Job Description

Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. Does that sound interesting to you? As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.

Your Key Responsibilities

Tasks

• Lead and coordinate a team of project management staff.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of project management policies, standards, processes, and evaluation principles.
• Oversee staffing and resource planning for project management personnel.
• Monitor and validate project status, progress, and overall project management effectiveness.
• Identify conflicting targets, priorities, and resource requirements.
• Act as an escalation point for project-related conflicts involving targets, resources, or priorities.
• Identify the team’s training and development needs.
• Ensure that project management staff maintain an appropriate level of qualification.
• Facilitate communication and information flow between project stakeholders.
• Promote alignment, transparency, and clarity across projects and involved functions.
• Support the consistent application of project management guidelines and standards.

Powers

• Coordinate the allocation and prioritization of project management resources within the assigned area.
• Request and review project status information from project managers and relevant stakeholders.
• Escalate conflicts concerning project targets, priorities, capacity, and resources.
• Initiate measures to address identified capability, qualification, or training gaps.
• Recommend improvements to project management policies, standards, processes, and evaluation principles.
• Convene coordination meetings with project stakeholders when alignment or clarification is required.
• Require adherence to applicable project management policies, standards, processes, and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective and efficient performance of the project management team.
• Ensure that project management activities are conducted in accordance with applicable policies, standards, processes, and guidelines.
• Ensure transparent monitoring and validation of project status and progress.
• Ensure appropriate staffing and resource coverage for project management activities.
• Ensure that conflicts relating to targets and resources are identified, addressed, and escalated in a timely manner.
• Ensure that the team’s qualification level is maintained and developed.
• Ensure clear, timely, and effective communication between project stakeholders.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the project management organization and its operating principles.

Your Qualifications

Leadership and People Management

• Leadership and team coordination.
• Resource and capacity planning.
• Ability to identify training and development needs.
• Ability to support and develop project management staff.
• Conflict management and escalation handling.

Project Management

• Strong knowledge of project management principles, methods, standards, and processes.
• Ability to monitor and evaluate project status and progress.
• Ability to assess project management effectiveness and efficiency.
• Understanding project governance and compliance with project management guidelines.
• Ability to manage competing targets, priorities, and resources.

Communication and Stakeholder Management

• Clear and structured communication.
• Ability to facilitate alignment between stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate complex or conflicting requirements effectively.
• Strong coordination and collaboration skills.
• Ability to establish transparency and clarity across projects.

Analytical and Organizational Skills

• Structured and solution-oriented approach.
• Ability to analyze project status, resource requirements, and conflicting targets.
• Sound judgment in prioritization and escalation.
• Ability to develop and implement process improvements.
• Strong organizational and coordination skills.

Qualifications

• Very good knowledge of English, both written and spoken
• Graduate degree, preferably in Project Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5–10 years of professional experience, including substantial experience in project management.
• Demonstrated experience in leading or coordinating project management teams.
• Proven knowledge of project management methods, standards, processes, and governance principles.
• Experience in project status monitoring, resource planning, prioritization, and escalation management.
• Experience in stakeholder coordination and cross-functional communication.
• Experience in identifying qualification needs and supporting employee development.
• Ability to analyze conflicting targets, priorities, and resource requirements.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and conflict-management skills.
• Ability to contribute to the development and continuous improvement of project management policies, standards, processes, and evaluation principles.

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

www.schaeffler.com/careers

Your Contact

Schaeffler Romania S.R.L.

Georgiana-Eliza Ungureanu

Keywords: Experienced; Team Leader (General); Full-Time; Unlimited; Project Management, PMO & Agile Roles;