PMO One Team Growth (m/f/d)

Knorr-Bremse; Delaware; Remote; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote work

Education programs

Sports and healthcare programs

Public transit subsidies

JobRad bicycle leasing

Job summary

Knorr-Bremse AG seeks a strategic PMO professional to drive growth initiatives across the One Team portfolio. You will build an opportunity pipeline, translate ideas into actionable programs, and enable data-driven prioritization and execution.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to ensure tangible value realization and structured governance. Ideal candidates bring PMO or strategy-execution experience, strong analytical skills, and a proven ability to manage cross-functional projects.

Qualifications

• PMO, strategy execution, or business development background.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to translate complexity into clear priorities.
• Proven stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Structured, pragmatic and results-driven approach.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a robust opportunity pipeline across growth topics.
• Create transparency on initiative status, value potential, and milestones.
• Support owners in turning opportunities into actionable initiatives with value propositions and milestones.
• Enable fact-based prioritization based on relevance, value, feasibility and resources.
• Track initiatives against milestones and follow up rigorously.
• Identify risks and drive resolution with stakeholders.
• Develop dashboards and materials covering pipeline, maturity, execution, risks and targets.
• Prepare and facilitate growth reviews with clear decisions and actions.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration and improve methods, tools, and governance.

Skills

PMO experience

Strategy execution

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Presentation skills

Education

University degree in Business Admin, Economics, Engineering

Job description

YOUR TASKS

• Establish and maintain a robust opportunity pipeline across the One Team growth topics
• Create transparency on initiative status, value potential, maturity, ownership, dependencies, and next steps
• Support initiative owners in developing opportunities into actionable initiatives with a clear value proposition, business impact, milestones, resource needs, and implementation path
• Enable fact-based prioritization based on strategic relevance, value potential, feasibility, maturity, dependencies, and resource requirements
• Actively track prioritized initiatives against agreed milestones and ensure disciplined follow-up
• Identify risks, dependencies, and roadblocks and drive their resolution with the responsible stakeholders
• Track expected and realized impact against One Team targets, with a strong focus on measurable value realization
• Develop concise dashboards and decision materials covering pipeline development, initiative maturity, execution status, risks, and target achievement
• Prepare and facilitate relevant One Team growth reviews and ensure clear decisions, responsibilities, actions, and follow-up
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and continuously improve the methods, tools, governance, and ways of working used to manage the One Team growth portfolio

YOUR PROFILE

• University degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or a comparable field
• Relevant professional experience in PMO, strategy execution, business development, transformation, performance management, consulting, or a comparable field
• Strong track record in structuring and driving initiatives from opportunity identification through execution and impact tracking
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complexity into clear priorities and actionable recommendations
• Sound business acumen and a strong focus on value creation and measurable outcomes
• Strong project and stakeholder management capabilities in a cross-functional environment
• Ability to proactively drive topics, constructively challenge stakeholders, and ensure follow-through without relying on formal authority
• Confident communication and presentation skills, including interaction with senior stakeholders
• Structured, pragmatic, hands-on, and results-oriented way of working

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in growth initiatives, commercial excellence, portfolio management, strategic programs, or comparable business transformation topics
• Experience working across functions and organizational boundaries
• Familiarity with business cases, KPI frameworks, management reporting, and value-realization tracking
• Existing knowledge of Knorr-Bremse, its organization, business environment, and internal processes

Come and join our team!

Let’s shape the future of mobility together!

Who are we? Some 32,000 team players around the world, hard at work in over 100 locations across more than 30 countries. As a force for progress on road and rail, we prioritize technical excellence, sustainable business practices and social responsibility. At the last count, our global revenues totaled EUR 7.9 billion. Join us, and you can expect exciting, varied work in an international environment with attractive working conditions - including flexible working hours, sabbaticals and remote work. In addition, you can work up to twenty days a year from abroad in the EU. A broad selection of continuing education programs offers you plenty of opportunities to develop both professionally and personally. And you can look forward to many other benefits, such as sports and healthcare programs, corporate volunteering, JobRad bicycle leasing, subsidized public transit options, and a state-of-the-art workplace with a rich choice of in-house catering options.