Senior Project Manager

If you thrive on leading complex projects, navigating senior stakeholders and bringing global teams together, this could be your next challenge. You’ll manage major New Product Introductions and Technology Transfers within Vestas’ global nacelle manufacturing organization and lead projects that can span multiple locations, workstreams and functions. Bring your experience, leadership, and curiosity to a role where you can make a tangible contribution to the future of renewable energy.

Technology & Operations > Manufacturing > Nacelles Industrialization Project Management

Nacelles Industrialization Project Management delivers projects withing Vestas' global nacelle manufacturing footprint by efficiently planning and executing the Manufacturing project portfolio in a safe, high-quality, timely and cost-effective way. We are a team of almost 15 project managers headed from Denmark but located in multiple geographical locations and with different cultural backgrounds. We are hiring a Senior Project Manager to manage one of our key New Product Introductions.

Responsibilities

- Ensure all launches (NPI, Tech Transfers and Module Updates) are carried out successfully with manufacturing stability and proper training to local employees

- Developing and leading robust project organizations, managing all aspects of the project across the value chain with project management best practices and in compliance with Vestas project processes

- Delivery of agreed project results within the tolerances for scope, quality, time, cost, risks and benefits

- Own project governance, stakeholder management, finances, resources and planning; lead workstreams/sub-PMs and move decisions through senior steering committees

- Larger programmes can involve around 250 participants and 10 workstreams

- Projects may also include manufacturing optimization and digital manufacturing transformation / IT implementation

- Long term, raise the maturity and quality of project leadership across Manufacturing

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in project management, management discipline or engineering

- IPMA C, PRINCE2, PMP or similar project management certificate- 7+ years project management experience

- Previously responsible for 10 mEUR+ capital expenditures projects

- Proficient communication and presentation skills in English, both verbally and in writing

- Know-how from the wind industry will be an advantage, but it is not a must

Competencies

Key areas of expertise are:

- Value chain understanding

- Market and customer understanding- Business case understanding

- Steering Committee facilitation and governance

- Situational Leadership - Leading over distance and across cultures including Leading leaders

- Project budgeting, controlling and accounting

- Risk management

- Project planning, monitoring and control

In addition, this could describe you:

- You take accountability for your team's performance, responsibility for your decisions and speak up when facing challenges and issues

- You are able to build trust and fully empower your project team to ensure full engagement and utilization of skills and competencies, allowing you to keep the overview

- You communicate upwards, outwards and downwards in an open, direct and clear way to ensure full transparency and alignment

- You approach your projects with curiosity and execute diligently, steadily and purposefully with focus on cooperation, stakeholder management and "what is best for Vestas"

What we offer

We offer you an exciting and challenging job with great professional and personal development opportunities in a highly professional, international work environment at a top manufacturer of wind turbines - and the most sustainable company in the world. We value initiative, responsibility, and the right balance between creativity and quality in all solutions in our pursuit to ensure a more sustainable future.

Additional information

Location: DK, Aarhus. PL, Szczecin. CN, Tianjin or US, Brighton, CO.
Depending on projects, travel might be expected.
Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, however, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to the advertised closing date. Please be advised to apply on or before 23rd October 2026.

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About Vestas

Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We are specialised in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines, both onshore and offshore.
Across the globe, we have installed more wind power than anyone else. We consider ourselves pioneers within the industry, as we continuously aim to design new solutions and technologies to create a more sustainable future for all of us. With more than 200 GW of wind power installed worldwide and 40+ years of experience in wind energy, we have an unmatched track record demonstrating our expertise within the field.
With 39,000 employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution – today, tomorrow, and far into the future.
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