Project Manager - Engineering (m/f/x)

Who You’ll Work For:

Makersite is an award-winning AI software company that empowers manufacturers to manage product sustainability, cost, and compliance, simultaneously from a web browser. Our mission is to help procurement, product design, and experts make better decisions to create safer, more sustainable products through data-driven analysis. We firmly believe that technology can help corporations to have a more positive impact on their environment. That is why we developed a platform that uses cutting-edge technology, big data, and breakthrough algorithms to deliver product intelligence, unlike anything on the market. Our customers frequently tell us, ‘We’re too good to be true’!

How we help our customers:

For manufacturing companies with complex supply chains that want to accelerate product development, build resilience or reduce costs, Makersite is a disruptive digital twin platform that uses AI to connect and enrich cross-departmental data into live models for analysis, collaboration, and decision support. Digital twins can be used to understand how external factors like environmental and health regulations, supply shortages, etc. affect a business and help teams evaluate scenarios considering multiple criteria like costs, environment, compliance, etc. simultaneously.

Who We’re Looking For:

Makersite is seeking an experienced Engineering Project Consultant to join our team. This role is crucial for optimizing project management processes and ensuring seamless integration between our Engineering and Services teams. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in project management, change management, and agile transformation, with specific experience consulting for B2B SaaS scale-up companies.

What You’ll Do:

• Project Management: Oversee and optimize engineering projects that closely interlock with the Services team. Ensure all projects are delivered on time, within scope, and meet quality standards. 

• Transparency & One Source of Truth: Design and implement a system to maintain a single source of truth across internal systems, ensuring clear and consistent project tracking and reporting. 

• Backlog Management: Develop and enforce an effective backlog management process to ensure alignment and prevent misalignment. 

• Productivity Improvement: Continuously source and evaluate ideas from the team for improving productivity. Lead the execution of these ideas to enhance team performance and project outcomes.

• New Projects & Deliverables: Identify and drive new projects in response to company growth, defining new deliverables and ensuring successful project execution. 

• Change Management & Transformation: Manage the change and transformation processes within the team, seeking out and implementing new methods and tools to drive continuous improvement.

• Agile Coaching: Act as an agile coach for the engineering organization, promoting agile methodologies and practices to enhance team agility and effectiveness.

Requirements

The Right Person Would Have:

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management, change management, and agile transformation. Experience consulting for B2B SaaS scale-up companies is highly desirable.

• Skills: Strong project management skills with a deep understanding of agile methodologies. Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

• Qualifications: Relevant qualifications in project management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) and agile frameworks (e.g., Scrum Master, Agile Coach).

• Approach: Demonstrated ability to design and implement effective processes and systems. A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.

• Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with the SaaS industry and its specific challenges and opportunities.

• Consulting Experience: Prior experience working as a consultant in a high growth B2B SaaS environment.

• Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.

What you can expect from us:

• Belonging - Be part of the sustainability megatrend

• Development – a steep learning curve, both personally and professionally

• Pride - Do amazing work with an international, vibrant, and passionate top-class team.

• Passion - International customers that love what we do and share our vision.

• Remote Working - Work 100% remotely if you like.

• Values-driven culture - we're really proud of our culture.

• Time-Off