Head of CPM , LCI
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Description
Lead Projects. Grow People. Shape the Future.
We are looking for an experienced people and business leader to head the Construction Project Management organization for Large Capex Industries (Data Centers, Automotive, Pharma and Electronics) across the META region. The role will lead CPMs across different Market Organizations, strengthen a consistent regional CPM setup and ensure that Hilti’s most strategic large projects are captured and executed with strong customer impact, disciplined risk management and sustainable profitability.
What You’ll Do
- People leadership: lead, coach and develop a regional team of Construction Project Managers located across different META Market Organizations, creating clear expectations, strong collaboration and a high-performance culture.
- Portfolio ownership: own the performance of the assigned strategic-project portfolio with the CPM team, including topline, share of wallet, project profitability, resource allocation and management visibility.
- Capture-team leadership: guide CPMs in building and leading cross-functional capture teams from early project engagement through design, procurement, order execution and project close-out.
- Governance and standards: establish and continuously improve CPM governance, project-execution standards and ways of working aligned with the global CPM framework and local Market Organization requirements.
- Project controls: ensure disciplined project controls for scope, schedule, quality, safety, contracts, variations, claims, cash, risk and commercial exposure.
- Senior escalation: provide senior escalation and decision support in complex customer, contractual, operational or commercial situations.
- Cross-functional execution: drive effective collaboration across Sales, Engineering, Project Execution, Logistics, Finance, Legal and other relevant functions to deliver integrated Hilti solutions.
- Prioritization and handover: ensure robust project selection, prioritization, staffing and handover from opportunity development into execution, with clear ownership and decision gates.
- Capability building: build regional CPM capability through structured coaching, talent development, best-practice sharing, lessons learned and succession planning.
- Management visibility: provide transparent portfolio reporting to LCI and Market Organization leadership on performance, risks, opportunities, capacity and required interventions.
- Strategic customer engagement: support strategic customer engagements and executive-level discussions where senior leadership involvement strengthens Hilti’s position as a project partner.
What You’ll Bring
- Education: A degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business or a related discipline.
- Relevant experience: significant experience in construction, engineering, sales leadership and/or large-project management, with a proven record of delivering complex projects or portfolios.
- People leadership: proven experience leading, coaching and developing teams across countries, organizations or matrix structures.
- Commercial acumen: strong commercial acumen and a sound understanding of project P&L, contracts, claims, variations, cash flow and risk management.
- Portfolio mindset: the ability to manage a portfolio and operating system, not only individual projects, and to translate complexity into clear priorities and decisions.
- Cross-functional leadership: broad cross-functional understanding, ideally covering Sales, Engineering, Logistics, Finance and Legal, with the ability to mobilize stakeholders without relying solely on hierarchy.
- Customer orientation: strong customer orientation and experience engaging contractors, EPCs, consultants, owners and senior decision-makers on complex construction projects.
- Influencing skills: excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder-management skills across cultures and organizational levels.
- Leadership profile: a high level of ownership, resilience and inclusive leadership, combined with the willingness to step into critical situations when needed.
- Advantageous: Experience in the META construction market and PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-PgMP, MBA or equivalent qualifications would be advantageous.