Infrastructure Project Director

Certified as a Top Employer; KONE is dedicated to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent people practices. We are committed to fostering a great work culture and inspiring the highest standards of quality and efficiency putting our people first and creating a workplace that nurtures collaboration, diversity, growth and wellbeing.**_It's time to make a move. Join our flow. _** We are looking for Infrastructure Project Director who will Lead the development and execution of the PM and delivery strategy for one of Egypt’s key Infrastructure Major Projects, focusing on New Equipment. Develop and implement a cohesive, project-specific business strategy and execution plan to meet both short - and long-term objectives. Drive initiatives that enhance customer-centricity, ensure profitable growth, and maintain high standards of execution excellence. Collaborate closely with Delivery Operations, Finance, and Global/Area Major Project teams to ensure seamless alignment and long-term project success. **_What will you do? _** **Customer Focus**: - Serve as the single point of contact for the customer across all business aspects: sales, finance, planning, and execution. - Promote a customer-centric culture and "outside-in" thinking throughout the project team. - Leverage Voice of Customer feedback to guide strategic and operational decision-making. - Ensure the compliance to contractual agreement. **Project P&L Management**: - Own the full project P&L from cost planning to revenue recognition and collection, ensuring profitability and commercial discipline. - Deliver on all project KPIs, including operational performance, financial outcomes, and customer satisfaction. **Business Performance**: - Continuously drive improvement in competitiveness, efficiency, and financial outcomes. - Implement Lean practices, cost control measures, and continuous improvement frameworks. - Proactively identify recurring contractual or operational issues and implement corrective actions. - Optimize project margins, improve post-cost performance, and drive strategic adjustments to project delivery models. - Partner with the Delivery Operations Manager and other functional leads to align on targets and execution plans. - Lead project-related budget planning and performance monitoring, ensuring alignment with global strategies and standards. **Business Development**: - Promote best practice sharing with Area and Global Major Projects teams. - Ensure adherence to the KONE Way business operating model and close identified gaps. - Provide structured feedback to help enhance global frameworks and delivery models. **Leadership & People Management**: - Contribute to strategic planning across the New Equipment business. - Lead, coach, and develop the dedicated Major Project team to achieve high performance and collaboration. - Identify and address competency and capacity gaps through development plans and training initiatives. **Safety and Quality**: - Champion a zero-harm safety culture and drive high-quality delivery standards. - Ensure full compliance with KONE policies, including the tender process, safety, and corporate governance. **_Are you the one? _** - Minimum 12 years of experience, with a strong background in infrastructure or MEP project management. - Deep understanding of customer needs, infrastructure market dynamics, and value creation in large-scale projects. - Proven leadership in complex project environments, with experience managing cross-functional and matrixed teams. - Strong expertise in the full Major Project lifecycle, from pre-sales through execution to handover and after-sales support. - Financial acumen and a solid grasp of commercial, contractual, and risk management principles. - Proficiency in project management competencies, aligned with the KONE PM Competence Framework. - Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and customer relationship management skills. **_What do we offer? _** - Great dynamic team promoting a collaborative environment. - Total reward elements that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work. - Comprehensive learning and development programs covering a wide range of professional skills. - Engaging job with position description and clear targets. - Regular feedback through performance discussions. - Opportunities for individual development. - Mentoring and coaching programs. - Flexibility, trust and respect. - Value-based culture, behaviours and ethics. - Sustainability and innovation. - Working for a successful organization. - At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture o