We are seeking a highly skilled and driven Transformation Project Manager – Strategic Projects to lead the successful delivery of the company’s most important transformation initiatives.

This role requires end-to-end ownership of complex, multi-department projects—from initiation and planning to execution, monitoring, and closure. The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution, demonstrates excellent leadership and communication skills, and thrives in environments with high complexity and organizational change.

Your main responsibilities:

Project Planning & Execution

• Lead the planning, execution, and closure of strategic transformation projects involving multiple departments and significant organizational changes.
• Develop comprehensive project plans, including scope, objectives, deliverables, budget, resource requirements, and timelines.
• Manage project interdependencies, risks, and issues by implementing effective mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery.
• Facilitate decision-making and problem-solving sessions among project teams and executive-level stakeholders.
• Ensure project delivery adheres to established governance frameworks and aligns with company-wide strategic priorities.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Serve as the primary point of contact for the strategic project, managing expectations and ensuring clear, consistent communication.
• Identify, analyze, and manage stakeholder expectations, ensuring alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maintain transparent and effective communication with all project participants, including senior leadership.
• Prepare and present periodic progress reports covering project status, risks, changes, and key updates.

Risk Management & Change Management

• Identify, assess, and develop mitigation strategies for potential project risks.
• Manage change requests in a structured and documented manner, evaluating impact on scope, cost, and timelines.
• Facilitate the organizational transition required for project implementation, ensuring adoption of new processes and systems.

Continuous Improvement

• Document lessons learned at the end of each project to support the continuous improvement of the company’s project management methodologies.

Profile we are looking for:

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, IT, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years of project management experience, preferably in transformation projects or strategic initiatives.
• Technical Skills: Proven experience using project management tools and methodologies.

Core Competencies

• Executive Communication: Ability to clearly and convincingly present complex information to C-level leaders.
• Portfolio Management: Experience managing a portfolio of interdependent projects and understanding organization-wide resource capacity.
• Risk & Governance: Strong understanding of project governance, compliance, and effective risk management practices.
• Influence Without Authority: Proven ability to motivate and guide team members and stakeholders regardless of reporting lines.

Mindset & Behaviors

• Strategic Thinker: Able to see the “big picture,” connect project activities to organizational strategy, and anticipate future challenges.
• Change Agent: Comfortable challenging the status quo and facilitating adoption of new ways of working.
• Resilient & Adaptable: Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and adjusts strategies quickly when needed.
• Responsible Leader: Takes full ownership of project outcomes with a commitment to delivering excellence.

What We Offer:

• Meal vouchers;
• Easter and Christmas stores vouchers;
• Private health insurance;
• Benefits for special events (child birth, marriage, death);
• Pleasant working environment based on trust and autonomy;
• Training curricula meant to support your development;

The Carrefour World is about people, so we are making sure to offer you a blend of benefits meant to boost your personal and professional growth. Our team is focused on making you well welcomed and inspired, to help you easily integrate into a pleasant, diverse, and inclusive work environment.

Carrefour Romania will process your personal data for the recruitment process, based on your consent expressed by submitting the application. You can find more details on how we will process your personal data by consulting our extended information note, available here: https://carrefour.ro/corporate/cariere/privacy-policy

In the Carrefour World, we support and promote the principles of diversity and inclusion, equality, and non-discrimination among our colleagues as well as outside the organization. We continue the efforts the company has been making since 2014 on the topic of diversity and inclusion, when we received the GEEIS certification – one of the most important European certifications that confirms compliance with gender equality within the company. The most recent confirmation of all these standards was in 2025, when we were recertified with the GEEIS. Additionally, for two consecutive years, we have been certified as a Top Employer, a recognition that confirms our commitment to the development and well-being of our colleagues, and this is thanks to every member of the Carrefour World.

Come and apply at Carrefour!

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