Project Manager – Control Room Solutions (EMEA)

Black Box Corporation; Belgique; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 10,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Performance bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Black Box Corporation seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead control room projects across EMEA. You will steer multidisciplinary teams, manage budgets (€100k–€10M), and ensure on-time, quality delivery for critical environments. Hybrid work in Central Europe with up to 50% travel.

Fluent English and German required, with additional EU languages a plus. Qualifications include a engineering/AV background and 2–5 years in end-to-end project management.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of project management delivering control room, KVM, and/or Professional AV integration projects.
• Experience with multi-site, multi-vendor EMEA projects.
• Familiar with 24/7 operations, uptime SLAs, and cybersecurity considerations.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Delivery from initiation to handover and close.
• Financial control: budgets, cost tracking, invoicing.
• Planning & scheduling with integrated milestones and critical path.
• Risk, quality and safety leadership for projects.
• Stakeholder management including steering committees and vendors.
• Technical coordination with engineering and solution teams.
• Contracting: variations, change orders, SLAs, handover docs.
• Travel up to 50% across EMEA for sites and audits.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Risk management

MS Project

Excel

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/IT/AV Technology

Master’s degree (plus)

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Job description

Project Manager – Control Room Solutions (EMEA)

Location: Hybrid, based in Central Europe (travel up to 50% across EMEA)

Employment Type: Full‑time (M/F)

About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned Project Manager to deliver complex, mission‑critical control room projects across EMEA. You will lead multidisciplinary teams to design, integrate, and deploy KVM and/or Professional AV solutions—balancing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety for customers in sectors such as utilities, transportation, security & defense, emergency operations, oil & gas, finance, broadcast, and manufacturing.

Typical project budgets: €100K€ – €10,000K€

Experience required: 2-5 years of end‑to‑end project management

Key Responsibilities

• End‑to‑End Delivery – Own the full lifecycle from contract handover to final acceptance (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & control, closure).
• Financial Control – Build and manage budgets (€100k–€10M), track cost to complete, margin protection, cash flow forecasting, and timely invoicing.
• Planning & Scheduling – Develop and maintain integrated schedules (milestones, dependencies, critical path); manage site readiness and resource plans.
• Risk, Quality & Safety – Lead risk/issue/change control;
• Stakeholder Management – Serve as primary customer interface; facilitate steering committees; manage partners, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Technical Coordination – Orchestrate design reviews, POC's, and cut‑over plans with Engineering, Solution Architects, and AE teams.
• Commercial & Contracting – Administer contracts, variations/claims, and change orders; Manage SLAs, warranty, and acceptance criteria.
• Documentation & Handover – Ensure as‑built documentation, training, manuals, and successful handover to Service/Support.
• Travel – Up to 50% across EMEA for sites, customer meetings, supplier audits, and commissioning.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• >2 years of project management delivering control room, KVM, and/or Professional AV integration projects.
• Demonstrated success managing projects with multi‑site, multi‑vendor scope in EMEA.
• Familiar with mission‑critical environments and concepts (24/7 operations, redundancy/N+1, uptime SLAs, cybersecurity considerations).
• Proficient with project tools (e.g., MS Project or equivalent; Excel for cost & progress reporting).
• Languages: Fluent English and German; additional European languages (e.g, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch) are an advantage.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT, AV Technology, or related field (Master’s a plus).

Technical & Domain Knowledge (Nice to Have)

• KVM vendors/technologies:
• AV & networking standards: HDMI/SDI/DP, HDCP, EDID, SMPTE (e.g., ST 2110), IP multicast, Dante/AES67, PoE, VLAN/QoS, SNMP.
• Control room ecosystems: video wall processors, operator consoles, environmental ergonomics, alarm/event management, recording, and room control.
• Strong grasp of KVM (e.g., matrix & IP‑based KVM, redundancy, video wall routing) and Pro AV (signal distribution, video walls, controllers, encoders/decoders).
• Certifications (preferred): PMP / PRINCE2.

Core Competencies

• Customer leadership and executive presence
• Contract & commercial acumen (claims/variations)
• Structured planning and risk management
• Vendor/subcontractor orchestration
• Clear, concise communication and reporting
• Problem solving under time pressure in live environments

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• On‑time / On‑scope delivery vs. baseline plan
• Gross margin protection and cash milestones achieved
• Change order request capture and resolution cycle time
• Customer satisfaction on project close
• Documentation quality & completeness at handover
• RFI/RFP/Technical query response time

What We Offer

• High‑impact role delivering mission‑critical systems across EMEA
• Hybrid work model with international exposure and autonomy
• Competitive compensation, performance bonus, and benefits

Additional Information

• Travel: Up to 50% across EMEA; valid passport and ability to obtain visas as needed.
• Work Authorization: Eligibility to work in Central Europe;
• Diversity: We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants (M/F) will receive consideration without regard to any protected characteristic.