Project Manager, Innovation

Belimo•Danbury, CT

About The Position

The Project Manager, Innovation ensures the structured, transparent, and methodical execution of cross functional projects by driving robust project planning, steering, and monitoring. The project manager safeguards adherence to Belimo’s governance standards, processes, and methodologies while ensuring high-quality, complete project data across all relevant systems. The role enables strong cross-functional collaboration by facilitating alignment, managing dependencies, and maintaining clear communication flows across organizational boundaries. Through proactive risk, issue, and change management, the project manager supports project leadership and business lines with fact based insights, decision-ready materials, and scenario analyses. Additionally, the role contributes to continuous improvement by promoting a learning culture, integrating feedback, and advancing project management methods to elevate overall organizational execution excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or equivalent field
5+ years of professional experience leading interdisciplinary development projects involving industrial mechatronic devices
Basic mechanical design and engineering principles
Proficiency with project management tools & methods
Coordination of cross functional teams and collaboration with Domains, Production, Quality, etc.
Strong Understanding of business economic correlations
Strong willingness to learn
Structured and detail-oriented working style
Team-oriented, proactive attitude
Good communication skills
Good self-organization and independent working style
Ability to motivate and inspire as a project leader
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Nice To Haves

Project management certification is an advantage
German is an advantage

Responsibilities

Plan, measure, monitor, and report on project progress, resource availability, scope, budget, risks, and deliverables.
Track dependencies in close collaboration with all lead roles within a project team.
Identify deviations from project plans and ensure timely resolution or escalation.
Ensure all project team members—especially lead roles—adhere to defined governance, processes, methodologies, and required deliverables.
Apply project management tools, methodologies, and templates correctly and consistently.
Ensure completeness and quality of project data in all relevant systems and templates (e.g., planning, costs, cost types).
Ensure decision ready deliverables for gate and project reviews are properly planned and executed on time.
Maintain transparency on readiness, gaps, and required actions.
Lead risk management, ensuring systematic identification, assessment, mitigation, and documentation.
Execute and enforce structured change management, ensuring required approvals and impact assessment.
Maintain transparency on risks, issues, and change impacts.
Facilitate structured project work and efficient cross-functional interactions.
Enable fact-based discussions, clarify open points, and drive toward aligned outcomes.
Demand and enforce cross-functional alignment and structured stakeholder coordination.
Build strong, trust-based working relationships with all domains.
Coordinate and align cross-functional dependencies and priorities.
Ensure smooth communication flows across the organization.
Prepare fact-based status, risk and progress inputs enabling timely, well-founded decision-making across the project.
Provide regular and ad-hoc inputs to the business line to support execution-related steering decisions.
Prepare decision materials, scenario analyses, and provide fact-based recommendations for steering bodies.
Consolidate status, risks, progress, and maturity for leadership.