Project Manager for SKOV Research and Development

Lead global R&D projects shaping the future of sustainable livestock production.

Are you an experienced R&D project manager motivated by driving complex development projects from idea to market? Would you like to work in a financially strong, growth-oriented environment? Then this might be your next job.

At SKOV, you will take a leading role in delivering future solutions for climate and production management for the livestock industry. You will be based in our R&D department in Glyngøre in Denmark and join an ambitious project office that is continually seeking ways to improve. You will lead cross-functional projects involving people from across the company, who are using the latest technologies, to deliver products with real impact on global food production, animal welfare, and sustainability.

Your role

As R&D project manager at SKOV, you will take the leading role in engaging stakeholders, driving decisions, challenging assumptions, managing risks, removing obstacles, and maintaining momentum throughout the project lifecycle. You will be working closely together with senior management, international partners, customers, and highly skilled specialists across the company.

We are looking for an experienced R&D project manager who can deliver exceptional project management across 3-5 parallel, independent projects with cross-functional teams. You will ensure that ideas are transformed into successful products and business outcomes. Gates are presented to and approved by the SKOV top management. As part of passing gates and moving on to the next stages, you are expected to lead the projects to the necessary project maturity levels.

You will report directly to the CTO. As part of the project office, you are expected to improve ways of working alongside your six project management colleagues.

What you will be doing

We have recently established competence teams, where you as a project manager takes the lead in facilitating and planning clear tasks for everyone. This builds teams with strong coherence and teams that know the details and success criteria of the products they are working on.

In your daily work as a company-wide R&D project manager, you will:

• Lead projects from conceptual approval through development, validation, and release.
• Lead and define project scope, timelines, budgets, deliverables, and ensure structured follow-up.
• Drive decision-making and manage trade-offs between performance, cost, and time-to-market.
• Engage with end-users, partners, and market organizations to validate requirements and solutions.
• Coordinate activities across mechanics, electronics, software, testing, manufacturing, and supply chain, using your technical understanding to resolve uncertainties and lead specialist contributions.
• Participate in product validation and testing activities, including visits to end-user sites.
• Drive transparency and commitment within project teams and contribute to continuously improving project execution across SKOV.

You should expect to travel 20-30 days per year, visiting partners and customers globally. The role offers the flexibility to work from home for up to one day per week.

What will help you succeed

We believe successful project managers combine experience, leadership skills and a technical mindset. Most importantly, you excel at bringing people together around a common goal and turning plans into results.

You are likely to bring many of the following skills:

• Proven experience as an R&D Project Manager leading and delivering new development projects.
• A technical mindset at the level needed to lead development and engineering tasks and people.
• Create clarity and structure in complex environments with multiple priorities.
• Take ownership, challenge assumptions, drive decisions, and maintain momentum through uncertainty.
• Balance technical, commercial, and organizational considerations to create relevant customer value.
• Communicate effectively and professionally in English across functions and cultures.
• Build trust and strong working relationships while keeping a clear focus on outcomes and commitments.

What makes this role unique

At SKOV, you will not just manage projects – you will:

• Work directly with top management on strategic development projects.
• Influence how SKOV runs product development across global teams.
• Report directly to the CTO as part of the project office.
• Operate at the intersection between mechanics, hardware, software, and digitalization.
• Work directly with key global partners.
• Contribute to a company with strong growth and international presence.
• Make a tangible impact on sustainable food production worldwide.

Your personal profile

• Structured and result-oriented project leader - your are self-driven and get things done
• Engagning communicator and facilitator
• Comfortable navigating complexity and uncertainty
• Curious, eager to understand, and focused on continuous improvement
• Team-player with the will to collaborate, to change, and to win
• An educational background as B.SC in engineering (Mechanical or Electronical) or similar

About SKOV

SKOV is a global market leader in climate, production, and farm management solutions for livestock production. We are 550+ employees globally, with partnerships in many countries around the world – especially in Denmark and Asia.

The Research and Development area consists of approximately 90 specialists, spread across mechanics, electronics, software, and other relevant functions. Our products are considered market-leading, and our ability to deliver solutions that increase customer efficiency is unmatched.

We are using modern tools and technologies for our products to maintain a market-leading position. We work to ensure optimal conditions for animals, people, and the environment. Our customers are a mix of very large companies and some smaller farmers. All of them produce the food we all eat daily.

Interested?

Apply as soon as possible – we assess applications on an ongoing basis.