Project Manager, Innovation

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

Introduction

The Project Manager, Innovation ensures the structured, transparent, and methodical execution of cross functional projects by driving robust project planning, steering, and monitoring. The project manager safeguards adherence to Belimo’s governance standards, processes, and methodologies while ensuring high-quality, complete project data across all relevant systems. The role enables strong cross-functional collaboration by facilitating alignment, managing dependencies, and maintaining clear communication flows across organizational boundaries. Through proactive risk, issue, and change management, the project manager supports project leadership and business lines with fact based insights, decision-ready materials, and scenario analyses. Additionally, the role contributes to continuous improvement by promoting a learning culture, integrating feedback, and advancing project management methods to elevate overall organizational execution excellence.

Key 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.

Required Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, 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

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship such as H1B, TN, E-3, STEM OPT.

People at Belimo

Smart buildings start with dedicated people. We bring talented people together and foster an environment to succeed. At Belimo, respect, trust, and support across departments help ideas move quickly into real-world solutions, because we achieve more together than we ever could alone. .

About Belimo

Belimo is the global market leader in the development, production, and sales of field devices for the energy-efficient control of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. The focus of our core business is on damper actuators, control valves, sensors and meters. Founded in 1975, the company has been listed on the Swiss Exchange (SIX) since 1995.

Compensation & Benefits

Belimo is committed to paying all employees in a fair, equitable and transparent manner. The base pay for this position ranges from $100,000 - $115,000 annually with a target performance bonus of 15% of an employee’s annual base salary. Compensation is based on several factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, education and experience. Belimo is a total compensation company which includes a comprehensive benefits package including a full range of medical, financial, and other competitive benefits. Belimo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. #WeAreBelimo