Director Project Management Office – Höganäs

Are you a team player striving for project excellence who wants to join our journey of sustainable change and net-zero emissions?

About the position

Höganäs AB is seeking a Director for their Project Management Office, a pivotal role in driving the strategic initiatives that will shape the future of the company’s operations and products. The PMO Director will lead a team of project managers responsible for defining, prioritizing, and executing key projects across the organization. Collaborating with various stakeholders, the PMO Director will enhance project management capabilities and ensure alignment with Höganäs strategic goals. This role will contribute to defining the overall project management strategy, propelling Höganäs towards its ambition of being a leader in sustainable innovation and operational excellence.

Experience and Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience
• Several years of documented leadership experience, preferably in a global organization
• Proven experience in leading a project management office and expertise in both product and process development, ideally in the automotive sector
• Deep understanding of project management principles, with documented experience leading large-scale development projects
• Experience with governance structures in general and for projects and project portfolios in particular
• Proficiency in structured, fact-based decision-making, scope management, project time management, risk management, and quality management according to APQP/IATF or VDA standards
• Fluency in English, Swedish is a merit

Your Profile
Personality & Leadership

• Strong, brave, motivated leader who can build a top PMO team and a world-class PMO in collaboration with the line organization
• High integrity and cultural awareness are essential
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are required
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams
• Good coaching skills to develop project managers and the organization in project work

Scope/Goals of the Role

• Lead the PMO in the PMT division towards achieving project excellence
• Improve the complete platform for executing projects, including developing people and organizational project work
• Align projects with strategic business goals and foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation in project management practices
• Engage in stakeholder management and maintain excellent communication with all parties involved
• Drive change management initiatives and ensure alignment with business goals

Benefits:
With proximity to the wonderful surroundings of the Kullahalvön, Höganäs offers you stimulating and developing work tasks as well as good conditions for holidays, pensions, insurance, and skills development. We encourage our employees to live a healthy life and offer all employees a wellness allowance as well as free access to a gym and fitness room. We believe that a good work-life balance is important and therefore offer flexible working methods. As an employee, you also receive reduced working hours, subsidised lunch, and profit sharing.

Working at Höganäs:
We aim to offer a great and meaningful place to work where you can fulfil your potential and ambitions. We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity. We have a clear management philosophy, and just like us you believe that through collaboration and openness we develop as individuals and as a company. We see all employees, regardless of position, as leaders when we approach the challenges that the world – and we – face. Höganäs ambition is to lead the transformation to better meet the needs of tomorrow and become the preferred supplier of sustainable metal powder on a global scale – join us in our journey of sustainable change and towards net-zero climate emissions.

More about Höganäs
Founded in 1797, Höganäs is the world leader in the market for powders, with a yearly capacity of 500,000 tonnes. Our vision is to drive positive change through material innovation, with the ambition of becoming the globally preferred partner for sustainable powder materials. At Höganäs, our strength lies in our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, and we are committed to gender diversity. We collaborate with customers to innovate solutions for automotive components, electric motors, brazing, surface coating, welding, and additive manufacturing. Operating 15 production centers worldwide and employing 2,300 people, Höganäs’ turnover for 2023 was €1.07 billion. Höganäs is owned by Lindéngruppen and Wallenberg-owned FAM.

Placement: Höganäs
Office policy: Hybrid
Reporting to: Måns Ranåker
Start: Q3 2025
Travel: Limited