Directeur de projet (H/F)

Job Description

Are you a senior project leader with a strong commercial mindset and experience from complex industrial deliveries? Do you thrive in roles where you set direction, lead through others, and take ownership of outcomes across a global project portfolio?

In this role, you will have clear resource ownership, with responsibility for allocating and managing your own project resources, and a high degree of influence on key decisions. Working closely with senior leadership, you will help define strategic priorities, drive decision-making, and contribute to the introduction and industrialization of new technology.

This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in how Nel delivers large-scale alkaline projects worldwide.

Your new role

As Project Director, you will be a key member of the Alkaline Operations Leadership Team, reporting to the VP of Alkaline Operations. You will lead Nel's global portfolio of alkaline delivery projects and set the direction for how projects are executed and governed across the full lifecycle.

You will provide strategic leadership across multiple complex projects, act as a senior point of contact for customers and partners, and support Project Managers in delivering strong results. In this role, you will balance strategic oversight with operational execution, ensuring robust delivery performance, effective risk management, and continuous improvement.

Your responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Own and govern Nel's global portfolio of alkaline delivery projects and ensure efficient project execution across installation, commissioning, SAT, and handover to Aftersales
• Act as primary point of contact for customers and internal stakeholders at management level
• Lead project kick offs and secure cross-functional resource commitment from Sales handover through delivery
• Oversee and be accountable for client contracting activities, ensuring alignment between contractual commitments and project execution
• Monitor and ensure robust project control frameworks, including planning, documentation, cost control, forecasting, and reporting across the portfolio
• Lead and ensure strong project engineering execution, securing alignment between engineering, procurement, and project delivery
• Lead commercial disputes linked to contract, penalty, warranty, claims
• Support business planning and strategy updates with key input related to project execution and supply chain strategy
• Actively support, coach, and enable Project Managers to succeed in project delivery both internally and externally
• Proactively identify portfolio risks, nonconformities, and improvement opportunities together with the Alkaline Operation and key stakeholders
• Contribute to the development of project capabilities, team performance, and execution culture as a member of the Alkaline Operation
• Responsible for a safe and healthy working environment

What we are looking for

We are looking for a senior, commercially strong project leader with extensive experience from complex industrial project environments and a genuine interest in building scalable delivery models. You bring strong leadership capabilities, the ability to operate across technical and commercial domains, and the confidence to take ownership at portfolio level.

You bring with you:

• Minimum 15 years' experience as a Project Manager
• Master's degree in Engineering, Industrial Management or similar (experience may compensate)
• Extensive experience from project delivery in complex industrial environments, including leadership of large industrial projects
• Strong background in portfolio and program governance, with the ability to steer cost, schedule, risk, and overall delivery performance
• Proven ability to lead, influence, and collaborate across customers, partners, and internal stakeholders at senior level
• Solid commercial and contractual understanding, including experience handling claims, variations, and delivery-related disputes
• Strong understanding of project execution models, methodologies, and governance frameworks
• Ability to operate confidently across technical, commercial, and functional domains
• Structured, pragmatic, and solution-oriented mindset, with the ability to balance detail with a portfolio perspective
• Experience using relevant project and portfolio management tools
• Fluent in Norwegian and English

What you will get from working with us

• An opportunity to work in a company in strong growth and a leading position in the hydrogen and clean energy market.
• A visible and impactful role with many exciting interfaces across teams and stakeholders, both locally and globally.
• A dynamic and highly professional working environment consisting of competent and committed colleagues.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, pension and insurance schemes.

The Company has a published Code of Conduct that all employees are expected to follow.

At Nel, you will join a community where your expertise does more than service a company - it supports a vision. Step into a role where your professional skills will impact the future of green energy.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so don't wait to apply! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected].