IT Project Manager (m/f/d)
About the role
Location: Austria - Vienna
Hours: Full-Time
Type of Contract: Permanent
Make Projects That Matter Real!
Borealis is one of the world's leading providers of advanced and sustainable polyolefin solutions. In Europe, we are also an innovative leader in polyolefins recycling and a major producer of base chemicals. Are you a passionate IT Project Manager eager to shape user‑centric Digital Solutions and contribute to our mission of re-inventing essentials for sustainable living? Then this opportunity may be the ideal career step for you.
As an IT Project Manager, you will lead large-scale international programs and projects, applying best practices and fostering collaboration across diverse teams. You will ensure delivery of high-value, user-friendly solutions within scope, time, and budget, while removing obstacles and driving results. Acting as an in-house consultant, you will challenge assumptions, solve problems, and create value together with your team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan-Driven Project Stages
- Plan, manage, and coordinate execution of major international programs and projects in line with approved business cases.
- Deliver targeted results within agreed time, budget, and quality standards, following Borealis and IT project management guidelines.
- Ensure timely involvement of security and architecture experts.
- Agile Project Stages
- Lead international delivery teams, collaborating closely with Product Owners, UX/UI designers, developers, and subject matter experts.
- Serve as the primary contact for business stakeholders and internal IT teams.
- Support Product Owners in backlog management, user story creation, and agile practices.
- Act as agile mindset ambassador and ensure compliance with Borealis and IT project management standards.
- Involve security and architecture experts as needed.
About you
- Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 10-15 years of IT experience, including 10+ years managing medium and large plan-driven or agile projects/programs.
- Broad business process knowledge and proven process improvement skills.
- Strong understanding of IT solutions and expert knowledge of project management methodologies (plan-driven and agile).
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, strong interpersonal abilities, and proven facilitation and coaching expertise.
- Actively drive risk, stakeholder and change management.
- Professionalism in managing scope, time line and budget
- Ability to lead international, often virtual, teams toward self-organization.
- Analytical, customer-focused, and results-oriented mindset.
- Fluent in English at a business level.
Our offer
Borealis has competitive compensation and benefits which you can read more about on our Career Page.
Your salary package will reflect your profile, experience and the specifics of the location you apply for.
Should you join us in one of our Austrian locations and according to Austrian law, we offer competitive compensation based on the collective labor agreement, starting at EUR 72.000 annual gross salary (based on 38 hrs/week) and a yearly bonus.
Application Process
If you're excited about the prospect of joining our team and being a part of Making It Real, please submit your application via the "apply now" button in the job posting to apply directly.
If you have any questions, please contact Adrian Obando Piedra (Adrian.obando@borealisgroup.com).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy for further applications when we have received sufficient applications that meet the advertised requirements and will contact you as soon as screening is closed.
At Borealis, we are committed to an equal recruitment process. We value diversity, and all applicants & employees are treated fairly and equally. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination based on factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression.
Borealis only accepts candidate resumes from recruiters or recruiting agencies if they have been explicitly commissioned by Borealis for a specific recruitment and if the data is provided to us in line with the General Data Protection Regulation. Borealis will not accept or pay fees for candidate resumes of any form or kind that were sent unsolicited to either HR or directly to our hiring managers.