Temporary Project Manager, Product Development - 6-Months Maternity Leave Coverage

For more than 50 years, Cannondale has been a leading innovator in the cycling world.  As more riders of all ages and abilities get on the roads, trails, and streets than ever before, we're here to do the best work of our lives to push the greatest human-powered machine into the future each and every day. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce where every teammate can succeed as we inspire riders everywhere. Fueled by a free-thinking, always-game, got-your-back mentality, we ditched the rulebook and set forward on a path to make iconic bikes that simply work better. We look forward to the ride with you.

  Come Ride With Us as our Temporary Project Manager, Product Development at Cannondale’s R&D site in Freiburg. In this role, you’ll guide projects from concept to market launch and keep scope, schedules, budgets, and partners on track. You’ll share clear updates with teams and stakeholders, manage reporting and data, and help plan future work and resources. You’ll also contribute to process improvements within the development group and across departments to keep our work moving forward.

Note: This is a 6-month temporary, on-site role at our Freiburg location from April to October. The weekly schedule is within our standard operating hours, Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 17:00 CET.

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Oversee multiple development projects simultaneously with strong organization and time management
• Assess project scope to identify risks, timelines, and key deliverables
• Set clear expectations for design, engineering, specifications, and commercialization, and notify teams when action is needed
• Share concise, timely updates with stakeholders as required
• Coordinate across departments to ensure project deliverables align with business prioritiesIdentify, document, and resolve project issues or delays
• Contribute to process improvement efforts within the organization
• Support future project and resource planning with relevant teams
• Run weekly project and status meetings; document and share meeting notes
• Collaborate with the Taiwan office and monitor development, manufacturing, testing, and production activities
• Ensure projects reach completion on schedule, within budget, and in alignment with project management standards
• Prepare data, reports, and dashboards as needed
• Support the development, improvement, training, and application of PMO project management tools, methodologies, and processes

What You Bring to the Table:

• Bachelor’s degree; Master’s students or recent graduates with relevant project experience are welcome
• Experience managing projects through academic work, internships, or professional roles
• Proficient in organizing work, coordinating tasks, and keeping projects on schedule
• Able to set clear priorities and follow through on commitments
• Able to guide multiple tasks or projects at the same time
• Experience with project management tools such as MS Project, Asana, or Workfront
• Familiarity with process mapping or workflow documentation is a plus
• PMP, Six Sigma, or similar certifications are a plus

Want a closer look into what it's like to Come Ride With Us? Explore more of Cannondale on Instagram and LinkedIn. 

About the organization 

As a proud member of the Pon Holdings family, Cannondale benefits from the strong foundation and extensive network of one of the Netherlands' largest family-owned businesses, as well as the largest bike portfolio in the world: Pon.Bike, including brands like Gazelle, Santa Cruz, Cervélo, Kalkhoff, Focus, Urban Arrow, Veloretti and Swapfiets. Being a part of Cannondale means being part of a dynamic and forward-thinking organization backed by the strength and stability of Pon Holdings. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Cannondale we value a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, regardless of your gender or race, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Our DEI Mission Statement: At Cannondale, we are on a mission to ensure all members of the cycling community feel that they belong. Our commitment to celebrating individuality and differences extends beyond our diverse line up of bikes to our workplace culture, where we recognize and embrace the strengths and viewpoints of each team member, regardless of their background or identity. We are thankful for the feedback and perspectives that challenge us to create more inclusivity in this space and hold us accountable to making meaningful progress.

WE ARE A CYCLE FRIENDLY EMPLOYER

The cycle-friendly employer certification scheme was developed to establish a European standard for cycle friendly companies. The certification is intended to help European companies to improve the situation for employees that cycle to work. As an acknowledgement for our effort we received the certificate “cycle-friendly employer”. 

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