The Role
Lead and deliver complex technology projects, ensuring alignment between internal teams and external partners while managing all aspects of project delivery.
Summary Generated by Built In
Ready to lead, disrupt and reinvent the sleep industry?
We are Emma – The Sleep Company. Founded in 2015, we’ve become the world’s largest D2C sleep brand, available in over 35 countries with more than 25 stores across Europe. Recommended by leading consumer associations in EMEA, APAC, and the Americas, we develop the best sleep comfort products that empower our customers to awaken their best every day.
At Emma, we are a community of smart, driven people, united by a strong culture of collaboration, teamwork, and knowledge sharing. We think big, take ownership, and are empowered to drive meaningful impact. Through hands-on experience, mentorship, and continuous learning, we drive our own growth and learning. With Emmies from over 60 nationalities and offices across multiple regions, our diverse perspectives enrich our workplace culture. Ready to shape the future of sleep with us? Let’s make it happen!
What you’ll do
You will own the delivery of complex technology initiatives, acting as the central coordination point between internal teams and external partners. Your focus: predictable execution, risk control, and clear business impact.
You will act as the bridge between the company and key technology partners, ensuring our most strategic projects move from concept to reality with discipline and speed.
What you'll do:
- Own the technology project portfolio: scope, plan, and deliver cross-functional initiatives on time and within budget.
- Run multiple high-impact Technology projects.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders and external technology partners.
- Lead end-to-end project delivery: requirements, planning, resource alignment, execution, and post-launch review.
- Drive project discovery and translate business objectives into actionable technical plans.
- Maintain a clear delivery framework using agile or hybrid models depending on project needs.
- Monitor risks, dependencies, and trade-offs, escalating and resolving blockers fast.
- Build and maintain project documentation (charters, schedules, RAID logs, status reports).
- Track KPIs and continuously optimize delivery processes based on data and feedback.
- Ensure cross-team alignment across engineering, product, operations, and external vendors.
- Represent the project function in company-wide planning and prioritization cycles.
What we're looking for:
- Discovery expertise - Demonstrated capability to lead discovery efforts, aligning business goals with feasible and impactful technical solutions.
- Delivery expertise - Proven track record managing multi-team technology projects end-to-end.
- Methodology - Strong command of agile, waterfall, and hybrid project delivery.
- Communication - Able to simplify complex topics and influence without authority.
- Prioritization - Evidence of balancing scope, time, cost, and business value.
- Stakeholder management - Comfortable operating across senior leadership, engineers, and vendors.
- Documentation - Skilled at writing project plans, schedules, and status updates.
- Problem-solving - Able to operate in ambiguity and make decisions with incomplete data.
- Tools - Experience with project tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet).
- Language - Professional business English.
- Good to have: Experience working on ERP, data platforms, or large-scale system integrations.
What we offer:
- High-impact ownership from day one.
- Direct influence on high-visibility, business-critical initiatives.
- Collaboration with experts across engineering, product, and operations.
- Growth path aligned to program ownership.
- A culture that rewards clarity, accountability, and outcomes.
Become an Emmie
Emma is transforming the world of sleep - and we want the highest-performing people to help us pull it off. We want you. But only if you're willing to go all in. Only if you're willing to question, disrupt, innovate, and create from the ground up.
We proudly celebrate diversity. We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to promoting inclusion in our workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.
Our aim is to get back to you in a couple of days, however, we are currently receiving a large number of applications and this might lead to a delay in the process. We will get back to you as soon as possible!
Top Skills
Confluence
JIRA
Ms Project
Smartsheet
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The Company
What We Do
We are Emma – The Sleep Company. We revolutionise sleep by pushing the boundaries of what technology can do for rest. Our aim is to awaken people's best by enhancing their sleep. We are one of Europe’s fastest-growing sleep innovation companies with 1000 + team members, representing over 65 nationalities at our international offices in Frankfurt, Lisbon, Manila, Mexico City and Bucharest. Our work culture is built on strong values promoting community, agility, and ownership. Growth and excellence in all areas are important to us, which is why we offer our team members opportunities to unlock their full potential professionally and personally. Emma proudly celebrates diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting inclusion in our workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age
