(Senior) Manager, Investment Project Excellence

Are you looking for a career in an inspiring, global environment where your expertise makes a difference? At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. Together we can help our customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

We are looking for you,

(Senior) Manager, Operational Readiness & Assurance Excellence (OR&A)

We are hiring an Operational Readiness & Assurance Excellence (OR&A) professional within the Investment Project Excellence team/Competence Center department.

In this role, your core challenge is to further develop our owner-operator key capabilities, ensuring requirements for asset operability, maintainability, and reliability are systematically embedded into early project phases. You will focus on developing global OR&A processes and practices, enabling our project teams to eliminate startup delays, optimize life-cycle costs, and secure long-term asset value. 

You will interface globally across Neste’s businesses and functions, bringing people together and bridging the gap between project planning, execution teams, and operations. Through this close collaboration, you will drive the predictability and efficiency of our plant investment projects. 

For you, this role is a great opportunity to shape the way we work. It’s a place where you can share your knowledge and expertise to help others succeed, while deeply expanding your own understanding of diverse global projects. You won't just be creating processes on paper; you will actively coach, support, and spar with project teams to help them succeed in their daily work. By setting these global standards and walking alongside our teams to implement them, you will leave a lasting impact on our entire project culture. Together with your expertise, we can do meaningful work to drive Neste forward. 

Reasons to join

We operate in an inspiring and evolving business environment as a global leader in renewable fuels. We contribute to Neste’s success by living our values every day: we care, we have courage, we cooperate.

We prioritize safety at all times and in every location. We strive to create a positive and impactful work environment.

Transformation brings new possibilities and fosters our courage and curiosity. As a global  company, we support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities. Collaboration is key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working.

The position is based in Kilpilahti/Porvoo*, Finland, or Rotterdam, Netherlands. We support a hybrid model, requiring at least three days per week at the office to ensure seamless collaboration and a strong sense of belonging.

*Kilpilahti is about 30 minutes by car from the center of Helsinki. We organize free bus transportation to Kilpilahti for our employees from the capital region, Porvoo and the nearby areas.

Your role in our team

As part of the Project Excellence team, your focus is on development, governance, and capability building rather than direct project execution. Your responsibilities will include: 

• Global Framework Development: Developing and structuring global OR&A principles, standards, and work guidelines to equip project teams with world-class tools.

• Implementation & Change Management: Driving the global rollout and adoption of OR&A practices by applying structured Organizational Change Management (OCM) methods, ensuring project teams are coached, aligned, and brought into the new ways of working.

• Assurance & Continuous Improvement: Establishing measurement frameworks, KPIs, and regular assurance reviews to track process compliance, verify that changes are sustainable, and capture long-term lifecycle value.

Keys to success in this role

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field

• Extensive understanding and experience of OR&A processes, operational HSE, and best practices in capital investment projects, with a proven ability to translate this knowledge into scalable organizational standards. 

• Strong advisory and coaching mindset, with a passion for driving change through influence, sparring, and collaboration within a global matrix organization.

• Proven track record of leading development projects and implementing sustainable, step-change improvements in project systems by applying strong Change Management methodologies. 

• Performance-driven, co-operative attitude, and drive for excellence in developing competences and processes, including a constructive approach to challenging current practices

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use project data and benchmarking standards to drive efficiency and predictability

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to build commitment to new ways of working, influence stakeholders at various levels, and facilitate knowledge sharing across a global organization. Full professional proficiency in English (spoken and written)

Professional Certification (e.g. PMP, IPMA) or similar project management certification is considered a significant advantage.

Let’s get you started

We look forward to receiving your CV and application by 12th August 2026.

If you have any questions regarding the process or the position (only for direct candidates), please get in touch with Erja Hazley, Head of Investment Project Excellence, +358 40 338 1065 on 6th July at 10:00 -11:00 (EEST) or 10th August at 10:00-11:00 (EEST). We kindly request no contact from recruitment agencies or search firms regarding this role.

Due to security and confidentiality, please submit your application through our recruitment system. Applications sent via email will not be considered.

 We will do our best to contact you within two weeks after the application time has ended. The recruitment process will include interviews and a possible aptitude assessment. In Finland: Depending on the requirements of the position, the process may include a security clearance (with a drug test) and a potential statutory health examination based on work-related exposures.

Neste in brief

Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) is the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with production on three continents. The company’s renewables production capacity is expected to reach 6.8 million tons annually in 2027. Neste also produces high-quality oil products at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. The company has a network of nearly 1,000 fuel stations with expanding service offering, such as EV charging, in Finland and in the Baltics.

Neste’s strategy focuses on growth in renewable fuels, which help its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste is included in many international indices for its sustainability performance. In 2025, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 19.0 billion. Read more: neste.com

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