Our world depends on rocks, minerals, metals and other raw materials - the building blocks of modern society. As an industry leader, Metso helps transform these essential materials to enable sustainable modern life.
Our solutions and services support everything from renewable energy and electrification to the infrastructure and digital economy shaping our future. Together, we help our customers meet growing demand while driving the industry toward a more sustainable use of the earth's natural resources.
Join nearly 18,000 Metsonites worldwide, each bringing unique expertise and experience to positive change. At Metso, you're supported by a growth culture built on safety, wellbeing, inclusion and collaboration.
This is your opportunity to make an impact and rise above the possible.
Job posting end date: 05/21/2026
We are seeking for a Senior Director, Project & Planning Management for the Minerals Business Area Performance Solutions organization. In this senior leadership position, you will be responsible for spearheading Metso's Mineral segment global concentrator and hydrometallurgical plant and solutions project delivery, overseeing the process from contract handover to operational startup. The leader sets the project delivery vision, strengthens execution excellence, and enables teams to excel utilizing standard delivery models, digital tools, and best practices.
The Senior Director, Project & Planning Management, leads the project management and planning team. Together with the team delivers projects to meet our customers' expectations through dedication and expertise, stakeholder integration, and collaboration to ensure safe, on-schedule, profitable project delivery, while also creating life-cycle opportunities.
This position is mainly located in Espoo, but we are happy to offer flexible working arrangements, including hybrid options.
What you'll do
- Lead the Project and Planning Management team according to strategy, targets, business needs and best market practice.
- Lead the function's development and implementation of policies, procedures, and compliance activities to ensure that all organizational objectives are met.
- Contribute to strategic planning and decision-making at the senior management level to develop and implement project management strategies that are aligned with the business objectives and translate these into annual plans.
- Develop and lead implementation of new project management process excellence initiatives, including strategic resource allocation; organization structure; leadership; project management systems and techniques for improved efficiency.
- Maintain an interface and a confident relationship with the customers and other stakeholders in the projects. Participate in project steering meetings and customer meetings as agreed.
- Ensure project portfolio KPI performance and do periodic reporting of the project portfolio to the line management and stakeholders.
- Lead the project professionals' team and ensure capability development and target achievement
Who you are
- Master's degree in Engineering with Mechanical and/or Chemical specialization or similar degree
- Relevant experience of 10+ years in Delivery projects in the mining and metal industry.
- Business and industry understanding with project execution skills
- Working with customers, understanding customer needs, and customer in center as a competence
- Technology, process, and services understanding
- Team leadership skills, cultural awareness, and being able to lead the change
- Effective communication skills, both verbally and in writing
What's in it for you
- An inspiring purpose - Enabling sustainable modern life. Minerals and metals are the backbone of essential functions in the modern world. However, there's a pressing need for more sustainable solutions to collect and process them. At Metso, you get to be part of transforming the industry and making a positive change.
- Wellbeing and safety - Benefit from occupational healthcare, generous benefits plan, healthy living rewards, mental well-being services, on-site gym, and engagement surveys.
- Compensation and rewards - Global incentive program tied to business and performance targets, car benefits, and meal benefits.
- Hybrid working possibilities - While we are big advocates of meeting and collaborating in person, we believe in fostering a flexible work environment.
- A thriving culture - We are committed to developing an inclusive culture that enables everyone to do their best and reach their full potential. A culture that is courageous, compelling, and caring, and unites our people to build a sustainable future together.
- Extensive learning opportunities - Ongoing growth dialogues, internal mobility, mentoring programs, education assistance, ambitious projects, and global opportunities.
- Worldwide support - Leverage our network of peers across the world, offering valuable assistance. We get things done together, through open and honest communication.
Get in touch
Want to rise above the possible with us? Click 'Apply now' to leave your application.
For additional information, you can contact Rono Chakraborty, VP, Plant and Solutions Delivery, phone +358 40 749 2665, email rono.chakraborty(at)metso.com.
The application period ends on the 21st May.
We're excited to start getting to know great candidates right away! Applications are reviewed continuously, and we begin screening and interviews during the application period. Apply early to join the conversation.
We understand that some highly capable candidates might hesitate to apply for a role unless they meet every listed qualification. If you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the requirements. You may be the right candidate for the role.
Metso is committed to pay equity and transparent reward practices globally. Compensation information is shared in line with local legislation and applicable recruitment practices.
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Metso is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability.
Metso is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries globally. We improve our customers' energy and water efficiency, increase their productivity, and reduce environmental risks with our product and service expertise. We are the partner for positive change.
Metso is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. At the end of 2025 Metso had close to 18,000 employees in around 50 countries, and sales in 2025 were about EUR 5.3 billion. Metso is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.
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