Project Manager Croatia

Project Manager

At Vertiv, we're on a mission to empower the people that will power the future. From a simple swipe to life-changing medicines, from push notifications to generative AI. We design, manufacture, and service the products and solutions that keep the world connected. With $6.9 billion in sales, a strong customer base and global reach spanning nearly 70 countries, we are uniquely positioned to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.

We are currently looking for a Project Manager to join our team in Zagreb, Croatia!

The Project Manager is responsible for the execution of complex data center infrastructure products, covering power, cooling, and modular infrastructure systems across the full project lifecycle. This role manages technical scope, schedules, interfaces, and risks across multidisciplinary engineering teams, ensuring alignment between system architecture, detailed design, manufacturing, and deployment.

As Project Manager in the Product Design & Engineering team you will drive product development activities for infrastructure solutions including LV/MV power distribution, UPS systems, energy storage, prefabricated power modules, and integrated cooling architectures. Acting as the technical coordination point, the role translates system requirements into executable project plans, controls technical changes, manages dependencies, and ensures compliance with performance, safety, and quality standards. The Project Manager provides clear technical and programmatic visibility to stakeholders while ensuring predictable delivery of scalable, high-availability data center infrastructure.

What kind of work will you be doing?

• Owns execution of complex data center infrastructure products across the full lifecycle, with emphasis on AI architecture.
• Leads and coordinates multidisciplinary technical teams, providing day-to-day technical direction across system architecture, detailed engineering, manufacturing readiness, and deployment.
• Applies NPDI / NPI governance to manage scope, schedule, cost, and technical maturity from concept through release and delivery.
• Manages technical interfaces and dependencies across LV/MV power systems, UPS, energy storage, prefabricated power modules, and advanced cooling technologies.

Controls project and product cost (materials, labor, engineering effort), enabling accurate forecasting, prioritization, and resource planning.

Maintains integrated schedules and critical path ownership, ensuring alignment of engineering deliverables with manufacturing and site execution.

Identifies and mitigates technical, schedule, and execution risks, including those related to high-power density, thermal performance, and system integration.

Ensures compliance with product safety, environmental, regulatory, and internal quality standards throughout the project lifecycle.

Provides clear technical and execution visibility to senior stakeholders and PMO leadership to ensure predictable delivery.

What will make you successful?

• University degree in Engineering with preference in Mechanical or Electrical
• At least 5 years of previous working experience on similar projects, ideally in the Datacenter domain
• Good knowledge of engineering (Electrical engineering, Automation, Structural design, Thermodynamics and refrigeration principles) and manufacturing procedures is essential.
• Knowledge of accounting, purchasing and computer operations is helpful.
• Knowledge of project management tools, PMP Certification is ideal
• English – Advanced level – written and spoken
• A high level of motivation combined with leadership abilities is required
• Competences: result-oriented, team player, careful to details, flexible

If YOU are the person we are looking for, feel free to apply and let's start drafting your future career in a healthy and growing environment!

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• High-Performance Culture
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

OUR BEHAVIORS

• Own It
• Act With Urgency
• Foster a Customer-First Mindset
• Think Big and Execute
• Lead by Example
• Drive Continuous Improvement
• Learn and Seek Out Development

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