Project Manager

Who we are:

Headquarters and the main research campus are in Zürich. Since 1972, the company has built manufacturing sites in Zurich and abroad. We started in 1972 and have grown to about 480 people.

The position:

The Project Manager runs cross-functional projects from kickoff to close, usually three or four at a time, with budgets between $250K and $2M. Schneider Maschinenbau has a small PMO. You will own schedules, budgets, risks and status reporting for your projects. This role is fully remote within Switzerland. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Track risks, issues and decisions in an RAID log.
• Keep project documentation organised in SharePoint or Confluence.
• Oversee vendor statements of work and deliverables.
• Plan and support go-lives, including cutover and rollback steps.
• Escalate blockers before they turn into missed dates.
• Report status to sponsors and steering committees.
• Run weekly status meetings and send clear notes with owners and dates.

Who you are:

• 3+ years of project management experience.
• Able to travel up to 15%.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Organised, with a habit of following up.
• Comfortable running meetings with senior stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of waterfall and Agile methods.

Compensation and benefits:

CHF 90,000 to CHF 108,000 annually

• Company pension scheme.
• Holiday pay.
• Learning budget.

Let us know your current notice period and salary expectations.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Schneider Maschinenbau GmbH.