project manager

Do you enjoy leading multidisciplinary high-tech projects where technical complexity, physics and customer needs come together? Are you able to create direction, enable teams to succeed and turn ambitious ideas into successful solutions? This is your opportunity to take the lead as Project Manager High Tech Systems at DEMCON, working on challenging projects at the forefront of technology.

As project manager at high-tech systems, you take ownership of multidisciplinary development projects from the quotation and concept phase through to realization and final delivery. You create structure in technically complex environments and ensure that scope, quality, planning, budget and risks re effectively managed, while keeping a close eye on the technical substance of the project.

You are the key link between the customer and the DEMCON project team. You build strong customer relationships and act as the voice of the customer within DEMCON, translating customer needs, priorities and technical challenges into clear direction for the team. At the same time, you balance customer expectations with technical feasibility and commercial interests.

Together with engineers and specialists from different disciplines, you work on solutions in which precision, physics and technological complexity play an important role. You bring together the right expertise, create alignment and make sure decisions are taken at the right moment.

Throughout the project, you anticipate risks and bottlenecks and communicate openly with customers, technical specialists and internal stakeholders. Whether you are working on a proof of principle, a subsystem or a complete high-tech system, you maintain the overview while understanding the technical considerations that determine the success of the project.

You are comfortable operating at the intersection of technology, customer needs and project management. You understand what is required to lead technically complex projects and can translate different perspectives into clear priorities and decisions.

In addition:

• You have a technical background and an academic level of thinking, with a strong affinity for physics and high-tech systems;
• You have five years of relevant experience in a technical, project-driven environment;
• You are comfortable working with complex technology and combine analytical thinking with a pragmatic, collaborative and solution-oriented approach;
• You are customer- and result-oriented and work in a structured and transparent manner;
• You communicate effectively with customers, engineers and other stakeholders and know how to bring different perspectives together;
• You naturally create ownership and alignment and know how to turn decisions into action.

At Demcon, you’ll be working on technology that makes a real difference. In a relaxed organization that encourages initiative and fosters a positive working relationship with motivated colleagues, you’ll help build solutions for both today and tomorrow. We genuinely care about you as a person and encourage job satisfaction and a healthy work-life balance.

You can also count on the following, amongst other things:

• A competitive salary between €58.320,- en €78.000,- per year (excluding 8% holiday pay), depending on your experience;
• 8% holiday pay, with the option to have this paid out in May or monthly with your salary;
• 25 vacation days and 6 ATV days based on full-time employment and an option to purchase additional vacation days;
• Partial remote working arrangement: up to 2 days per week for full-time employees, always in consultation with your manager;
• Training courses and programmes via the Demcon Academy for your personal and professional development;
• A good pension scheme with Zwitserleven;
• Bicycle scheme/bicycle lease scheme;
• Vitality program including fun sports clinics, fresh fruit, workshops and a workplace health check;
• Active staff association (monthly activities and an annual Demcon weekend).