Innovation Project Manager: Cross-Functional Delivery

Belimo; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Annual bonus 15%

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Belimo seeks a Project Manager, Innovation in Danbury, CT to drive structured cross-functional project execution with focus on governance, risk, and data quality. You will lead dependencies, deliverables, and stakeholder alignment across domains to enable timely decision-making.

The role emphasizes fact-based analyses, scenario planning, and continuous improvement, with strong communication in English and desirable German language skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering or equivalent field.
• 5+ years of professional experience leading interdisciplinary development projects involving industrial mechatronic devices.
• Basic mechanical design and engineering principles.
• Project management certification is an advantage.
• Proficiency with project management tools & methods.
• Coordination of cross functional teams and collaboration with Domains, Production, Quality, etc.
• Strong understanding of business economic correlations.
• Strong willingness to learn.
• Structured and detail-oriented working style.
• Team-oriented, proactive attitude.
• Good communication skills.
• Good self-organization and independent working style.
• Ability to motivate and inspire as a project leader.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• German is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Plan, measure, monitor, and report on project progress, resource availability, scope, budget, risks, and deliverables.
• Track dependencies in close collaboration with all lead roles within a project team.
• Identify deviations from project plans and ensure timely resolution or escalation.
• Ensure all project team members—especially lead roles—adhere to defined governance, processes, methodologies, and required deliverables.
• Apply project management tools, methodologies, and templates correctly and consistently.
• Ensure completeness and quality of project data in all relevant systems and templates (e.g., planning, costs, cost types).
• Ensure decision ready deliverables for gate and project reviews are properly planned and executed on time.
• Maintain transparency on readiness, gaps, and required actions.
• Lead risk management, ensuring systematic identification, assessment, mitigation, and documentation.
• Execute and enforce structured change management, ensuring required approvals and impact assessment.Maintain transparency on risks, issues, and change impacts.
• Facilitate structured project work and efficient cross-functional interactions.
• Enable fact-based discussions, clarify open points, and drive toward aligned outcomes.
• Demand and enforce cross-functional alignment and structured stakeholder coordination.
• Build strong, trust-based working relationships with all domains.
• Coordinate and align cross-functional dependencies and priorities.
• Ensure smooth communication flows across the organization.
• Prepare fact-based status, risk and progress inputs enabling timely, well-founded decision-making across the project.
• Provide regular and ad-hoc inputs to the business line to support execution-related steering decisions.
• Prepare decision materials, scenario analyses, and provide fact-based recommendations for steering bodies.
• Consolidate status, risks, progress, and maturity for leadership.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder coordination

Communication skills

English language

German language

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or equivalent

Tools

PM tools

Job description

Belimo seeks a Project Manager, Innovation in Danbury, CT to drive structured cross-functional project execution with focus on governance, risk, and data quality. You will lead dependencies, deliverables, and stakeholder alignment across domains to enable timely decision-making.

The role emphasizes fact-based analyses, scenario planning, and continuous improvement, with strong communication in English and desirable German language skills.