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VAT Vakuumventile AG
About VAT Group
At VAT, we change the world with vacuum solutions. As the world’s leading supplier of high-performance vacuum valves, we have been driving innovation for more than 60 years. With over 3,200 employees worldwide, we operate from our headquarters in Haag, Switzerland, with manufacturing sites in Switzerland, Malaysia and Romania, as well as sales and service hubs around the world. We guided by our passions integrity, teamwork, customer centricity, and innovation – always working together as #oneVAT.
Joining us means becoming part of a passionate, international team where your voice is heard, your ideas matter, and your career growth is supported.
Senior IT Project & Portfolio Manager
YOUR CHALLENGES
As a Senior IT Project & Portfolio Manager you will lead complex, multi-stream technology initiatives and enhance our project and portfolio management capabilities. In this role, you will drive the end-to-end delivery of key IT projects, establish and mature governance processes, and support the development of a structured, scalable project environment across IT and Business. You will act as a senior leader in project execution, stakeholder alignment, and organizational maturity building.
YOUR ROLE
- Lead medium to large scale IT projects across multiple business and IT streams
- Ensure stakeholder alignment, transparency, and structured communication
- Oversee planning, execution, governance, and quality assurance
- Consolidate project status, risks, costs, and progress across initiatives
- Deliver clear dashboards, KPIs, and financial updates for fact-based decisions
- Monitor budgets, forecasts, and variances with timely corrective actions
- Standardize VAT’s IT project and portfolio management framework
- Implement RACI models and harmonize approval processes
- Drive adoption of new practices and enable cross-functional alignment
- Mentor project managers and foster a strong project management community
YOUR COMPETENCIES
- 7+ years managing IT projects in mid to large scale environments
- Strong experience leading cross-country and cross-cultural teams, ideally Switzerland and Malaysia
- Proven track record in project governance, PMO processes, and portfolio structures
- Strong project management expertise (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to design and optimize governance and prioritization frameworks
- Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Confluence (financial tools a plus)