R&D Senior Project Manager

LELIT is an Italian company designing and manufacturing high-performance coffee machines and ironing systems for domestic use, where precision meets passion.

Founded in 1986, LELIT has grown into a recognized name in the prosumer coffee world, combining Italian craftsmanship, technology, and style. Today, our team counts more than 200 people, with 70% women bringing energy, creativity, and expertise to everything we do.

Since 2022, LELIT has been part of the Breville | Sage Group (BRG), a global leader in premium kitchen appliances that has become an iconic international brand over the past 90+ years, delivering products to more than 70 countries around the globe. Together, we share one vision: empowering people worldwide to create exceptional experiences at home.

At LELIT, we transform passion into performance. We are smart, ambitious, and determined. We believe in people and their potential. Joining us means growing, learning, and shaping excellence together.

The Role

There is a new opportunity within our Innovation team: we are looking for an R&D Senior Project Manager who, reporting to the R&D Manager, will be responsible for managing new product development projects and changes to existing products, coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring that project timelines, costs and objectives are met.

The person will also be responsible for coordinating a team of 3 people dedicated to the management of technical master data and the creation of documentation to support production and the Care department, ensuring the quality, consistency and timely availability of information.

The person we are looking for will:

• manage product development projects, including new product development and changes to existing products;
• coordinate cross-functional teams across Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Product and Laboratory;
• plan and monitor project activities by creating and managing detailed Gantt charts;
• work closely with the R&D Manager to define priorities and provide project status updates;
• ensure that project timelines, costs and milestones are met;
• monitor project risks, identify critical issues and propose corrective actions to support development decisions;
• liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers, to oversee project progress;
• actively contribute to new product development by bringing technical expertise and problem-solving skills;
• work with the functions involved to define tasks, operational responsibilities and areas of intervention;
• coordinate the team responsible for technical master data management, setting priorities, workloads and deadlines, and ensuring that product information is correctly created, maintained and updated in company systems;
• oversee the creation, update and release of technical documentation for Production, ensuring completeness, accuracy and consistency with product changes;
• contribute to the continuous improvement of product development and engineering change management processes.

You are the right fit if you have:

• a technical background: Degree in Engineering, preferably Management, Mechanical or Electronic Engineering, or equivalent education;
• at least 4 years of experience as a Project Manager in Product Development;
• proven experience in managing structured projects;
• experience gained in manufacturing companies;
• fluent knowledge of Italian (C1);
• good knowledge of English, used in international professional contexts;
• leadership, communication and management skills for both direct and cross-functional teams;
• excellent organisational and problem-solving skills.

Skills that would be considered a plus:

• knowledge of ERP/PLM/PDM systems or tools for managing technical product data;
• experience in defining or improving processes, document flows and operating standards;
• experience in coordinating activities related to bills of materials, routings, product coding, production documentation or technical release.

Why join us? What we offer you:

• permanent employment contract with direct placement in the company;
• a gross annual salary (RAL) from €40.000,00 to €50.000,00, depending on experience and skills + meal vouchers worth €6 for each working day;
• access to employee wellbeing and support programs;
• use of AI to support daily tasks;
• continuous learning through our E-learning platform;
• team-building activities and company events;
• significant employee discounts on our full range of products;

LELIT is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.