Project Lead

Project Lead
Компания: Zumtobel Group
Город: London
**Project Leader – Connectivity & IoT**
**London Area | Full-time | Maternity Cover | Hybrid Working**
**SpotLIGHT of the job**
The Zumtobel Group is an international lighting group and a leading supplier of innovative lighting solutions, lighting components and associated services. Through our core brands Zumtobel, Thorn and Tridonic, we offer customers around the world a comprehensive portfolio of products and services.
We are looking for an experienced Project Leader – Connectivity & IoT to join our international team on a maternity cover basis. This is an exciting opportunity for a technically minded project professional who enjoys bringing hardware and software together to create innovative smart building solutions.
You will lead cross-functional projects from the first idea through to commercial launch, playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of wireless technology, connectivity and sustainability within our lighting solutions. If you are curious, love innovation and want to see your projects light up real buildings, this could be the role for you.
**Responsibilities:**
* Lead connectivity and IoT projects that align with the Group's business strategy, driving products from ideation to commercialisation.
* Take ownership of the full product lifecycle, from picking up ideas through planning, monitoring and realisation, working closely with multi-functional teams.
* Estimate schedules, resources and costs in line with project scope, and build and lead high-performing cross-functional teams.
* Work with stakeholders to define project scope, timelines and deliverables, ensuring all technical and business requirements are clarified and addressed.
* Proactively monitor scope, manage changes and run milestone reviews to ensure timely delivery, effective risk management and alignment with business priorities.
* Manage hardware and software suppliers to meet cost objectives and product reliability targets.
* Coordinate quality management in collaboration with our Quality, TAS and R&D teams.
**Skills & Experience:**
* 6–8 years' experience in project or portfolio management, ideally within a technical product development environment.
* Strong budget, cost and profitability management skills.
* Solid knowledge of hardware and software development processes and methods.
* Experience using Agile frameworks to manage software projects.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage at all management levels and across different cultures.
* A resilient and reliable team player with high integrity.
* Fluent business English.
* Experience in smart building, IoT, wireless or connected lighting technologies would be advantageous.
**What matters to us?**
We understand not only the power of the visible, but also the invisible. Like light, diversity is intangible, but it is perceptible. We value the uniqueness of every person and see this as a driver of innovation. Qualified applicants will be considered regardless of, for example, origin, skin colour, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or disability.
**Who are we?**
At the Zumtobel Group, we are passionate about designing and producing light that empowers humans and brings architecture to life. We continuously push the boundaries in our search for perfection through timeless design, technical excellence and efficient performance. Through light, we create spaces that inspire. As we develop the next generation of lighting, we consider the wellbeing of people and nature. Our lighting is designed for our customers and their individual aspirations. We guide them into a new world of opportunities – as a group, and through all our individual brands, Thorn, Tridonic and Zumtobel.
**What we offer:**
* **A truly international team** – a successful, international group with family DNA, where you work with colleagues from different countries and cultures.
* **Flexibility** – flexible working time and a hybrid work model to support a healthy work-life balance.
* **Expert support** – a great team of experts who are there to support you.
* **Personal growth** – numerous opportunities for further development in an innovative and empowering company.
* **Competitive benefits package.**