Job Description

Senior Project Manager – Digitalization

About the Role

As Senior Project Manager, you lead some of Nexperia's most complex and business-critical digitalization projects, from initiation through to adoption and value realization. Your portfolio spans enterprise platform implementations such as CRM and PLM, business transformation programs made up of multiple smaller initiatives and manufacturing transformation projects.

This is not a traditional IT project management role focused only on scope, time, and budget. You work at the intersection of business processes, technology, data, people, and change. You bring together business sponsors, process owners, key users, architects, internal delivery teams, and external implementation partners into one aligned team, and keep them focused on the outcomes the business needs.

You combine strong delivery discipline with business acumen and leadership presence. You are equally comfortable steering a program board, negotiating with a system integrator, and working through cutover planning with a factory team. Your success is measured not by go-live alone, but by solutions that are adopted, processes that work better, and business value that is realized and sustained.

What You Will Do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale digitalization projects and programs, from business case through deployment, hypercare, and handover to operations
• Structure transformation programs by bundling smaller initiatives into a coherent roadmap with clear dependencies, milestones, and value targets
• Set up and run project governance, including steering committees, stage gates, and risk and issue management, choosing the right delivery approach (waterfall, agile, or hybrid)
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, and quality, with transparent reporting to senior leadership, and track benefits realization with business sponsors
• Lead cross-functional teams of business, IT, OT, and partner resources, and manage system integrators and vendors, including contracts and commercial discussions
• Partner with process owners to harmonize processes, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and quality standards
• For manufacturing projects, plan site deployments and cutovers that safeguard production continuity together with plant and OT teams
• Drive organizational change management, training, and user adoption, and mentor project managers across the Digital organization

What You Will Need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline
• 7+ years of project or program management experience, leading large, complex digitalization or IT/OT projects end to end
• Hands-on experience delivering a major platform implementation such as Supply Chain Planning, CRM, PLM, ERP, or MES, and/or multi-initiative transformation programs
• Manufacturing and MES experience is a strong advantage; semiconductor or high-tech experience is highly valued
• Solid knowledge of project management methodologies (e.g., PMBOK, PRINCE2, Agile); PMP, PgMP, or PRINCE2 certification is a plus
• Strong financial, vendor, and change management skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to influence senior leaders in a matrix, multicultural environment
• Fluent English required; German is a plus; additional languages are a benefit; willingness to travel to Nexperia sites

What Success Looks Like

• Projects are delivered on agreed scope, time, and budget, with early and transparent communication of deviations
• Business cases are realized and benefits are sustained after go-live
• New platforms and processes are adopted and embedded in daily operations
• Manufacturing deployments go live without disruption to production
• Sponsors and stakeholders trust the project and actively engage in decision-making

Talent acquisition based on Nexperia vacancies is not appreciated. Nexperia job adverts are Nexperia copyright © material and the word Nexperia® is a registered trademark.

D&I Statement

As an equal-opportunity employer, Nexperia values diversity not just because it is the right thing to do but because diverse teams perform better. We are dedicated to being inclusive, and a proof point of this dedication is that we were the main partner of the very first Dutch Paralympic Team NL House during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all, and we consider all applicants fairly, as well as providing a safe work environment and reasonable adjustments where requested.

In addition, we offer our colleagues the possibility to join employee resource groups such as the Pride Network Group or global and local Women's groups. Nexperia is committed to increasing women in management positions to 30% by 2030.

Talent acquisition based on Nexperia vacancies is not appreciated. Nexperia job adverts are Nexperia copyright © material and the word Nexperia® is a registered trademark.

D&I Statement

As an equal-opportunity employer, Nexperia values diversity not just because it is the right thing to do but because diverse teams perform better. We are dedicated to being inclusive, and a proof point of this dedication is that we were the main partner of the very first Dutch Paralympic Team NL House during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all, and we consider all applicants fairly, as well as providing a safe work environment and reasonable adjustments where requested.

In addition, we offer our colleagues the possibility to join employee resource groups such as the Pride Network Group or global and local Women's groups. Nexperia is committed to increasing women in management positions to 30% by 2030.