Commercial Project Director (f/m/d)

Voith Group; St. Pölten; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 73.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Leadership role

International projects

Flexible working models

Career development

Autonomy

Zusammenfassung

Voith Group is seeking a Commercial Project Director (f/m/d) in St. Pölten, Austria.

You will take overall commercial responsibility for international mega projects, leading commercial functions and negotiating at executive level to ensure successful outcomes. Ideal candidates have a senior track record in commercial leadership within large-scale projects, strong governance and risk management capabilities, and business-fluent English.

Qualifikationen

• University degree in Business Administration or Law or comparable qualification.
• Several years of senior commercial leadership experience in international project business.
• Strong expertise in commercial project management, risk management, and cash flow management.
• Proven ability to lead international multi-disciplinary teams.
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent business English; knowledge of additional languages is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Assume overall commercial responsibility for an international mega project.
• Lead and coordinate Project Controlling, Commercial Management, Contract Management and Risk Management.
• Prepare decision papers, business scenarios, commercial assessments and risk evaluations.
• Ensure transparency of project commercial performance and report to Executive Management.
• Represent commercial interests to customers, partners, suppliers and lenders.
• Lead complex negotiations at executive level and manage disputes.
• Steer commercial objectives with the Project Director and support escalation.
• Assess impact of changes on contracts, costs, schedule and cash flow.
• Lead claim management and develop robust strategies.
• Ensure governance, export control and risk management compliance.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Negotiation

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Project management

Ausbildung

University degree in Business Administration or Law

Jobbeschreibung

About Voith Group The Voith Group is a global technology group. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services, and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the energy, paper, raw materials, and transportation & automotive markets. Founded in 1867, Voith is today one of Europe’s leading family-owned companies, with approximately 20,700 employees, 4.8 billion euros in revenue, and locations in over 60 countries around the world.

About Voith Group The Voith Group is a global technology group. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services, and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the energy, paper, raw materials, and transportation & automotive markets. Founded in 1867, Voith is today one of Europe’s leading family-owned companies, with approximately 20,700 employees, 4.8 billion euros in revenue, and locations in over 60 countries around the world.

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Commercial Project Director (f/m/d)

Job ID 78635 | Location St. Pölten, Austria

Join us in taking commercial leadership of some of the world's most challenging international large-scale infrastructure and energy projects with project values up to hundreds of millions of euros. In this key executive-facing role, you will drive the commercial success of a strategically important project throughout the entire project lifecycle and act as the primary commercial interface for executive management, customer, consortium partners and other key stakeholders.

Your Responsibilities

• Assume overall commercial responsibility for an international mega project with exceptional commercial, contractual and financial complexity.
• Lead and coordinate the Project Controlling, Commercial Management, Contract Management and Risk Management functions within the project to ensure integrated management of costs, cash flow, opportunities and risks.
• Prepare decision papers, business scenarios, commercial assessments and risk evaluations for Executive Management.
• Ensure full transparency of the project's commercial performance and provide regular reporting to Executive Management.
• Represent the company's commercial interests towards customer, consortium partners, suppliers, financial institutions and external advisors.
• Lead complex commercial and contractual negotiations at executive level and represent the company in strategically critical or highly disputed project situations.
• Together with the Project Director, steer the commercial and contractual objectives of the project and support escalation management where required.
• Assess the commercial impact of changes, disruptions and risks on contracts, costs, schedule and cash flow, and initiate appropriate mitigation measures.
• Lead both offensive and defensive claim management, develop robust claim strategies and conduct complex negotiations to protect the company's commercial interests.
• Ensure compliance with corporate governance, compliance, export control and risk management requirements throughout project execution.

Your Profile

• University degree in Business Administration, Law or a comparable qualification.
• Several years of experience in a senior commercial leadership role within complex international project business, ideally in the energy, infrastructure, industrial or EPC sectors.
• Strong expertise in Commercial Project Management, Project Controlling, Contract Management (including FIDIC), Risk Management and Cash Flow Management.
• Proven experience in leading international multidisciplinary project teams.
• Extensive negotiation experience with customer, consortium partners, suppliers and executive-level stakeholders.
• Excellent understanding of international contract models, claims management, project financing structures, guarantees, insurance and commercial project governance.
• Experience with international financial institutions (e.g. World Bank, AIIB, EIB or similar) would be considered an advantage.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical capability and decision‑making skills.
• Confident executive presence with the ability to align diverse stakeholder interests, including in challenging and high‑pressure project environments.
• Business‑fluent English; knowledge of Russian or Farsi would be an advantage.

Our Offer

• A key leadership position with significant influence on the commercial success of our most strategic international projects.
• The opportunity to shape an internationally significant large and mega project.
• Close collaboration with an international network of project, engineering, finance, contract and legal professionals.
• High visibility within Executive Management and direct interaction with senior international customers and stakeholders.
• A high degree of autonomy, responsibility and entrepreneurial freedom.
• Flexible working models.
• Individual development and career opportunities within an international technology group

The annual gross salary for this position is based on the Austrian Collective Agreement for the Metal Industry and amounts to € 66.750,- . Competitive remuneration above the Collective Agreement is offered depending on qualifications and professional experience.

We look forward to receiving your application via our online application portal.

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