R&D Project Manager - Agile, Marine & Energy

Wärtsilä Corporation; Vaasa; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wärtsilä is seeking a Project Manager to strengthen the T&V Test Services team in Vaasa, Finland. The role focuses on leading communications, planning, and execution within an R&D environment, emphasizing safety, schedule, and stakeholder alignment.

You will drive objectives, support design-to-validation phases, and contribute to project management development within Marine Power Supply R&D and Engineering, collaborating across engineering teams and with main stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Engineering background with relevant degree.
• Ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Experience in project planning, execution and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high-quality communication within the project team and with main stakeholders.
• Own the project timeline, objectives, scope and targets; maintain master schedules.
• Maintain and adapt schedules to evolving market requirements and deadlines.
• Support and guide the project team through design, prototyping, documentation, commissioning, testing and validation.
• Contribute to project management development within Marine Power Supply R&D and Engineering.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Agile project management

Leadership

English proficiency

Finnish knowledge

Swedish knowledge

Education

B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Risk management tools

Job description

Wärtsilä is seeking a Project Manager to strengthen the T&V Test Services team in Vaasa, Finland. The role focuses on leading communications, planning, and execution within an R&D environment, emphasizing safety, schedule, and stakeholder alignment.

You will drive objectives, support design-to-validation phases, and contribute to project management development within Marine Power Supply R&D and Engineering, collaborating across engineering teams and with main stakeholders.