Senior Project Manager
Pubblicato il 23-10-2026 - Christian Dior Couture in Firenze
Position
Lead the PMO function overseeing the end-to-end management of collections and selected strategic projects, ensuring alignment across development, industrialization, and delivery, from collection calendar definition to finished goods shipment.
Job responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate the PMO team (Project Managers)
- Oversee the execution of all collection-related projects across functions (Design, Product Development, Sourcing, Production, Logistics)
- Ensure the definition, consolidation, and monitoring of collection calendars and milestones
- Supervise project planning (WBS, Gantt, critical path) and ensure consistency across all collections
- Monitor project execution through KPIs and RAG status reporting
- Ensure timely escalation and resolution of risks and issues
- Coordinate cross-functional alignment meetings and project reviews
- Guarantee adherence to deadlines from development to final shipment
- Validate project deliverables at key gates (prototypes, samples, production readiness, bulk completion)
- Oversee resource allocation across projects and collections
- Ensure proper use of PMO tools, templates, and governance processes
STRATEGY and KEY TASKS
- Define and implement the PMO governance model, methodologies, and tools
- Drive the overall collection planning strategy, ensuring feasibility and industrial alignment
- Act as key interface with Industrial Director and top management on project portfolio performance
- Lead prioritization of projects and collections based on business and operational constraints
- Ensure alignment between creative timelines and industrial capabilities
- Drive continuous improvement in time-to-market, efficiency, and execution reliability
- Identify and manage cross-collection risks impacting overall business performance
- Support strategic initiatives (e.g., new product categories, process transformations, sourcing shifts)
- Build a strong project management culture across the organization
- Ensure visibility and transparency on project portfolio status at executive level
Profile
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering (Industrial, Management, or equivalent), Business Administration / Management or Supply Chain Management
- Previous experience in the fashion industry and in a similar role is mandatory
- Advanced capability in project planning tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Primavera or equivalent)
Deep understanding of fashion product lifecycle (design development industrialization production
- distribution)
- Proven experience managing complex, multi-project environments with interdependencies
- Strong knowledge of critical path analysis, capacity planning, and resource allocation
- Solid financial acumen (budgeting, cost tracking, business case evaluation)
- Experience with KPI frameworks and performance dashboards (including RAG reporting)
- Familiarity with PLM systems and ERP integration (e.g., SAP, Stealth, Centric)
- Strong risk management and mitigation planning capabilities
- Excellent stakeholder management at executive level
- Ability to translate creative and commercial inputs into feasible industrial plans
- Data-driven mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Fluency in English. Italian and French are mandatory
- Gross annual salary of at least €70,000 CCNL Pelli e Cuoio Livello Quadro
CHRISTIAN DIOR
MAISON
“Whatever you do – whether for work or pleasure – do it with passion! Live with passion,” wrote Christian Dior.
Well before he embarked on his destiny as a couturier, Christian Dior was fascinated with art. The young Normandy native and several friends opened an art gallery when he was just 23. In 1938 he learned the métier of pattern cutter with Robert Piguet and three years later began working as a designer for Lucien Lelong. Right from the founding of his Maison in 1946, he transformed his dreams into irresistible creations, seeking to break with the somber war years by elevating pure joy. His visionary spirit celebrated and enchanted women the world over. In only ten years, Monsieur Dior revolutionized the conventions of elegance and femininity, designing collections infused with dreams.