Global Project Manager - Filler Metals

Job Description:

Global Project Manager - Filler Metals 

🌎 At ESAB, innovation has been driving our business for more than 100 years. Today, we continue to develop advanced welding and cutting solutions that help shape the future of manufacturing worldwide.

📍 Gothenburg, Sweden

Position Purpose

TheGlobal Project Manager has global responsibility for establishing, leading, and continuously improving project management excellence across the Global Filler Metals organization and leading and delivering complex, high-value projects across multiple geographies, business units, and time zones. This senior role requires a seasoned professional who combines strategic vision with rigorous delivery discipline, operating at the intersection of business transformation, cross-functional collaboration, and executive stakeholder engagement.

The successful candidate will serve as the primary accountability holder for end-to-end project delivery, ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, within budget, and to the agreed quality standards — while navigating the unique challenges of global operations including cultural diversity, regulatory variation, and distributed teams.

Key Accountabilities

Global Project Management Governance:

• Establish and own the global project management framework, standards, and governance model for Global Filler Metals.
• Define portfolio prioritization, stage gates, milestone reviews, escalation paths, and execution KPIs.
• Ensure clear accountability and ownership across GPM, R&D, sourcing, operations, and regional teams within a matrix organization.
• Provide leadership to ensure on-time, predictable delivery of critical global and cross-functional initiatives.

Project Delivery & Execution:

• Drive disciplined execution, transparency, and follow-through, reducing delays and recurring escalations.
• Lead the full project lifecycle from initiation through to closure, including planning, execution, monitoring, and benefits realization
• Define and manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, and risks across global workstreams

Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestone schedules, and critical path analyses:

• Ensure delivery against agreed KPIs, tolerances, and stage gate criteria
• Manage project interdependencies and interfaces with other programs and business change initiatives

Stakeholder & Relationship Management:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior leaders, sponsors, and global stakeholders across cultures and time zones
• Facilitate Steering Committee meetings, working groups, and cross-functional workshops
• Develop and execute stakeholder engagement and communication plans
• Act as primary point of escalation and resolution for all project-related issues
• Represent the project at Functional leadership level and in external partner/vendor meetings as required

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Business, Project Management, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading global, cross-functional initiatives at a senior leadership level.
• Proven success operating in complex, matrix-based industrial or manufacturing organizations.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder influence, and change leadership capabilities.
• Fluent in English. Swedish is a merit

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in engineered products, materials, or industrial manufacturing.
• Formal project management certification (PMP, Prince2, Agile, or equivalent).
• Experience with product data structures, master data governance, or portfolio management.
• Exposure to digitalization or workflow transformation initiatives.

Success Measures

• Predictable, on-time delivery of global projects.
• Reduced project delays, rework, and escalations.
• High data accuracy, consistency, and usability supporting GPM.
• Adoption of standardized project governance and workflows.
• Improved cross-functional alignment and execution efficiency.

What we can offer:

• Additional Benefits: Annual performance bonus, car allowance, service-based financial bonuses.
• Hybrid Work: Enjoy flexibility with a modern hybrid work environment.
• LinkedIn Learning Access: Expand your skills with unlimited learning opportunities.
• Continuous Performance Feedback: Grow through regular, structured performance discussions.
• Supportive Environment: Thrive in a collaborative culture that values your contribution.
• Career Opportunities: Grow and develop your career in alignment with your aspirations.

🚀Please send your English CV — and let’s Shape the Future Together!