objectives are met even in a changing environment and without having the full picture available.
• Detail-Oriented & Strategic Thinker: You can dive into the details while keeping the bigger picture in mind.
• Strong Communicator: You excel at motivating teams and engaging stakeholders. You align and manage stakeholders prior and during governance meetings. The messages you share are smooth and effective, both written and verbal. 
• Adaptable: You can pivot quickly when business needs change. You understand the reasons for change, and you are effective in sharing and motivating the team with the new requests.
• Negotiation Skills: You’re confident managing discussions and contracts