Director of Project Execution

Kamstrup; Denmark; On-site; DKK 1,200,000 - 1,650,000; Full time

Job summary

Kamstrup Water is seeking a Director of Project Execution to lead a newly formed team delivering water-related New Product Development projects. You will drive portfolio prioritization, governance, and resource allocation across functions, shaping strategy and ensuring on-time, on-budget deliveries.

You will lead seven project managers, foster collaboration, and advance Digital tools and AI-enabled productivity to improve transparency and outcomes. English fluency is essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of leadership experience leading complex new product development projects in industrial electronics or software-enabled environments.
• Extensive competencies in project governance, program management, resource planning and executive reporting.
• Deep understanding of governance, portfolio management, risk management, and development processes.

Responsibilities

• Shape the direction of Project Execution and ensure portfolio performance aligned with Water strategy.
• Lead and develop a team of Project Managers across software and hardware development.
• Strengthen project management practices, governance, and cross-functional execution.

Skills

Leadership experience

NPD governance

Program management

Resource planning

Executive reporting

English fluency

Job description

Do you thrive on driving strategic priorities, creating governance, and enabling a newly formed Project Execution team to deliver New Product Development projects successfully? Do you want to lead a portfolio of projects that directly impact business growth, time to market, and enable sustainable water management?

Set the direction for Kamstrup Water’s Project Execution

As Director of Project Execution you will lead, unify, and develop a newly established Project Execution team responsible for ensuring that all Water New Product Development projects are planned, resources managed, and executed according to agreed scope, timelines and budgets. As a pivotal member of the Water Leadership Team, you will be providing recommendations on portfolio prioritization, corrective actions, and key investment decisions.

More specifically, you will be:

• Shaping the direction of Project Execution, ensuring portfolio performance and value aligned with Water's strategy and product roadmaps
• Leading and developing a team of Project Managers by fostering engagement, accountability and collaboration
• Strengthening project management practices, governance, and execution across the Water organization
• Ensuring transparency across scope, resources, timelines, risks, budgets, and business cases
• Owning resource allocation across projects and functions in Water, including leading the monthly resource planning process while ensuring alignment of decencies with Heat/Cooling and Electricity
• Enabling cross-functional alignment, resource prioritization, and continuous improvement through digital tools, data-driven reporting, and AI-enabled productivity
• Driving quality, transparency, and consistency in all documentation and deliverables throughout the New Product Development process, from G0 to R5

This is a unique opportunity to transform and lead Kamstrup Water's project execution competencies to create best-in-class project management practices, portfolio transparency, and cross-functional collaboration. Ultimately, your work will have a direct impact on Water's commercial success and ability to bring innovative solutions to market.

Meet your future team

With a direct reference to the Senior Vice President - Water, you will lead the Project Execution, Water team, consisting of seven employees. The team has recently been established by bringing together project managers from both software and hardware development into one shared function. Together, you will challenge existing ways of working, simplify complexity, and build the project management competencies that will enable Water's future growth journey. As an integrated member of the Water Leadership Team, you will collaborate closely with Product Management, R&D, and Commercial teams. Positioned at the heart of decision-making and cross-functional collaboration, you will ensure that strategic priorities are translated into successful deliveries.

Less About Us, More About You

We are looking for an inspiring leader who can unite strategic thinking with execution. You achieve this through extensive stakeholder management and your ability to align senior leaders and drive decisions across functions, while developing a high-performing team with clear priorities, high engagement levels, and delivery accountability.

In order to succeed, we imagine that you:

• Have 3+ years of leadership experience and a comprehensive proven track record in complex new product development projects ideally from industrial electronics or software-enabled product environment
• Bring extensive competencies in project governance, program management, resource planning and executive reporting
• Possess an excellent understanding of project governance, portfolio management, resource planning, risk management, development processes, and executive reporting
• Turn strategy, customer needs, product roadmaps and technical realities into clear priorities and delivery plans
• Are structured, analytical, and decision-oriented with the ability to simplify complexity and create clarity for leadership teams

As we are an international organization it is important that you are fluent in English.

While you may not meet all the qualifications listed above, you could still be the right candidate. If the role excites you, we encourage you to apply.

We are more than an ordinary workplace

We cherish the good colleagueship which we all contribute to, the only limit is your engagement. As we are a big organization you are bound to find one or more colleagues who share the same interest as you. This might be in our board game club, on our cycling team, during our yearly summer festival, or on the padel court. For example, our Team lead, Service Delivery is also our volunteer padel instructor while one of our Software Test Engineers run weekly spinning classes.

Besides the best colleagues you could imagine, we also offer:

• Work life balance through flexible working hours
• Employee benefits including a healthy canteen, fitness facilities, in-house dental clinic, hairdresser, and a free health clinic
• An active employee association that fosters a collaborative and supportive workplace community
• Beneficial health care and insurance package

Do you want to be a part of Kamstrup?

The job will be located at Kamstrup's headquarters in Stilling, between Aarhus and Skanderborg.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Global Talent Attraction Partner, Sune Vig, on phone: [phone].

Get to know us

At Kamstrup, you'll become part of a close-knit community that genuinely cares about one another, fostering connections both in and out of the workplace. Our team comprises innovators, dreamers, and doers, united by an unyielding passion to challenge the status quo, find better solutions, and constantly push the boundaries of what's possible by being driving by our purpose: We Make What You Measure Matter. With an unwavering commitment to growth, we offer opportunities for you to leverage your skills and drive our business to new heights, empowering you to leave your mark on our future and grow with us.

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