Manager, PMO

UPM - The Biofore Company; Lappeenranta; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful job

Caring community

Development opportunities

Responsible employer

Job summary

UPM is seeking a Project Management Office Manager to lead cross-functional strategic projects across Finland and Germany. The role can be based in Helsinki or Lappeenranta, Finland, or Leuna, Germany, reporting to the Director Commercial Development.

You will drive governance, reporting, budgets, and cross-team coordination with global exposure. You will facilitate project governance, set milestones, and maintain templates and dashboards while mentoring teams and upholding sustainable,

Qualifications

• 7+ years delivering complex cross-functional projects.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders with credibility.
• Strong governance, meeting facilitation and reporting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Commercial acumen and budget awareness.
• Degree-level education; PMP/PRINCE2 is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic projects with timelines and milestones.
• Hold stakeholders accountable with clear ownership and follow-up.
• Run effective project meetings with agendas and decisions.
• Maintain and improve project templates and dashboards.
• Coordinate commercial, technical and leadership functions.
• Report project status with concise dashboards to senior leadership.
• Identify risks and dependencies and drive mitigation.
• Manage budgets and resources, tracking spend vs plan.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance & reporting

Communication

Commercial acumen

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Excel

PowerPoint

Salesforce

Job description

Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Together we can renew the everyday, for a future beyond fossils!

Learn more about us as a workplace upm.com/careers

We are now looking for a Project Management Office Manager (m/f/d). The position is located in Helsinki or Lappeenranta, Finland or Leuna, Germany.

What you will do

• Lead delivery of key strategic projects end-to-end by setting timelines, tracking milestones, ensuring deadlines are met, and escalating risks early when needed
• Hold stakeholders accountable for deliverables and commitments, ensuring clear ownership and timely follow-up across teams
• Run project meetings effectively by setting agendas, facilitating discussion, capturing decisions and action items, and driving them to completion
• Maintain and improve project templates, trackers, and documentation so reporting stays consistent and up to date across the portfolio
• Manage the commercial management team’s operating rhythm, coordinating critical meetings including agenda-setting, minute-taking, and systematic follow-up on actions
• Serve as the central point of coordination between commercial, technical, and leadership functions, ensuring alignment and clear communication
• Report on project status to senior leadership, produce concise dashboards and summaries covering progress, budget, risks, and dependencies
• Identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies and driving mitigation before they impact delivery
• Manage project budgets and resources, tracking spend against plan and flagging variances early
• Continuously improve project management processes and ways of working, embedding best practices and standardizing approaches across the team

Who youare

• You have strong experience in project management (typically 7+ years) delivering complex, cross-functional projects, ideally in a commercial or industrial B2B environment
• You have proven experience managing senior-level stakeholders and can influence, challenge, and hold colleagues accountable with credibility and diplomacy
• You have a strong track record running project governance, including meeting facilitation, action tracking, and reporting rhythms that keep delivery on course
• You have strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear, actionable updates for leadership
• You have strong commercial acumen and confidence working with budgets, pipeline data, and the priorities of a commercial function
• You are proficient with project management and reporting tools (e.g. MS Project, Smartsheet, Excel/PowerPoint; Salesforce is considered an advantage)
• You have a degree-level education or equivalent professional experience
• Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent) is considered an advantage

This is what we offer to you

• A meaningful job: We have an inspiring purpose “We renew the everyday for a future beyond fossils”. Our work is impactful and transformative.
• A caring community: Our community is built on great team spirit and shared commitment. We care about each other and the well-being of our colleagues. We support the work-life balance of all our employees.
• Development opportunities: We offer you great opportunities to learn and grow throughout your career. We are an international, multi-business organization offering plenty of avenues for personal growth.
• Responsible employer: Sustainability is at the core of everything we do. We are committed to ambitious, science-based sustainability targets in all areas, from climate change mitigation to enhancing biodiversity. We foster diversity and inclusivity, offering a work environment in which everyone can be themselves.

Learn about our Rewarding and our Ways of working.

Additional information about the position

The position holder will report to__Director Commercial Development.

For further information about the role, please contact Ashwin Satish Kumar, Director Commercial Development, at email [e-mail].

Country-specific information

For UPM positions located in Finland, a security background check may be performed for those selected in accordance with the company recruitment guidelines and the Security Clearance Act 726/2014

UPM is a material solutions company, renewing products and entire value chains with an extensive portfolio of renewable fibres, advanced materials, decarbonization solutions, and communication papers. Our performance in sustainability has been recognized by third parties, including EcoVadis and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. We operate globally and employ approximately 15,100 people worldwide, with annual sales of approximately €9.7 billion. Our shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.

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