Regional IT Project & Transformation Manager, Americas

Regional IT Project & Transformation Manager, Americas

Corporate Functions

Location Buford - Georgia

Permanent

Full Time

 

 

The following challenges await you:

Drive Meaningful Change

• Lead and coordinate strategic IT and business transformation initiatives across the Americas.
• Play a key role in projects that improve operations, enable growth, and strengthen our competitive advantage.
• Help bring innovative ideas to life through technology, process improvement, and organizational change.

Influence Without Boundaries

• Collaborate with business leaders, IT Business Partners, technical teams, and external partners around the world.
• Build trust-based relationships and align diverse stakeholders around common goals.
• Lead cross-functional teams, inspiring progress and accountability regardless of reporting structure.

Turn Complexity Into Clarity

• Create structure, transparency, and momentum across multiple projects and priorities.
• Manage scope, timelines, risks, and resources while keeping stakeholders informed and engaged.
• Drive decisions, remove obstacles, and ensure initiatives stay on track.

Grow Your Leadership Impact

• Take ownership of regional and global initiatives with increasing responsibility over time.
• Partner closely with senior leaders across business and IT functions.
• Build a broad understanding of our operations and become a trusted advisor for key transformation efforts.

Your Profile

You are someone who naturally takes ownership, enjoys connecting people around a common vision, and finds satisfaction in delivering results that matter.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in IT project management, IT consulting, IT business partnering, or a related role.
• Broad understanding of corporate IT, including infrastructure, applications, ERP systems, data, or related technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects and drive outcomes in matrix organizations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the confidence to engage technical and business audiences alike.
• Practical, hands-on problem solver who can quickly understand new challenges and develop effective solutions.
• Experience within industrial manufacturing, engineering, life sciences, or other operationally focused environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL, or similar certifications are a plus.
• Fluent English and willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Why Join Heraeus?

• Work on highly visible projects that directly impact business success.
• Collaborate with talented colleagues across the Americas, Europe, and beyond.
• Gain exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
• Expand your influence and leadership responsibilities in a global organization.
• Help shape the future of technology and transformation at Heraeus.

Travel

This role includes approximately 30% travel, including visits to Heraeus locations throughout the United States and internationally. Periodic travel to our global headquarters in Hanau, Germany is also expected.

If you're energized by leading change, building relationships, and delivering results that make a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.