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We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals, and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation\nWe are looking for a Project Management Team Leader to join our team.\nThe opportunity\nThe Project Management Team Leader is responsible for leading and developing a team of Project Managers while ensuring the successful delivery of a portfolio of projects across the business. This role combines people leadership, operational management, customer engagement, and project governance to drive safety, execution excellence, team performance, and business growth.\nThe successful candidate will act as the first line of leadership for the project management function, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus.\nYour responsibilities\nTeam Leadership & People Development\nLead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of Project Managers and Project Engineers to achieve business and project objectives.\nFoster a high-performance culture focused on safety, customer satisfaction, accountability, and continuous improvement.\nConduct performance reviews, talent assessments, succession planning, and development planning for team members.\nSupport recruitment, onboarding, and retention of project management talent.\nEnsure appropriate resource allocation and workload balancing across the project portfolio.\nProvide guidance and escalation support to project teams throughout the project lifecycle.\nDrive employee engagement and support the professional development of the project management team.\n1 Portfolio & Project Delivery Management\nOversee a portfolio of projects, ensuring consistent application of project management methodologies, governance, and best practices.\nMonitor project performance across schedule, cost, quality, risk, cash flow, and customer satisfaction metrics.\nEnsure projects are appropriately resourced and supported to meet contractual and business objectives.\nReview project status, identify delivery risks, and implement corrective actions where required.\nDrive standardisation of project management processes, tools, reporting, and controls.\nEnsure lessons learned are captured and shared across the wider project management function.\n2 Financial & Operational Management\nSupport budget planning, forecasting, and resource management activities.\nOversee project financial performance, including revenue, margin, cost control, cash collection, and forecasting.\nTrack team utilisation and support strategic workforce planning.\nContribute to the achievement of business performance objectives and operational targets.\n3 Customer & Stakeholder Engagement\nAct as a senior escalation point for customers and internal stakeholders.\nBuild trusted relationships with key customers, ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction.\nWork closely with Operations, Engineering, Sales, Commercial, and Service teams to ensure successful project delivery.\nPromote collaboration and effective communication across all functions.\n4 Safety & Compliance Leadership\nChampion a strong health, safety, and environmental culture across the project management team.\nEnsure compliance with all company policies, procedures, governance requirements, and regulatory standards.\nLead by example through proactive participation in safety initiatives, audits, and hazard reporting.\n5 Business Growth & Continuous Improvement\nSupport tender reviews, resource planning, and bid preparation activities.\nIdentify opportunities to improve project execution efficiency, customer experience, and team effectiveness.\nContribute to strategic planning and business growth initiatives across the organisation.\nYour background\nBachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of qualifications and experience.\nProven experience managing project budgets, forecasting, and planning activities.\nStrong leadership experience with the ability to balance technical expertise and people management.\nSound knowledge of recognised project management methodologies including PMBOK, PMI, PRINCE2, or equivalent frameworks.\nExperience leading projects of varying size and complexity.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\nMembership of, or working towards membership of, a professional body such as PMI, APM, or IET.\nWhat We Offer\n\nFlexible working time\nHealth care and wellness allowance\nFantastic career possibilities within Hitachi Energy both within Ireland and globally\nMentor to support you throughout onboard phase\nVarious trainings and education supporting employee development\nDiversified company\nSupplementary compensation for parental leave\nMore About Us\n Bring your very own sense of pride and purpose as you help us drive forward the Fourth Industrial Revolution - creating a sustainable future for our planet, an your career. Join Hitachi and harness the power of our diverse global network, as you collaborate with and learn from our world-class teams.\nHitachi Energy complementary strengths, we plan to form a new and stronger global leader in the power sector. Hitachi Energy will have more than 230 years of combined heritage and experience. Join us on this exciting journey.\nTalent Partner , Lauren Dolphin  will answer your questions on the position.\nWould you like to help us develop the HVDC technology of tomorrow? Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so don’t delay - apply today!\nAccessibility and reasonable accommodation\nQualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing ageneral inquiry formon our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.\n\nThis is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response.\n\nUse of Al and automated tools in recruitment\nAs part of our recruitment process, Hitachi Energy uses digital and automated tools, including Al-supported solutions, to assist with activities such as application screening, job matching, and interview scheduling. These tools are designed to support our recruiters and do not replace human decision-making. 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