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Job Description
Senior Project Manager
Make an impact with us at KONGSBERG Discovery. Your expertise Protects People and Planet. We're seeking talented individuals to help us shape the maritime future.
We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Senior Project Manager to join our Uncrewed Platforms Operations division in Horten. Your role will be to lead projects developing, building, upgrading, and delivering advanced Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) systems.
What you will be doing
- Manage projects, coordinating activities across design, engineering, production, procurement, and quality teams.
- Ensure successful project delivery by meeting contractual commitments, customer expectations, and business objectives related to scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
- Plan, track, and deliver project milestones while managing schedules, resources, and dependencies.
- Identify, assess, and manage project risks and opportunities, implementing mitigation plans and driving timely resolution of critical issues.
- Manage project financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, variations, and monthly financial reporting.
- Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders, communicating, influencing, and negotiating effectively at all levels.
Why join us
- An exciting and important position working for the world-leading supplier of maritime solutions.
- The opportunity to lead advanced AUV and USV projects that contribute to safer and more sustainable ocean operations.
- A collaborative and highly skilled professional environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Competitive salary and benefits package, including attractive insurance and pension schemes.
- Flexible working arrangements supporting work-life balance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
- Proven experience managing large and complex projects, preferably within the marine, defense, or high-technology sectors.
- Experience delivering customer projects with responsibility for scope, schedule, cost, quality, and stakeholder management.
- Strong leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills, with the ability to motivate and coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills in Norwegian and English.
Skills
Project ManagementLeadershipStakeholder ManagementRisk ManagementFinancial ReportingBudgetingNegotiationMultidisciplinary Team Coordination
Experience
senior