Project Manager - Strategic Facility & Technology Planning

Description

The company is a technology enterprise founded in Germany in 1846, active in optics and optoelectronics across 50 countries. It is wholly owned by a foundation and works in scientific optics.

The role is a Project Manager position in the Strategic Facility & Technology Planning department, based in Lisbon or Setúbal.

Responsibilities

• You will plan and coordinate cross-functional ophthalmics projects from planning to implementation, keeping them on time, within scope and budget, and compliant with applicable quality and regulatory requirements.
• You will plan and run ophthalmic projects covering new products, process improvements, and facility or production layout changes.
• You will define scope, milestones, schedules, critical paths and resource needs, and keep the project plans current.
• You will coordinate interdisciplinary teams across R&D, Engineering, Production, QA/RA, Supply Chain, IT, Marketing and external partners in a matrix organisation.
• You will find and track risks, issues and dependencies, then define and follow up on countermeasures and corrective actions to hit project targets.
• You will handle change requests and assess their effect on timelines, costs and quality.
• You will prepare and lead project meetings, record decisions, actions and progress, and build management-ready presentations aligned with project leadership.
• You will keep high-level project governance in place and give clear, structured status reports and decision proposals to stakeholders and management.
• You will ensure compliance with applicable quality and regulatory requirements together with QA/RA.

Requirements

• You hold a university or university of applied sciences degree in Engineering, Natural Sciences, Business Administration or a related field.
• You have roughly 3, 7 years of project management or project coordination experience, ideally in optics, ophthalmics, medical technology or a comparable industrial setting.
• You have solid project management skills, including planning, tracking, risk and issue management, and basic budgeting.
• You communicate well and manage stakeholders effectively, working with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• You work in a structured, reliable and solution-oriented way, take ownership, and juggle multiple priorities.
• You have a good command of English.
• Desirable: a basic understanding of, or strong interest in, ophthalmic lenses, eyewear optics and related manufacturing processes.
• Desirable: awareness of quality and regulatory requirements for optical or medical products. Experience with MDR and/or ISO standards is an advantage.
• Desirable: proficiency with project and collaboration tools such as MS Project or equivalent, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft 365. Experience with Jira and Confluence is an advantage.
• Desirable: additional languages.

Conditions

This is a full-time, 2-year fixed-term contract.

The role sits in the Strategic Facility & Technology Planning department.

Equal opportunity applies to all candidates.

Benefits

• You will work for an internationally recognised technology company at the forefront of optics and optoelectronics.
• You will work with multidisciplinary teams on innovative projects in ophthalmic technology spanning technology, manufacturing and product development.
• You will join a culture focused on quality, innovation, professional development and continuous improvement.
• You will work in an international, collaborative environment.