What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Step Change Project Manager position at Ørsted?
Join us in this role where you’ll lead high‑impact projects and product deliveries within the Americas Step Change programme, ensuring initiatives are scoped, delivered, and implemented on time and within budget. You’ll work across functions to improve operational business cases, safety, and performance while supporting the adoption of new ways of working.
Welcome to Operations
You’ll be part of the Step Change programme within Operations, where you, together with your colleagues, will deliver cross‑functional products and projects that improve operational business cases and safety across Ops Americas. You’ll work closely with programme leadership, operational teams, and specialist functions to translate ideas into implemented, value‑creating solutions.
As a team, we collaborate across disciplines, challenge established ways of working, and support each other in driving meaningful and lasting change.
You’ll play an important role in:
Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.
As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.
Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.
The salary range for this position is $130,000 to $162,000. Our salary ranges are based on position level and reflect the cost of labor across multiple U.S geographic markets. Individual pay with the range is determined by work location and additional factors, including job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can provide more details about the applicable salary range during the hiring process.
Vacancy details:
Application deadline:May 8, 2026
Career track: SE
Career band: 08
This position will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening; further details will be given at offer stage.
Welcome to Operations
You’ll be part of the Step Change programme within Operations, where you, together with your colleagues, will deliver cross‑functional products and projects that improve operational business cases and safety across Ops Americas. You’ll work closely with programme leadership, operational teams, and specialist functions to translate ideas into implemented, value‑creating solutions.
As a team, we collaborate across disciplines, challenge established ways of working, and support each other in driving meaningful and lasting change.
You’ll play an important role in:
- leading end‑to‑end delivery of complex, cross‑departmental projects and products within the Step Change programme.
- developing and executing project plans, including scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
- coordinating and influencing cross‑functional teams, including operations, procurement, HSE, regulatory, finance, and suppliers.
- preparing decision materials and recommendations for senior leadership, including business case impact, investment plans, risks, and mitigations.
- tracking delivery performance, maintaining clear project documentation, and reporting progress in agreed formats.
- identifying opportunities to strengthen business cases and building a forward‑looking pipeline of improvement initiatives.
- bring strong experience leading complex programmes or projects with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
- have proven change management capabilities and can shift mindsets from routine operations to new ways of working.
- are able to translate technical and operational topics into clear, structured messages for different audiences.
- demonstrate solid commercial understanding, including business cases, financial impacts, and supplier considerations.
- are comfortable preparing and presenting decision material to senior leadership.
- work in a structured, collaborative way and take ownership of delivery from idea through implementation.
Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.
As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.
Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.
The salary range for this position is $130,000 to $162,000. Our salary ranges are based on position level and reflect the cost of labor across multiple U.S geographic markets. Individual pay with the range is determined by work location and additional factors, including job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can provide more details about the applicable salary range during the hiring process.
Vacancy details:
Application deadline:May 8, 2026
Career track: SE
Career band: 08
This position will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening; further details will be given at offer stage.
Salary : $130,000 - $162,000