Project Manager Application Center

Schneider Electric; Colombia; Hybrid; COP 180,000,000 - 300,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end automation, electrification, digitalization, and industrial solution projects across the Andean & Caribbean region. You will manage scope, schedule, budget, and stakeholder expectations while coordinating engineering, procurement, and field teams.

The role requires 5+ years in industrial projects, strong financial acumen, advanced English, and a related engineering degree.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading industrial projects within the electrical sector or related fields.
• Hands-on experience in electrification, automation, and digitalization projects.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen: profitability, cash flow, contracts, risks.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and mobilize multicultural teams.
• Advanced English with ability to lead meetings and manage documentation.
• Engineering degree in Electrical/Automation/Industrial/Mechanical fields.
• PMP®, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP® or equivalent certification is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from commercial handover through contractual and financial closure.
• Own project scope, schedule, budget, margin, cash flow, risks, and opportunities.
• Act as the primary contact for customers throughout project execution.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, logistics, and field services.
• Lead contractual changes, negotiations, and critical decisions in complex environments.
• Ensure safety, quality, profitability, on-time delivery, and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Project leadership

Industrial projects

English proficiency

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teams

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Are you passionate about turning complex industrial projects into

successful business outcomes and long-term value for customers?
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead the end-to-end execution of automation, electrification, digitalization, and industrial solution projects across the Andean & Caribbean region.

What will you do?

• Lead projects from commercial handover through contractual and financial closure.
• Own project scope, schedule, budget, margin, cash flow, risks, and opportunities.
• Act as the primary point of contact for customers throughout project execution.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, logistics, manufacturing, field services, subcontractors, and strategic partners.
• Lead contractual changes, negotiations, and critical decision-making in complex environments.
• Ensure strong performance across safety, quality, profitability, on‑time delivery, and customer satisfaction.

What skills and capabilities will make you successful?

• 5+ years of experience leading industrial projects within the electrical sector, including infrastructure or integrated solutions.
• Hands‑on experience in electrification, electrical distribution, automation, industrial control, energy, or digitalization projects.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including project profitability, cash flow, contracts, claims, risks, and opportunities.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and mobilize multicultural, cross‑functional teams.
• Advanced English, with the ability to lead meetings and manage technical and contractual documentation.
• Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Automation, Industrial, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• PMP®, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP®, or equivalent project management certification is highly valued.

What’s in it for you?

• A regional role with exposure across the Andean & Caribbean markets.
• The opportunity to work closely with customers, technical teams, and strategic stakeholders.
• Real ownership of decisions that impact project profitability, cash flow, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• The opportunity to lead projects that advance the electrification, automation, and digital transformation of our customers.

What's in it for me?

• Your leadership will help us deliver complex projects safely, profitably, and with a strong customer focus, while building long‑term relationships and turning innovative solutions into tangible business results.
• If you are ready to lead high‑impact projects across the region, we want to meet you.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

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€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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