Senior Project Manager

🌊 Who are we?

At Aquablu, we’re not just bottling innovation—we’re engineering a cleaner, smarter future of hydration. Since 2018 our founders, Marnix and Marc, have been on a mission to eliminate single-use plastics by replacing them with game-changing, connected water systems. Now poured in 16 countries and counting—partners like Heineken, Adyen, and Marriott are already on board—and we’re racing toward our goal of saving one billion plastic bottles by 2030.

“We don’t just build devices; we build momentum for a planet that deserves better.” – Marnix, Co-founder of Aquablu

⚙️ Ready to engineer the next wave?

We’re looking for a (Senior) Project Manager  to steer our multidisciplinary hardware + software projects. You’ll own the plan, energise the team, and make sure every milestone splashes down on time, on budget, and on point.

What you’ll be doing

• Chart the Course: Create, maintain, and continuously improve the product-development project plan alongside our Project Lead Engineer.

• Stakeholder Integrator: Serve as the central link, mapping priorities, crafting clear high-level overviews, and balancing the communication needs of engineering, operations, product, and other partners so everyone moves in sync.

• Watch the Clock & the Cost: Track timelines, budgets, and risks, escalating early to keep delivery smooth and surprises minimal.

• Proof in the Progress: Document milestones, craft crisp status reports, and keep stakeholders in the loop without the fluff.

• Unblock & Accelerate: Identify obstacles before they surface and implement creative mitigation strategies.

• Level-Up Our Playbook: Lead the development and integration of Aquablu’s stage-gate product-development system, blending agile practices when needed.

What you bring

• 5-7 years leading hardware or IoT projects as a (Senior) Project Manager. 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering, Business, or a related field

• Full-lifecycle product development: you’ve shepherded ideas from first mock-up to mass production.

• Fluency in both stage-gate and agile: structure when we need it, sprints when we don’t.

• Experience with Asana, Jira, or MS Project.

• Impactful Communicator: distill complex ideas into concise, audience-tailored insights, cutting the fluff and spotlighting what truly matters.

• Structured Thinker:  bring order to the chaos of a fast-moving tech team, turning parallel timelines into a clear, trackable plan.

• Supportive Leader: You empower engineers to deliver, while holding the line on scope, schedule, and spend.
  Challenge-Driven Realist: You dive deep before saying “no,” uncover practical solutions, and set clear, realistic boundaries.

🚀 Bonus points if you…

• Have PMP or PRINCE2 certification.

• Have rolled out product-development processes from scratch in a fast-moving startup or scale-up.
  Bring experience from an industry similar to Aquablu’s hydration tech.
  

What’s in it for you?

🎯 Purpose with Impact – Shape how the world hydrates while wiping out single-use plastics.

🗺️ Watch your roadmaps turn into real products people use every day.

📋 Scale-up pace means fresh challenges (and new skills) every quarter.

🤝 Join an ambitious, bold, and fun crew that’s always got your back.

💻 Hybrid + 26 vacation days.

🌱 Company-sponsored gym membership keeps mind and body in sync.

💰 Pension plan with Zwitserleven (50/50 split) so you grow while your savings do, too.

🎵 What kind of vibe can you expect at our office? Check out our very own Spotify playlist "Akwablues"