Project Manager / Senior Project Manager, Madrid

  • Application Deadline: March 14, 2025
  • Madrid
  • On-site
  • Application Deadline: March 14, 2025
  • Madrid
  • On-site

Are you an experienced management consultant who thrive on delivering value to clients in market expansion and growth? Can you make a team grow and excel by leading them through a project successfully? Then this might be an opportunity for you. We are currently looking for a new Project Manager/Senior Project Manager to join our team in Madrid.

As a Project Manager/Senior Project Manager, you will scope, lead and deliver projects that provide support to leading Swedish companies in their international business development and expansion in Spain and Portugal as well as in other markets in Europe.

You will also be part of a business development team, drive client dialogues, and insight driven initiatives of new business opportunities, as well as prospecting and developing customer value propositions.

You will join Region Europe, a key region in Business Sweden that operates from 15 local offices across Europe. Our role is to help Swedish companies grow global sales and international companies invest and expand in Sweden.

The role includes both strategic, tactic and operational responsibilities such as:

  • Represent Business Sweden as a trusted adviser, finding solutions to our clients’ most pressing challenges in the Spanish and Portuguese markets, but also in all of Europe
  • Drive client dialogues, and take on full sales cycle responsibility including monitoring leads, developing pipeline, and developing project scope, proposals, and cost
  • Lead, manage, and develop project team members to ensure successful project deliveries and team competency development

The role is based in Madrid, but you will be expected to work with our teams and clients globally, as required.

Depending on the candidate's experience we consider the role to be at Project Manager or Senior Project Manager level.

We apply probationary employment in all applicable positions.

Work with great people

Vlad Månsson
Trade Commissioner, USA
"This is a great place for rapid career development because of the opportunities to learn from colleagues all over the world"
Samiksha Jalan
Project Manager, London
"I love working at Business Sweden because every hour and every day always brings different opportunities"
Bong-Soon Park
Senior Project Manager, South Korea
"My greatest motivation is seeing the positive impact our job has on our clients"

Skills & Requirements

Core competencies and collaborative skills

  • Demonstrate commitment, honesty, and accountability in tasks.
  • Provide support and take ownership to ensure high quality delivery on time.
  • Collaborate effectively to achieve good results with a positive can-do attitude.
  • Contribute to team spirit and transparent communication.
  • A problem solver who easily adapts to new ways of working.
  • Voice your own ideas and share opinions. Show appreciation for different perspectives.
  • You are solution-oriented, analytical with the ability to handle new challenges. You have excellent social and team-working skills with an exceptional drive and commitment

    Formal requirements

    • Bachelor’s degree/master’s degree in business, STEM, or similar field
    • Minimum 5 - 7 years of relevant experience (depending on PM or SPM role) of working in management consulting or other advisory services with a focus in business development and project management
    • Experience from working and living in an international context with business and market focus
    • Proven track record developing and executing deals with deep customer insight, strong negotiation and closing skills
    • Experience in defining project scope, direction, timeline, and objectives and monitor deliverables and team responsibilities
    • Leadership experience from leading teams and an interest in developing and growing talents
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Suite Programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
    • A high level of proficiency in both written and spoken English and an intermediate level in Spanish
    • Proficiency in Swedish and/or Italian is highly meriting

    Application

    Please submit your CV and cover letter in English as soon as possible as we will be screening applications on a rolling basis. Your application will be handled confidentially.

    Please note that we do not accept applications through e-mail.

    Great Place to Work

    • Global exchanges and career opportunities

    • Exclusive focus on our client’s growth agenda

    • Extensive responsibility

    • Diversified teams with world class colleagues

    • Training academy for continuous development

    • Entrepreneurial environment

    About the company

    Diversity powering global growth

    At Business Sweden we value and encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We strive for a workplace where all colleagues can explore their full potential and contribute with their unique experiences. By embracing a wide range perspective, we can better drive sustainable growth and customer-centric excellence.

    About Business Sweden

    Business Sweden helps Swedish companies grow global sales and international companies invest and expand in Sweden. With a unique mandate from the Swedish government and the business sector, we offer strategic advice and practical support in more than 40 markets worldwide.

    Our mission is to help lay the foundation for sustainable, inclusive, and digital growth – in Sweden and around the world. We do this by providing startups, small- and medium sized companies and multinationals with tailored services, coupled with access to key stakeholders in the public and private spheres.

    We help our clients build relationships, accelerate time-to-market, and comply with local standards and regulations. Visit business-sweden.com for more information.


    OUR VALUESOur high performance culture rests on that all our employees live our core values. We will never have guidelines for every situation we will meet, but if all of us are guided by a strong sense of our values, we will always navigate in the right direction.

    RESPONSIBILITYThis is the foundation of our culture. Taking responsibility is a way to show commitment to our work. We take ownership of the relationships with our clients and stay true to our word.

    COLLABORATIONAlone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Collaboration knows no geographical borders. At Business Sweden, we act as one global team to create the best possible value for our clients.

    IMPACTBy monitoring the world around us and identifying possibilities , we make a difference by helping companies to seize new, sustainable business opportunities. We create impact both for our clients and for Sweden.

    Samira Grylin-Allalou | Contact Person

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