Project Director – EPC

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Italy.

📋 Description

• Take full responsibility for the safe, successful, and profitable execution of the Project, from the transfer of the contract through to completion and closure.

• Articulate the overall project vision, execution strategy, governance framework, and priorities, ensuring they align with contractual obligations and Prysmian’s business goals.

• Lead, organize, and nurture a team of Project Managers tasked with specific project scopes, workstreams, phases, or packages.

• Define clear accountabilities, decision-making authorities, interfaces, and escalation pathways across the Project Management team and the broader project organization.

• Ensure effective collaboration among Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Marine and Land Installation, Testing, Commissioning, Contract Management, Project Controls, Quality, and HSE.

• Serve as Prysmian’s liaison with the Customer, fostering trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and safeguarding the long-term strategic alliance.

• Oversee the overall financial performance of the project, including revenue, margin, cash flow, forecasting, contingencies, and risk management.

• Drive the commercial and contractual strategy, encompassing change management, variation orders, claims, major negotiations, and dispute resolution.

• Ensure that risks and opportunities are identified, quantified, managed, mitigated, and escalated, with recovery plans in place for any performance deviations from targets.

• Review and approve plans, forecasts, mitigation strategies, and recovery actions proposed by Project Managers and functional leaders.

• Lead the project leadership team and internal governance reviews, delivering clear, transparent, and timely reports to Prysmian senior management.

• Represent Prysmian in executive steering committees, customer governance forums, and critical negotiations with partners, suppliers, and subcontractors.

• Foster a high-performance culture centered on safety, accountability, collaboration, disciplined execution, constructive challenge, and continuous improvement.

• Ensure that lessons learned are documented, applied throughout the execution phase, and shared with the wider organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8–15 years of progressive experience in Project Management within complex EPC/EPCI settings, including substantial experience in senior project leadership positions.

• Demonstrated experience in leading the execution of a single large-scale or mega project through a Project Management team responsible for multiple scopes or work packages.

• Proven leadership of large, multidisciplinary, and multicultural project teams functioning in a matrix environment.

• Comprehensive understanding of project financial management, including P&L, forecasting, margin, cash flow, working capital, contingencies, and risk exposure.

• Capability to engage, influence, and negotiate effectively with Customer executives, joint-venture or consortium partners, authorities, and senior internal stakeholders.

• Strong leadership presence, sound judgment, and decision-making skills in complex, high-pressure, and politically sensitive environments.

• A Master’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Fluency in English is a requirement.

• Proficiency in German is a plus.

• PMI PMP, IPMA Level A/B, APM Chartered Project Professional, or equivalent certification is preferred.

• Experience in submarine cable systems, offshore operations, HVDC projects, offshore wind, or energy infrastructure is a significant advantage.

• Willingness to travel frequently and spend extended periods at project sites across Germany and Europe.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Meal vouchers

• Transport or parking facilitation

• Remote work flexibility

• Individual or collective variable incentive based on the achievement of predetermined performance objectives