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About the Role
Lead the execution of large-scale industrial equipment projects valued at €25M+, managing the full project lifecycle from contract handover to customer acceptance. Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, software, and customer organizations, ensuring successful delivery in a global environment. Requires strong project management and Agile expertise, with close collaboration with customers and partners in Asia, particularly Japan, including extended travel during key project phases.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic capital equipment projects valued at €25M+, with full accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk management, customer satisfaction, project governance, execution planning, change management, and contractual compliance.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, software, manufacturing, supply chain, service, and customer organizations, ensuring stakeholder alignment, effective collaboration, and timely decision-making across global locations.
- Apply Agile and Scrum methodologies to complex engineering and product development workstreams.
- Facilitate Agile planning and execution activities, drive transparency through metrics and dashboards, and balance Agile development practices with milestone-driven project delivery.
- Serve as the primary customer escalation point, building strong relationships with customers, partners, and suppliers while managing expectations, contract negotiations, claims, and change-order discussions.
- Identify and mitigate project risks, develop contingency and recovery plans, and drive continuous improvement through structured lessons learned.
- Lead global projects across Europe, North America, and Asia, fostering effective cross-cultural collaboration and supporting localization and customer-specific requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related technical field.
- High project/program management experience in industrial equipment, automation, manufacturing, or related industries, with a proven track record of delivering complex global projects.
- Experience applying Agile, Scrum, and hybrid delivery methodologies in complex engineering environments.
- Experience working with customers, suppliers, and project teams across Asia, particularly Japan, with knowledge of regional business practices and cultures.
- Willingness to travel internationally (approximately 30-50%) and spend extended periods in Asia during critical project phases.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, problem-solving, decision-making, and intercultural communication skills, with the ability to influence, drive results, and operate effectively in complex global environments.
- Applicants may be limited by export control regulations based on citizenship, country of origin, or immigration status.
- Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs.
- Conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies.
- Generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where MKS is registered to do business.
- Provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
Skills
- Project Management
- Agile
- Scrum
- SAFe (advantage)
- Stakeholder Management
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
- Intercultural Communication
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
About the Company
- MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.
- We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.
- MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
Equal Opportunity
- MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
- We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.
- Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs.
- We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies.
- MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.
- MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.