Senior Management Consultant / Project Lead – Industrial Programs & Transformation (m/f/d)

newboxes is the revival of engineering art. We help industrial companies structure complex programs, manage risks, and optimize organizational performance. Our clients face technological transformations, growing complexity, and time pressure. We bring clarity to programs, decision-making processes, and management structures. We operate at the intersection of management, engineering, and organizational development.

You will be responsible for complex industrial projects and programs – from initial structuring to approach modeling and effective implementation. This means:

• You will transform client requirements and proposals into clear project structures, work packages, milestones, and control logic.

• You will create practical management, PMO, and decision-making structures.

• You will lead project teams, work packages, and stakeholders through complex implementation phases.

• You will ensure transparency regarding progress, risks, resources, quality, and outcomes.

• You will ensure that projects are not only planned but also implemented on time, in a structured manner, and with measurable impact.

• You will work directly with department heads responsible for projects, directors, and CEOs – and depending on your qualification level, you will also take on the role of Project or Program Manager.

• Development and structuring of complex industrial projects and transformation programs

• Transformation of proposals and target images into concrete approach models, work packages, and milestone plans

• Creation and development of PMO, management, and controlling models

• Management of project progress, measures, risks, resources, and decision-making needs

• Moderation of project, management, and control meetings

• Preparation of progress reports, decision proposals, and management documents

• Ensuring transparency of budget, resources, risks, and project impact

• Active client interaction in complex project and change situations

• Ensuring proper project documentation, handovers, and lessons learned

• Depending on qualification level: Project or Program Management

• Responsibility for client interaction and quality of results

• Technical leadership of project teams and junior consultants

• Participation in the standardization and further development of our implementation approaches

• Hybrid model: on-site project work, office, and remote work

• Work in leading industrial companies

• Location: Munich, Lake Constance, or Stuttgart

• Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams in Germany and India

• Regular work on client projects and within internal newboxes structures

Professional Skills

• University degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, or similar
• Several years of experience in industrial projects, transformation programs, PMO, project management, or program management
• Experience in at least one of the following areas: Project Leadership / Program Management
• PMO / Program Management
• Industrial Transformation
• Management and decision-making structures
• Budget, resource, and progress management
• Risk, measure, and impact management
• Experience in industrial sectors such as mechanical engineering, automotive, energy, rail transport, defense industry, or similar is an advantage

Methodological Skills

• Strong structuring skills and the ability to quickly transform complex situations into manageable project logic
• Proficient in milestone planning, status logic, management reporting, and decision-making documents
• Ability to not only accompany projects but also to actively lead them
• Confidence in communicating with clients, project teams, and stakeholders at the management level
• Very good skills in PowerPoint and Excel; experience with project management tools such as monday.com, MS Project, or similar is an advantage

Personal Qualities

• High standards and result orientation
• Clear, committed communication
• Taking responsibility even in uncertain situations
• Enjoyment in bringing order to complex programs
• Confidence in challenging client situations
• Pragmatism: You think structurally but remain strong in execution

You will work on real industrial programs with measurable impact. You will take responsibility for projects that truly matter to our clients. You will actively shape management, control, and corporate governance structures. You will gain early visibility and responsibility in complex client environments. You will work in a clearly structured organization with cluster logic. You will combine managerial thinking with technical reality and operational implementation.

• High degree of personal responsibility in complex industrial projects
• Development prospects towards Senior Consultant, Project Lead, Program Lead, or Cluster Lead
• Collaboration with experienced industrial experts
• Modern work environment with an international perspective
• Direct proximity to management, engineering, and transformation issues
• Opportunity to participate in the further development of our newboxes implementation standards

If you want to not only develop but also structure and implement industrial transformation, we look forward to receiving your application.