Senior Project Manager, Vienna or Berlin

Do you have a strong drive for delivering value to clients within market expansion and growth in a highly international context? Would you like to work in the intersection of business and diplomacy, interacting with executives and public officials while helping Swedish companies reach their full international potential? Take this opportunity as we now are looking for two Senior Project Manager to join our teams in Berlin and Vienna.

As Senior Project Manager at Business Sweden, you will lead and deliver projects to support Swedish companies in their international business development and expansion journeys. We provide advisory services within the areas of Growth Advisory, M&A, Supply Chain and Public Affairs, and we support with implementing the strategies we build, which include both strategic advice and analysis, as well as hands-on local support. As part of our trade promotion assignment, we build strategic platforms that we use to position Swedish competency and Swedish companies, in sectors and areas of Swedish strengths. As part of our investment promotion assignment, we support foreign companies to make high quality investments and expand in Sweden.

The Senior Project Manager position encompasses a diverse range of assignments and a high level of responsibility, that makes the work truly dynamic, challenging, and fun.

The role includes strategic, tactic and operational responsibilities across all of our assignments, and will require you to:

• Drive sales of consultancy services to existing and new Swedish clients across our markets, including insight-driven prospecting and development of customer value propositions. This includes proactive sales driven both by you individually as well as a part of a sales team
• Lead consultancy engagements across our service portfolio and across markets – both of more strategic and more hands-on nature
• Lead investment and/or trade promotional platforms and engagements
• Interact with key stakeholders ranging from clients, governmental agencies, colleagues and team members across our 50+ global offices
• Coach and support in the development of junior colleagues

The two roles are based in Berlin and Vienna , with one position in each city, but you will be expected to work with our teams and clients around the world, as required.

We apply probationary employment in all applicable positions.

Skills & Requirements

Core competencies and collaborative skills

• Demonstrate commitment, honesty, and accountability
• Provide support and take ownership to ensure high quality and on-time delivery
• Consulting skill-set: hypothesis-led problem solving, structuring, and communicating complex ideas, strategic thinking
• Entrepreneurial mindset, ability to work proactively and independently with relevant goals and tasks towards growing the region
• Result- and customer-oriented with a strategic mind-set and proven business acumen
• Collaborate effectively to achieve results with a positive can-do attitude
• Contribute to team spirit and transparent communication, supporting juniors and peers in their development
• Easily adapts to new ways of working and circumstances
• Voice your own ideas and share opinions. Show appreciation for different perspectives

Formal requirements

• Master of Science in Business Administration or Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience from Management Consulting and Strategic Business Development
• Experience from leading and coaching consultant teams and prior experience from an international environment, proven track record of successfully leading multinational project teams and working cross-border
• Strong experience from one or more of our core consultancy service areas, including Growth Advisory, M&A and Supply Chain
• Proven track record in sales and the ability to independently drive client dialogues, and take on full sales cycle responsibility
• A high level of proficiency in written and spoken English and German is a requirement, Swedish and / or other European language will be strong merits

Application

Please submit your CV and cover letter in English as soon as possible as we will be screening applications on a rolling basis.