Industrial Project Manager

Syntetica; Paris; Sur place; EUR 75 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A textile innovation startup is seeking an Industrial Project Manager to lead the execution of their pilot line and demonstration plant. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in managing industrial projects, strong leadership abilities, and proficiency in both English and French. This role involves coordinating stakeholders, overseeing budgets, and ensuring successful project delivery. Applicants should be prepared for interviews with executive staff.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience leading industrial or chemical project execution.
• Proven track record coordinating multi-stakeholder projects.
• Experience with process scale-up and technology deployment.

Responsabilités

• Own the industrialization roadmap and maintain the master schedule.
• Coordinate stakeholders to secure technical coherence and timely delivery.
• Oversee project budget, procurement, and resource tracking.

Connaissances

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Data-driven solution orientation

Fluent in English

Mastery of project management tools

Formation

Master’s degree in Chemical, Process, or Industrial Engineering

Description du poste

Who Are We?

Syntetica is a rapidly growing startup on a mission to decarbonize the textile industry through textile-to-textile recycling — starting with nylon.

Today, most synthetic textiles are made from crude oil, and less than 1% are recycled back into new fibers. We're here to change that. At Syntetica, we’ve developed a patented depolymerization process that breaks down nylon-rich textile waste into virgin-equivalent nylon monomers — while separating materials like elastane, polyester, and cotton for further recycling.

We’ve raised €7M from leading investors including EQT Ventures, the family offices of Peugeot and Etam, BPI France and Entrepreneur First.

We’ve forged key partnerships with major textile players like Victoria’s Secret and ETAM — as well as leading fast fashion, sportswear and automotive brands — and have assembled a core team of 15 experts.

If you want to help bring truly circular materials to global scale — and solve one of the textile industry’s biggest sustainability challenges — come build with us.

Mission

We are looking for an Industrial Project Manager to lead the execution of Syntetica’s pilot line and commercial demonstration plant, ensuring our technology moves seamlessly from process design to industrial reality. You will structure, coordinate, and drive the delivery of both projects — on time, on budget, and with technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the industrialization roadmap: build and maintain the master schedule for the pilot line and demo plant, define milestones and dependencies, lead project reviews, ensure effective reporting and follow-up, and keep all contributors aligned with targets.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders — process engineers, R&D, engineering firms, suppliers, and site operators — to secure technical coherence, information flow, and timely delivery.
• Translate process design into actionable plans, ensuring pilot operation generates the data needed for engineering studies and demo-scale design.
• Oversee project budget, procurement, and resources, tracking costs, contracts, and partner deliverables, while ensuring documentation accuracy and transparency.
• Drive proactive risk management and derisking, identifying bottlenecks early and implementing mitigation actions with clear accountability.
• Ensure proper documentation management, maintaining clear structure, traceability of revisions, and efficient sharing of documents across internal teams and external partners.

Required Background

• Master’s degree in Chemical, Process, or Industrial Engineering, or a related field from a top-tier university.
• 7+ years of experience leading industrial or chemical project execution (pilot to demo or industrial scale).
• Proven track record coordinating multi-stakeholder projects involving engineering firms, suppliers, and operational sites.
• Experience with process scale-up, plant integration, or technology deployment (incl. engineering documentation and deliverables) in the chemical or recycling sector.
• Experience in budget and risk management, procurement coordination, and industrial readiness assessments.

Required Skills

• Strong project leadership and organizational skills, able to structure complex roadmaps and keep multiple partners aligned.
• Fluent in the language of engineering, able to translate process requirements into project actions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills — clear, concise, and proactive.
• Rigorous, data-driven, solution-oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment.
• Mastery of project management tools and methods (timeline control, risk tracking, decision logging, reporting).
• Full professional proficiency in English; French is a strong plus.

Recruitment Process

• Screening interview with Florian (COO) - 30 mins
• Case Study Interview with the Engineering team (Jaume & Nicholas) - 60 mins
• Interview with Ash (CTO) - 45 mins
• Values & culture fit with Marco (CEO) – 45 min
• Coffee with the team
• Reference checks
• Offer

Target starting date: January 2026