Senior Project Manager- Corporate Development

As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll play a key role in bringing our strategic ambitions to life. Working at the heart of Corporate Development, you will lead and support high-impact initiatives—ensuring they are delivered effectively, aligned with business priorities, and driven by strong governance and stakeholder engagement.

This is a dynamic, cross-functional role where no two projects are the same. You’ll be involved in a wide range of initiatives, from M&A and post-merger integration to strategy execution, transformation programmes, organisational development, and commercial excellence.

Acting as a trusted project lead and PMO partner, you’ll translate strategic direction into clear plans, structured execution, and measurable outcomes—helping turn ideas into real business results.

Your responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate strategic and cross-functional projects across the Corporate Development portfolio, including Strategy, M&A, Business Ventures, Government Affairs and Commercial Excellence.
• Develop project plans, timelines, governance structures, risk assessments and reporting mechanisms.
• Drive execution, monitor progress and ensure delivery against agreed objectives and milestones.
• Support due diligence, integration planning and post-merger integration activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and ensure alignment and delivery of project objectives.
• Track synergies, milestones, risks, dependencies and mitigation actions, ensuring transparency and timely escalation where required.
• Establish and maintain project governance frameworks, reporting standards and project management practices aligned with KK PMO principles.
• Prepare management reporting, steering committee materials and executive updates.
• Support portfolio planning, prioritization and tracking of strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with senior leaders, business functions and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and progress across projects.
• Support governance forums, decision-making processes and stakeholder communication throughout project lifecycles.
• Continuously improve project management tools, governance, reporting practices and ways of working across Corporate Development.

Your profile

Experience

• 5-10+ years of experience in project management, PMO, strategy execution, consulting, transformation, or related fields.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects in an international environment.
• Exposure to M&A, integration, strategy, transformation, or business development initiatives is considered an advantage.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and leadership teams.

Skills

• Strong project and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent planning, coordination, and organizational capabilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive audiences.
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Fluent English communication skills.

Competencies

• Strategic mindset with strong execution focus.
• Proactive and self-driven.
• Structured and detail-oriented.
• Collaborative and influential without formal authority.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and fast-changing environments.
• Strong business acumen.
• Learning agility and curiosity.
• Resilient and adaptable.
• High level of integrity and professionalism.

Work Conditions

• International travel may be required depending on project portfolio and business needs.
• Flexibility to support critical project milestones and integration activities when needed.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and help us turn strategy into real, tangible results.