Project Manager

Festo is a worldwide leader in automation technology headquartered in Germany. We are always coming up with creative process solutions that bring product ideas to life. As an employer, we do everything in our power to ensure that visionary ideas are transformed into practice. What we do expect from you? Think outside of the box. Try new things. Bring your own idea. Take advantage of the creative freedom, the wide variety of development opportunities and the access to the best practice. In short: Face new challenges. As an Engineer and part of the production team in the passionate working world of Festo.

With reference to our growing Technical Engineering Center Sofia currently we are looking for:

Project Manager

Your Job:

• Leads the project team of international development projects, represents it externally and in the committees;
• Project planning in terms of costs/budget, resources and scheduling with the involvement of the responsible line managers and team members;
• Control of the project, in particular control and monitoring of the budget, the use of resources and the progress of the project;
• Project team management, incl. motivation, feedback and leadership of the team;
• Determining the project organization and convening the core team; organizing, moderating and leading core team meetings;
• Carry out appropriate project risk management;
• Ensures project documentation;
• Planning, evaluation and acceptance of Q-Gate relevant work results, in coordination with the project Q-planner;
• Regular report the status of the project to the referent managers.
• Act as agile coach to the teams.

Technical Competencies and Requirements:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering, computer science/software engineering or comparable qualification.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Professional Competencies and Requirements:

• At least 3+ years of experience as project manager of interdisciplinary project teams, international experience is beneficial; 
• Good knowledge of the product development process as well experience with project management methods, experience with agile project management methods considered as advantage;
• Very good IT skills - excellent command of MS Office, knowledge in SAP, MS Project/PM Software.
• Experience with agile working methods and approaches, as well as certifications in the agile field.
• Experience with SAFe Agile will be considered as advantage.

Personal Competencies and Requirements:

• Holistic thinking, analytical approach, as well as excellent communication and moderation skills
• Fast learner - capable of familiarizing quickly with new topics.
• Capable of making decisions and taking the responsibility for the results in dynamic and changing environment.
• Team player, able to work in a multicultural working environment.
• Focused on the added value for the internal and/or external clients.
• Thinking out of the box, creativity and continuous improvement attitude.
• Flexible, adaptable, open to meet the change and acquire new knowledge and skills.

In case your professional qualification corresponds to the above requirements and you wish to join our growing team, please send us your CV and a cover letter.​

Reference code: 14095

IPE Level: F4-I 

Country: Bulgaria (BG) 

City: Sofia, Festo Production - TEC 

Company: Festo Production EOOD 

Hiring Manager: Alexander Stojanov

Department: PF-OCMO - Project Office, PF-OCMO

HR contact person: Aleksandar Antonov Angelov, +359(2)4631-352