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Job Title: Manager (m/f/d) - Project Management

Posting Start Date: 7/31/26

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

Job Description:

Job Overview

The Senior Manager - Project Management (m/f/d) is responsible for leading and developing a team of Project Managers, ensuring excellence in project execution while building a high-performing and future-ready organization.

In this leadership role, you will combine operational excellence in project management with strong people leadership capabilities. You will drive the development of talent, strengthen leadership capabilities within your organization, and contribute to the continuous improvement activities while ensuring successful delivery of projects within your organization.

This position is based in our Bensheim site.

Job Requirements

Leadership & People Management

• Lead, coach, develop, and inspire a team of Project Managers

• Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and employee engagement.

• Conduct regular performance reviews, provide coaching and development feedback, and create individual development plans.

• Drive talent management activities, including workforce planning, employee development, succession planning, and leadership capability building.

Project & Program Management Leadership

• Plan, budget, and secure resources for the project management organization within your area of responsibility.

• Ensure successful project execution with respect to scope, quality, timing, cost, and customer expectations.

• Hold Project Managers accountable for delivering business results and achieving strategic objectives.

• Monitor project portfolio performance and proactively address risks, dependencies, and escalation topics.

• Drive alignment between project execution priorities and broader business strategy.

• Promote and implement best practices, standards, methodologies, and governance processes across the organization.

Organizational Development & Change Leadership

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational performance and organizational effectiveness.

• Influence strategic decision-making through data-driven insights and portfolio-level reporting.

• Foster collaboration with other functions inside the matrix organization

What your background should look like

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

• Typically 10+ years of professional experience in project and/or program management within a complex, matrix organization.

• Several years of proven people leadership experience, including direct management of Project Managers.

• Demonstrated success in talent development, employee coaching, performance management, and succession planning.

• Strong track record of building, developing, and leading high-performing teams.

• Formal Project or Program Management education; PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification is a plus.

• Experience managing complex project portfolios and driving organizational performance.

• Automotive industry experience is preferred.

• Strong business acumen and strategic mindset with the ability to translate business priorities into execution.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and conflict-resolution skills.

• Experience leading organizational change and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

• Strong analytical thinking and decision-making capabilities in a fast-paced environment.

• Business-fluent German and English language skills.

Competencies

ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY

TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.

Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS:
We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!

• Unlimited contract opportunity
• Pleasant working environment fostering teamwork
• Open and dynamic company culture
• Extensive training initiatives and growth opportunities
• Competitive salary package
• Comprehensive benefits including Group insurance, Hospitalization insurance, Meal vouchers etc.
• Convenient location at E40 and E403 motorway intersection
• Join a certified "TOP EMPLOYER" in a modern "FACTORY OF THE FUTURE"

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD
TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.

Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers. In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site.

Job Locations:

AMPERE STR 12-14
BENSHEIM, Hessen 64625
Germany

Posting City: BENSHEIM

Job Country: Germany

Travel Required: 10% to 25%

Requisition ID: 147268

Workplace Type: Onsite

External Careers Page: Project Management