VP, Head of Projects

Do you want to lead a team of multi-disciplinary project managers? Can you drive optimal project account performance with a long-term focus to ensure sustained customer satisfaction? And are you ready to take ownership, inspire collaboration, and deliver impactful results? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Create the solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

We are looking for a Vice President, Head of Projects to join our Transportation division as head of the project portfolio Roads and Municipality. You are going to work closely with a team of experts and will report to the Senior Vice President of Transportation in Norway.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Lead a team of multi-disciplinary project managers.
• Manage performance of project portfolio led by multi-disciplinary and discipline specific project managers within own area with differentiated level of involvement based on project size, project manager experience and performance.
• Engage hands-on with customers on projects to ensure excellent project execution and high customer satisfaction, joining the project managers regularly on projects.
• Develop customer relations on and between projects to gain an understanding of drivers for customer satisfaction and to expand project portfolio.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• A master’s degree in science/engineering or business and administration or a closely related discipline.
• Extensive knowledge in leadership and project management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Norwegian or one of the Scandinavian languages.
• 10 years of project management and/or leadership experience, preferably from the Transportation industry either as a consultant, contractor or a Project owner

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

Work location

We offer flexibility for you to choose the location that works best for you from our offices in Norway in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim or other local offices.

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Senior Vice President – Transportation in Norway, Erik Sundet, at esu@cowi.com.

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Before you apply

All you need to include in your application is your CV – no photo or application letter. Please add a brief motivation for the role, 4–5 lines, at the top of your CV. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.

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