Would you like to work in an international environment where you act as the link between a global Group and its subsidiaries? As a Divisional Program Lead, you will coordinate key initiatives, follow up on reporting, and contribute to developing ways of working across areas such as Quality, Sustainability, Compliance, and Risk Management. This is a role for someone who enjoys being the link between different parts of an organization, building relationships, and creating structure. You thrive in a varied role with a high degree of responsibility and the opportunity to influence how processes and structures evolve over time – ultimately contributing to the success of the company as a whole.
About the role
As a Divisional Program Lead, you will have a central and cross-functional role, acting as an important link between the parent company and its acquired subsidiaries around the world. You will work closely with the subsidiaries' management teams and operations to ensure that they understand and meet the Group's requirements, while contributing to greater structure, development, and value creation across both the subsidiaries and the Group.
The role involves a broad network of stakeholders and a wide variety of topics. You will work with several companies of different sizes, levels of maturity, and needs. In some situations, your role will be to support an established company within existing processes; in others, you will help build structures and ways of working from the ground up. You will play an important part in ensuring that our acquired companies succeed as part of the Group, while maintaining their individual identities and business focus.
This is initially a consulting assignment through Academic Work, with the possibility of permanent employment with our client.
Work tasks
We are looking for
This role is suited to someone with strong communication and relationship-building skills, who is self-driven and thrives in a role with many international stakeholders. You are comfortable working with people at different levels of an organization and are skilled at building trust, even when you need to challenge, follow up, or set expectations. You also have a strong ability to create structure – both for yourself and for others – and enjoy taking ownership in situations where not everything is clearly defined.
In addition, you have:
It is a plus if you have:
Please note that the most important factor is not being a specialist in all areas covered by the role. What matters is your ability and curiosity to quickly understand new topics, create structure, and make things happen.
Our recruitment process
This recruitment process is managed by Academic Work, and our client’s request is that all questions regarding the position are directed to Academic Work.
