Senior Project Manager

KION

Multiple Locations
Not specified
Complex automation project leadership
Cross functional team coordination
Project governance and integration
KION is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex automation projects across EMEA, focusing on strategic impact and customer alignment. The role requires strong leadership skills, extensive project management experience, and the ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority

Job Summary

  • The Senior Project Manager plays the role of CEO of the project—fully accountable for the success, quality, and strategic impact of some of our most complex and high value automation programmes.
  • As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead large scale, technically sophisticated automation projects across EMEA and act as a trusted partner to clients, building long term credibility based relationships.
  • We offer career development, competitive compensation and benefits, pay transparency, and global opportunities.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 85

KION is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex automation projects across EMEA, focusing on strategic impact and customer alignment. The role requires strong leadership skills, extensive project management experience, and the ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • complex automation project leadership
  • cross functional team coordination
  • project governance and integration
  • budget and risk management
  • stakeholder communication and engagement
  • vendor and contract management

Nice-to-have

  • strategic thinking and commercial instincts
  • influencing without direct authority
  • continuous improvement mindset
  • resilience in ambiguity and complexity
  • building trust-based client relationships

Key Requirements

  • 8–10+ years project management experience
  • proven success with large-scale cross-functional projects
  • experience managing budgets, risks, contracts, and vendors
  • PMP certification highly desirable
  • willingness to travel up to 80% annually across EMEA

Work Rights

Not specified

Tailored Resume

Cover Letter