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SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (M/F/D) BODY CONTROL

HELLA

unknownPosted May 29, 2026

About the role

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (M/F/D) BODY CONTROL

Location Lippstadt, Germany

FORVIA HELLA is a listed international automotive supplier. As a company of the FORVIA Group, FORVIA HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and vehicle electronics and, with the Lifecycle Solutions Business Group, also covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles. With currently around 36,500 employees at over 125 locations, the Company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of €8.1 billion in fiscal year 2024.

YOUR TASKS

Your Responsibilities In the Program Management of the Body Control Modules product group within the Electronics division, you will take on international projects, including Profit & Loss responsibility, and align your business case with strategic considerations.

You will lead interdisciplinary and intercultural teams in complex development projects, including participating in team composition decisions

Your objectives include ensuring the achievement of goals regarding quality, costs, and deadlines

In collaboration with your customers, you will define project requirements, continuously optimizing them with your core team as part of ongoing improvements

Furthermore, you will be responsible for project management throughout the entire project duration

You will independently negotiate technical changes with customers, including their commercial impact and timeline

You will implement escalation scenarios in case of target deviations and continuously ensure that defined technical and quality standards are adhered to during development

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

A completed degree in engineering or industrial engineering and several years of professional experience in project management, ideally in the automotive sector

Experience in SYS, HW, or SW development

High resilience, determination, and assertiveness

Flexibility towards changing tasks

Leadership and decision-making skills, strong analytical abilities, as well as conceptual and creative thinking

Enjoy working in an international environment combined with corresponding international mobility • Very good German

Fluent English and business fluent German language skills

WHAT WE OFFER

Mobile Working and flexible working time models

Extensive career and further training opportunities

Sports and health program HELLA in Motion as well as partner of the company fitness network WELLPASS

Discounted Germany ticket for bus and train

Free coffee and water, company restaurants and cafés

Bicycle leasing and numerous employee benefits

Company pension plan with HELLA allowance

Family support: family service and advice on caring for relatives

Employee events

Even if you do not meet all our requirements, do not hesitate to apply to us, because the further development of our employees is very important to us and opens up a wide range of opportunities for you in our company.

Hella stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

Please send us your application via our career portal, stating your salary requirements and earliest possible starting date, with the reference number req17717.

HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA

Andreas Hahn

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