Strategic Project Leader - Cross-Functional Transformation

Sandvik; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandvik is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional operational and commercial initiatives with flexibility on location. The role focuses on delivering measurable business improvement, driving strategic programs, and aligning stakeholders across functions.

The successful candidate will manage scope, budgets, and governance, coordinating teams from Operations through IT, while leveraging ERP/CRM, analytics, and digital solutions to create value and sustain performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Seven or more years of project or program management experience.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives.
• Operations or Commercial management experience preferred.
• PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or change management certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic operational, commercial, and digital initiatives.
• Define project scope, objectives, business cases, plans, budgets, and success measures.
• Manage milestones, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Lead project governance, steering committees, executive updates, and escalations.
• Coordinate teams across Operations, Supply Chain, Planning, Logistics, Quality, Customer Service, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Product Management, Finance, and IT.
• Deliver operational projects such as manufacturing improvement, S&OP, supply chain optimization, inventory reduction, automation, and process standardization.
• Deliver commercial projects such as CRM, customer experience, quote-to-order, pricing, sales effectiveness, forecasting, and go-to-market improvements.
• Connect ERP, CRM, analytics, automation, and AI initiatives to business outcomes.
• Lead change management, communication, readiness, training coordination, and adoption.
• Track schedule, budget, benefits, productivity, service, customer, revenue, and adoption measures.
• Apply PMO standards, support fact-based decisions, and capture lessons learned.

Skills

Project planning

Governance

Risk management

Budget tracking

Stakeholder management

Executive presentation

Change management

Communication

Prioritization

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

7+ years project management experience

Transformation initiatives experience

PMP/Lean Six Sigma/Agile certs preferred

Tools

ERP

CRM

Analytics

PM tools

Job description

Sandvik is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional operational and commercial initiatives with flexibility on location. The role focuses on delivering measurable business improvement, driving strategic programs, and aligning stakeholders across functions.

The successful candidate will manage scope, budgets, and governance, coordinating teams from Operations through IT, while leveraging ERP/CRM, analytics, and digital solutions to create value and sustain performance.