Senior Project Manager

Are you motivated by leading high‑impact initiatives that strengthen Kongsberg Maritime’s competitiveness and drive continuous improvement?

We are launching a strategic Operational Excellence program aimed at enhancing performance, accelerating value creation, and enabling more efficient ways of working across the organization.

As a Senior Project Manager Operational Excellence, you will play an important role in delivering cross‑functional improvement projects with measurable business impact. You will work closely with leaders, process owners, and expert teams to ensure improvements are well‑anchored, effectively executed, and fully aligned with the company’s long‑term priorities.

Qualifications And Experience

• Extensive experience leading Operational Excellence, Lean, transformation or performance improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of Product Development & Management (PD&M) processes or experience from product centric organizations ‑centric organizations
• Proven project management experience within technical, engineering or system-oriented environments
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change, influence stakeholders and build alignment across teams
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage people, facilitate collaboration and drive adoption of new ways of working
• Relevant certifications such as PMP® (Project Management Professional) or equivalent are a bonus
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and create clarity
  
  

As a person, you can act on your own initiative, make things happen and take responsibility. You work purposefully, methodically and systematically to achieve your and the team's goals. Our employees know how to appreciate a project manager who can inspire, coordinate and lead them in a professional and clear way.

This employment may require a pre-employment check procedure in accordance with company security standards, role or site requirements. Please note that this might affect the offer process or employment.

At KONGSBERG, we believe that diversity fuels innovation. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not meet every requirement. Your unique perspective is valuable to us. Your skills, attitude and perspective could be exactly what we are looking for!

Why Join Us

• An exciting and challenging possibility to develop yourself working with other highly competent peers within a dynamic and innovative company
• A high level of flexibility
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including attractive insurance policies and pension schemes
  
  

Where you will be working

Kongsberg or Horten, other may be considered.

Interested in knowing more? Contact

Kjetil Dahl Knutsen, +47 99 20 39 31

Kongsberg Maritime is a technology pioneer, enabling a more sustainable future for our oceans. Our zero-emission integrated technologies advance the maritime industry and solve our customers' toughest problems. With unmatched competence, domain knowledge, innovation, and market reach, we are the trusted maritime partner. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 35 countries.