Senior Project Manager – End-to-End Product Launches

Senior Project Manager - End-to-End Product Launches

VELUX Products & Innovation, Accessories and Digital Solutions - Skjern

Join a team that transforms ambitious ideas into products and solutions used worldwide. If you are an experienced project leader who thrives in complexity, aligns stakeholders around common goals, and delivers business impact, this could be your next opportunity at VELUX.

Meet your future team

You will join the Project Execution team within Products & Innovation - Accessories and Digital Solutions.

Our team turns strategic ambitions into products and solutions that create customer value globally.

We work across a broad portfolio that includes internal blinds, external heat protection products and digital solutions that increasingly connect and enhance our product offerings.

Working across the value chain, we use stage-gate, agile and hybrid approaches to bring new products to market and improve existing solutions.

What we offer

As Senior Project Manager, you will own strategically important development projects from concept and business case through industrialisation and market launch.

You will ensure successful delivery while balancing business objectives, customer value and organisational alignment. Working with senior stakeholders, you will help shape future products, capabilities and ways of working.

More specifically, your tasks will be to:

• Lead high-impact product development projects from concept through to market launch, working in a complex matrix organisation

• Drive execution across R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial and other key functions

• Develop and manage business cases, project plans, budgets and governance structures

• Ensure delivery of projects on time, within scope and within budget

• Identify, assess and manage risks while maintaining transparency and quality throughout project execution

• Build alignment among stakeholders, including senior leaders and executives

• Support organisational development through coaching of project managers and cross-functional teams

• Contribute to initiatives that strengthen competitiveness, sustainability and customer value

Projects may include product launches, digital solutions, sustainability improvements and initiatives focused on simplification, cost optimisation and capability building.

What you will bring

You have a strong track record of delivering complex projects and programmes.

You combine strong project management expertise with collaborative leadership and the ability to navigate complexity through influence and clear direction.

You enjoy working across functions and cultures and creating results together with others.

You build trust quickly, communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels and maintain momentum in challenging environments.

Moreover, we expect that you:

• Hold a degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management or a related field

• Have significant experience leading large cross-functional engineering projects or programmes

• Have strong knowledge of product development processes, stage-gate and/or agile methodologies

• Possess solid commercial and financial understanding, including business case and budget ownership

• Demonstrate excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across all organisational levels, incorporating commercial considerations into decisions and communication

• Bring a coaching mindset and develop both teams and individuals

• Take ownership, show resilience and consistently deliver on commitments

• Experience managing outsourced product development and external partners, including requirements management, scope control, and delivery within agreed cost, timeline and quality targets

• Experience leading development of connected products integrated with digital platforms is highly valued

• Experience from mechanical, hardware and/or digital product development environments is preferred

• Preferably hold a recognised project management certification such as IPMA Level B or equivalent

Ready to apply

The position is based in Skjern, with the possibility of working from our Innovation House in Østbirk a few days per week.

Regular collaboration between our R&D sites in Skjern and Østbirk is expected, along with limited international travel.

Learn more about the VELUX Group online at www.velux.com, where you can read more about working at our company and what to expect from our recruitment process.

We look forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible. We review applications continuously and encourage early application.

All enquiries will be treated confidentially.

About VELUX

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the roof window category, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof to 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 create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and our planet through our foundations. With production companies across multiple countries and sales companies around the world, our products are widely available. We employ around 12,000 people globally and are headquartered in Denmark.

Alongside our values, courage and mutual respect guide the way we work, collaborate and contribute to the world around us.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At VELUX, we believe in fostering a diverse workplace where everyone can thrive, develop and perform at their best, and where all employees feel welcome, respected and valued.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all. This means we recruit, hire, train and promote people based on their skills, experience and potential. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and make employment decisions without regard to characteristics protected by applicable law. We value diversity and inclusion and strive to ensure that our employment practices are fair, transparent and focused on what truly matters: your qualifications and your ability to contribute to our shared success.