Senior Project Manager
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About the Role
Cognite seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead complex Industrial AI implementation projects for asset-intensive industries. The role requires 5+ years of experience delivering software/SaaS/cloud projects, technical fluency with APIs and cloud platforms, and strong commercial acumen.
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Responsibilities
- Lead end to end project delivery from kickoff through deployment, adoption, and value realisation.
- Own project scope, schedule, budget, quality, customer outcomes, and commercial performance.
- Collaborate with Solution Architects, Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Product teams, and Customer Success to deliver high quality solutions.
- Translate customer objectives into measurable success metrics and facilitate Value Realisation Workshops to demonstrate business impact.
- Manage project financials, including forecasting, revenue recognition, profitability, cost management, and reporting.
- Build trusted relationships with customer stakeholders, lead steering committees, and provide clear communication throughout the project lifecycle.
- Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and scope changes while ensuring appropriate governance and transparency.
- Support customer adoption through change management, enablement, and training while recognising opportunities to expand customer value.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of delivery practices by applying Cognite's PMO methodologies, playbooks, and lessons learned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
- 5+ years of experience delivering complex software, SaaS, cloud, or enterprise technology implementation projects
- Experience managing enterprise or industrial digital transformation programmes involving multiple stakeholders and technical workstreams
- Technical fluency with APIs, integrations, cloud platforms, data architecture, and enterprise systems
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including forecasting, revenue recognition, margin management, and project profitability
- Experience within one or more industrial sectors, including Energy, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Utilities, Power & Renewables, or Life Sciences
- Experience working with Agile delivery methodologies and project governance frameworks such as Scrum, PMP, or PRINCE2
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience using project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or Smartsheet
- Willingness to travel up to 25% as required
Full Job Posting
What Cognite is
- Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI and data solutions that solve the world’s hardest, highest impact problems.
- Our Moonshot is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works.
How you’ll demonstrate Ownership
- We're looking for a Project Manager who enjoys solving complex challenges, takes ownership of outcomes, and is motivated by delivering measurable value.
- This role goes beyond managing timelines; you'll lead transformational AI implementation projects that help some of the world's largest industrial organisations modernise the way they operate.
- From contract signing through deployment and value realisation, you'll partner with customers and cross functional teams to deliver successful projects that create lasting business impact.
The Impact you bring to Cognite
- As the Project Manager, you'll be accountable for the successful delivery of complex Industrial AI implementation projects.
- Leading end to end project delivery from kickoff through deployment, adoption, and value realisation.
- Owning project scope, schedule, budget, quality, customer outcomes, and commercial performance.
- Collaborating with Solution Architects, Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Product teams, and Customer Success to deliver high quality solutions.
- Translating customer objectives into measurable success metrics and facilitating Value Realisation Workshops to demonstrate business impact.
- Managing project financials, including forecasting, revenue recognition, profitability, cost management, and reporting.
- Building trusted relationships with customer stakeholders, leading steering committees, and providing clear communication throughout the project lifecycle.
- Identifying and managing risks, dependencies, and scope changes while ensuring appropriate governance and transparency.
- Supporting customer adoption through change management, enablement, and training while recognising opportunities to expand customer value.
- Contributing to the continuous improvement of delivery practices by applying Cognite's PMO methodologies, playbooks, and lessons learned.
Required Qualifications
- A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of experience delivering complex software, SaaS, cloud, or enterprise technology implementation projects.
- Experience managing enterprise or industrial digital transformation programmes involving multiple stakeholders and technical workstreams.
- Technical fluency with APIs, integrations, cloud platforms, data architecture, and enterprise systems, enabling effective collaboration with technical teams and informed decision making.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including forecasting, revenue recognition, margin management, and project profitability.
- Experience within one or more industrial sectors, including Energy, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Utilities, Power & Renewables, or Life Sciences.
- Experience working with Agile delivery methodologies and project governance frameworks such as Scrum, PMP, or PRINCE2.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage confidently across technical teams, customers, and executive stakeholders.
- Experience using project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or Smartsheet.
- Willingness to travel up to 25% as required.
Preferred Skills
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or Scrum certification.
- Cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.
- Industrial IoT, SCADA, MES, or Operational Technology (OT) environments.
- AI, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, or Analytics implementation projects.
Why Cognite?
- At Cognite, you'll have the opportunity to work at the forefront of Industrial AI, partnering with some of the world's leading industrial organisations to solve complex, real world challenges.
- You'll join a collaborative, inclusive, and fast moving environment where innovation thrives.
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