Project Manager - General & Cross-Program

The role

The Project Manager will act as a versatile manager across a growing portfolio of projects. You will own end-to-end delivery for assigned projects across the Alpha programme and adjacent workstreams, including scheduling, budget, risk, and stakeholder management.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end delivery for assigned projects across the Alpha programme and adjacent workstreams
• Manage schedule, budget, risk register, and stakeholder management
• Apply structure to projects at varying stages of maturity
• Engage with technical leads across infrastructure and manufacturing-interface domains
• Support early Stellaris planning work regarding infrastructure, site, and programme requirements
• Feed project schedules and risk inputs into the Alpha Integrated Master Schedule
• Coordinate with the Programme Schedule Manager to ensure workstreams are reflected in the programme baseline
• Identify and manage dependencies between assigned projects and the broader Alpha programme
• Escalate interface risks early

Required qualifications

• Experienced in project management on capital, industrial, or research infrastructure projects
• Fluent in English

Nice to have

• German is a strong advantage
• Familiar with AI tools and digital working methods
• Background in capital project delivery in energy, industrial, or research sectors
• Experience with first-of-kind or early-stage programmes

About the company

Proxima Fusion is Europe’s fastest-growing fusion company and the first spin-out from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP). The company is developing hardware and infrastructure to deliver the world’s first commercial stellarator fusion power plant.