Head of PMO / Chief of Projects (m/f/d)

AURELIUS Beteiligungsberatungs AG; Bayern; On-site; EUR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

AURELIUS is seeking a Head of PMO / Chief of Projects (m/f/d) to lead and professionalize the end-to-end Project Management and Delivery function across the EMEA utilities business, spanning residential and industrial energy tech, software, and analytics solutions.

You will own delivery from project definition through mass production and customer rollout, integrating Sales, Product Management, R&D, NPI, Procurement, and Quality into one disciplined execution engine.

Qualifications

• Extensive PMO/Delivery leadership experience in complex engineering programs.
• Strong program governance, risk, and KPI management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management across functions and regions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the EMEA Project Delivery organization across customer projects, NPI, and cross-BU programs.
• Define and implement governance, PM career paths, and delivery standards with stage gates.
• Own end-to-end delivery from project definition through mass production and customer handover.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration among Sales, Product Management, R&D, Procurement, and Quality.
• Establish shared architectures and reusable delivery playbooks across product families.

Job description

AURELIUS is a global alternative investor, distinguished and widely recognised for its operational approach. It focuses on private markets, in particular Private Equity and Private Debt. Its key investment platforms include AURELIUS Opportunities V, AURELIUS European Opportunities IV, AUR Portfolio III and AURELIUS Growth (Wachstumskapital). AURELIUS has been growing significantly in recent years, especially expanding its global footprint, and today employs more than 400 professionals in 10 offices spanning Europe, North America and Asia.

AURELIUS is driven by a spirit of entrepreneurship, with a collegiate, hands-on approach to complex projects. We are motivated, open, fun, and operate as a team of equals.

Create impact with passion!

Head of PMO / Chief of Projects (m/f/d)

As a Head of PMO you will lead and professionalize the end-to-end Project Management / Delivery function across the EMEA utilities business, spanning residential and industrial energy tech, software, and analytics solutions. You will own delivery from project definition through mass production and customer rollout, integrating Sales, Product Management, R&D, NPI, Procurement, and Quality into one disciplined execution engine. Furthermore, you will transform a currently fragmented, product- and site-centric delivery model into a standardized, cross-BU project delivery organization with clear stage gates, transparent KPIs, and predictable outcomes. The Head of PMO will act as the single accountable owner like a "project CEO" for on-time, on-quality, and on-cost delivery of projects and new product introductions, and as the primary interface to major customers for delivery commitments. Your task is to drive execution discipline, cost control, and margin protection across the full project lifecycle. The role requires frequent travel.

Responsibilities

1. Project Delivery Leadership & Organizational Ownership

• Lead and develop the EMEA Project Delivery organization across customer projects, NPI, and cross-BU solution programs
• Define and implement the organizational setup, governance model, and PM career path, including near-/offshore delivery capacity
• Build a balanced delivery organization combining hardware project management, software/solution delivery, and NPI program management
• Ensure scalability, agility, and clear accountability across all delivery units and sites

2. End-to-End Engineering Delivery

• Own end-to-end delivery from project definition through development, industrialization, mass production ramp, and customer handover
• Act as the single point of accountability for on-time, on-quality, on-cost execution of customer projects and NPIs
• Drive execution discipline, cost control, and scalable delivery models across multi-site and multi-BU programs
• Establish a common project lifecycle, stage-gate framework, and PMO standards applied consistently across electricity, gas, thermal, software, and analytics
• Ensure robust project planning, risk management, change control, and claim management on all major programs
• Chair stage-gate reviews and enforce go/no-go decisions against scope, schedule, cost, quality, and business case

3. Cross-BU Solution Delivery (HW + SW + Analytics)

• Lead delivery of integrated solutions combining residential and industrial meters, head-end software, and analytics offerings
• Break down BU silos and orchestrate cross-BU program teams around customer outcomes, not product lines
• Establish shared solution architectures and reusable delivery playbooks across product families
• Ensure consistent solution scoping, pricing input, and delivery commitments across the portfolio

4. NPI & Industrialization

• Collaborate with Operations on NPI program management from early involvement design, to design freeze through pilot, ramp, and stable serial production
• Ensure early and structured involvement of NPI, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Quality in R&D projects
• Drive design-for-manufacturing, design-for-cost, and design-for-serviceability discipline into every new program
• Manage ramp readiness: supply readiness, test coverage, production line qualification, and yield curves

5. Cross-functional Collaboration

• Act as the delivery counterpart to Product Management (portfolio & roadmap) and R&D (technology execution)
• Partner with Sales and Customer Projects to translate customer commitments into feasible, margin-protected delivery plans
• Provide delivery input into bids, contract negotiation, and commercial terms (milestones, LDs, acceptance criteria)
• Collaborate with Procurement and SCM to secure supply, lead times, and cost targets for project ramp
• Collaborate with Quality to embed quality gates and field-performance feedback into delivery governance
• Align with Finance on project controlling, revenue recognition, milestone billing, and cash collection

6. Financial &