Project and Change Manager Business Improvement

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Driving Change in a Complex, International Environment. Welcome to Your Department!

Introduction to the job

As a Project & Change Manager in CSI you will be a key player to drive continuous improvement in D&E, to improve the quality of our machines and of our development processes. Your role is to lead as a project/change manager a cross-sector, multidisciplinary team towards these structural improvements. You and your team take responsibility for defining and implementing the needed improvements across sectors and across business lines, and ensure that solutions are truly embedded and steered upon. On top of your people oriented capabilities to secure embedding of business improvements, your success will strongly depend on your interpersonal skills and your ability to communicate across disciplines and management levels.

Role & Responsibilities

Ownership and accountability are key—you stand for your work, your team, and your decisions. To be successful you will drive impactful projects successfully, creating lasting change that benefits people and business, contributing to the success of projects by ensuring change is embedded effectively and being a role model for ownership, collaboration and adaptability. Furthermore the role consists of:

• Shape and execute change strategies that drive adoption and sustainable transformation.
• Engage and align stakeholders at all levels, understanding their perspectives and ensuring buy-in.
• Translate complex technical projects into clear, people-centric change initiatives. And define scope, monitor adoption and resistance and adjust strategies where needed.
• Challenge assumptions and decisions based on data, insights, and sound arguments. And advise and report to senior management on change impact and effectiveness.
• Act as a trusted partner for a variety of stakeholders, from engineers to higher management and manage the triple constraint.
• Project Management skills: Ability to manage project plans, budget, risk, mitigation, action logs, and timelines.
• Creates an activity-based planning to ensure the deliverables of the project.

Education and experience

• Senior-level experience in leading and implementing large-scale projects, that include organizational and process changes, ideally within a technical environment.
• Good track record with more than 5 years of experience (or more than 3 complex projects) in Change or Project management with focus on process improvements.
• Proven experience with driving impactful projects successfully.
• A deep understanding of organizational behavior and change adoption.
• Fluency in English; experience in an international work environment is a plus.

Personal Skills

• Ability to balance strategy and execution—you’re hands-on and lead by example.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to connect with people at all levels.
• Resilience and adaptability to navigate a dynamic and fast-evolving setting.
• Independent and proactive—you don’t wait for instructions, you create momentum.
• Be an ambassador of ASML’s core values: Challenge, Collaborate, and Care.

Other information

This is an on-site position and therefore it is required to be minimum 80% of the time on-site.

ASML leads the worldwide development of high-end lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. In short, we make the machines that make computer chips. Our cutting-edge technology enables the continuous evolution of chips, shaping the future of technology. We employ over 40,000 people from 143 nationalities, with offices in the US, Asia, and Europe. Our headquarters is situated in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. Now, we invite you to be part of this innovation.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Diversity and inclusion

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

About Us

ASML is a leading supplier of lithography equipment, used by the world’s top chipmakers to print microchips that are increasingly powerful, fast and energy efficient. Working at ASML is inspiring, no matter what field you're in. That’s because we push the boundaries of technology: if it’s moving the world forward, chances are, we’re behind it. In fact, we’re probably a part of the electronic device you’re using right now.

We’re a global team of more than 32,000 people from 122 different nationalities and counting. Headquartered in Europe’s top tech hub, the Brainport Eindhoven region in the Netherlands, our operations are spread across Europe, Asia and the US.