Senior Project Manager, Vienna or Berlin
- Multiple locations
- Hybrid
Do you have a strong drive for delivering value to clients within market expansion and growth in a highly international context? Would you like to work in the intersection of business and diplomacy, interacting with executives and public officials while helping Swedish companies reach their full international potential? Take this opportunity as we now are looking for two Senior Project Manager to join our teams in Berlin and Vienna.
As Senior Project Manager at Business Sweden, you will lead and deliver projects to support Swedish companies in their international business development and expansion journeys. We provide advisory services within the areas of Growth Advisory, M&A, Supply Chain and Public Affairs, and we support with implementing the strategies we build, which include both strategic advice and analysis, as well as hands-on local support. As part of our trade promotion assignment, we build strategic platforms that we use to position Swedish competency and Swedish companies, in sectors and areas of Swedish strengths. As part of our investment promotion assignment, we support foreign companies to make high quality investments and expand in Sweden.
The Senior Project Manager position encompasses a diverse range of assignments and a high level of responsibility, that makes the work truly dynamic, challenging, and fun.
The role includes strategic, tactic and operational responsibilities across all of our assignments, and will require you to:
- Drive sales of consultancy services to existing and new Swedish clients across our markets, including insight-driven prospecting and development of customer value propositions. This includes proactive sales driven both by you individually as well as a part of a sales team
- Lead consultancy engagements across our service portfolio and across markets – both of more strategic and more hands-on nature
- Lead investment and/or trade promotional platforms and engagements
- Interact with key stakeholders ranging from clients, governmental agencies, colleagues and team members across our 50+ global offices
- Coach and support in the development of junior colleagues
The two roles are based in Berlin and Vienna, with one position in each city, but you will be expected to work with our teams and clients around the world, as required.
We apply probationary employment in all applicable positions.
Work with great people
Skills & Requirements
Core competencies and collaborative skills
- Demonstrate commitment, honesty, and accountability
- Provide support and take ownership to ensure high quality and on-time delivery
- Consulting skill-set: hypothesis-led problem solving, structuring, and communicating complex ideas, strategic thinking
- Entrepreneurial mindset, ability to work proactively and independently with relevant goals and tasks towards growing the region
- Result- and customer-oriented with a strategic mind-set and proven business acumen
- Collaborate effectively to achieve results with a positive can-do attitude
- Contribute to team spirit and transparent communication, supporting juniors and peers in their development
- Easily adapts to new ways of working and circumstances
- Voice your own ideas and share opinions. Show appreciation for different perspectives
Formal requirements
- Master of Science in Business Administration or Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 7 years of relevant experience from Management Consulting and Strategic Business Development
- Experience from leading and coaching consultant teams and prior experience from an international environment, proven track record of successfully leading multinational project teams and working cross-border
- Strong experience from one or more of our core consultancy service areas, including Growth Advisory, M&A and Supply Chain
- Proven track record in sales and the ability to independently drive client dialogues, and take on full sales cycle responsibility
- Relevant experiences are within client facing business development as well as management consulting projects focused on revenue growth. The position is not focused on digital transformation and restructuring projects.
- A high level of proficiency in written and spoken English and German is a requirement, Swedish and / or other European language will be strong merits
Application
Please submit your CV and cover letter in English as soon as possible as we will be screening applications on a rolling basis. It is a requirement with both the CV and cover letter as well as it is to submit the application via the online system. Kindly do not send your applications via e-mail.
All applications need to be submitted via the online system. Applications without both cover letter and CV and which are not submitted via the online system will not be reviewed. Kindly do not submit your application documentations via e-mail. Your application will be handled confidentially.
Great Place to Work
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Global exchanges and career opportunities
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Exclusive focus on our client’s growth agenda
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Extensive responsibility
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Diversified teams with world class colleagues
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Training academy for continuous development
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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.
Maja Zoric | Contact Person
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