Senior Project Manager (Power Tools) – R&D

About Fiskars

Fiskars Group is a design-led global company with a heritage dating back to 1649 and a purpose of making everyday life extraordinary through thoughtful, functional design. Home to a portfolio of trusted brands for indoor and outdoor living, Fiskars combines timeless design, innovation, and sustainable growth. Operating in 100 countries with 7,000 employees across 29 countries, the company continues to evolve while building on one of the longest business histories in the Western world.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join Fiskars' growing Power Tools R&D team. This is an exciting opportunity for a project leader with a strong track record of bringing complex electromechanical products from concept to market. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in power tools, outdoor power equipment, construction tools, professional equipment, or similar technology-driven products, where performance, reliability, and time-to-market are critical to success. In this role, you will lead global New Product Development projects from early concept creation through industrialization and market launch. Working at the center of cross-functional teams, you will ensure alignment between product management, engineering, industrial design, sourcing, manufacturing, quality, and commercial stakeholders. Beyond project execution, you will play an important role in helping Fiskars build a successful Power Tools business by driving execution excellence, managing risks, and ensuring new products are delivered on scope, on schedule and ready for demanding professional users. If you thrive in fast-paced development environments, enjoy turning complex challenges into actionable plans, and are passionate about bringing innovative products to life, Fiskars Group is the place for you. This position is based in Espoo, Finland, and reports to our Senior Manager, PMO. The role is full time and hybrid.

Responsibilities

• Lead Power Tools development projects from concept through industrialization and market launch.
• Create and maintain project plans, timelines, deliverables, and resource requirements across multidisciplinary teams.
• Drive execution of New Product Development programs involving mechanical engineering, electronics, embedded software, manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and commercial functions.
• Facilitate decision-making and alignment between stakeholders, ensuring project objectives remain clear and achievable.
• Identify project risks, develop mitigation plans and proactively resolve issues impacting timing, quality, cost or scope.
• Lead project reviews, milestone tracking, gate preparations, and executive status reporting.
• Ensure development activities are aligned with business objectives, customer needs, and portfolio priorities.
• Work closely with suppliers, manufacturing partners, and sourcing teams to secure launch readiness and successful industrialization.
• Support PMO process improvements, project governance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to building best practices for managing hardware-intensive and electromechanical product development projects.

Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Product Development, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project management and proven experience leading complex product development projects from concept through launch.
• Minimum 3 years background in power tools, outdoor power equipment, professional equipment, consumer durables, construction tools or other demanding electromechanical products.
• Strong understanding of New Product Development processes, stage-gate methodologies and product industrialization.
• Experience working with global suppliers, manufacturing organizations and cross-functional development teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders, priorities, risks and dependencies simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to manage/ facilitate executive-level escalations and make decisions in situations involving significant technical or commercial uncertainty.
• Experience with project reporting, portfolio management, resource planning and project governance.
• Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies (Scrum Master or PMP certification preferred).
• Understanding of batteries, motors, electronics, embedded systems and integrated electromechanical products is considered a strong advantage.
• Strong leadership presence and ability to drive alignment across diverse teams.
• Structured and analytical approach to planning and problem solving.
• Comfortable making decisions in fast-moving and evolving environments.
• Results-oriented mindset with strong ownership and accountability.
• Excellent communication skills in English.