Architect Center of Excellence Manager

Step into a regional role where your architectural expertise meets impactful communication shape how building designers think about daylight and fresh air and help position VELUX at the top of mind before the first sketch is drawn.

Meet your future team

You will join the CEE Marketing Communication department a dedicated regional team responsible for planning developing and executing marketing activities across 15 markets. The team works closely with local sales project and architect colleagues as well as global stakeholders in a dynamic matrix organization.

Collaboration knowledge sharing and cross-market alignment are key to our way of this role you will connect architects across countries strengthen our Architect Centre of Excellence community and ensure harmonized yet locally relevant initiatives that support business growth and brand positioning.

The position is based in Budapest Hungary with approximately 30 days of national and international travel annually.

What we offer

In this role you will drive relevance for daylight and fresh air through the roof by strengthening our sloped and flat roof window categories among architects specifiers engineers and interior designers. You will build brand awareness and preference position VELUX as a trusted partner and develop scalable architectural narratives that educate and inspire.

More specifically your tasks will be to:

• Coordinate and develop the Architect Centre of Excellence community across local markets

• Create a regional vision and roadmap for influencing the architect target group in CEE

• Drive best practice sharing cross-country collaboration and harmonized implementation

• Develop and scale Architect Services (tools digital systems frameworks) balancing standardization and local flexibility

• Lead cross-functional and cross-country projects including target setting milestone planning budgeting and reporting

• Streamline and improve work methods and processes to ensure operational excellence

• Monitor performance create dashboards and report on architect-related activities

• Act as the main contact person towards VELUX Group and other regions ensuring alignment and avoiding duplication

• Develop educational content (presentations training materials design guides) in collaboration with graphic designers

• Execute marketing and communication campaigns targeting architects including paid media and agency collaboration

• Manage content calendars and deliver website content (articles product information) including copywriting and visual selection

• Support the digital Architect Customer Journey with relevant content and creatives

• Secure and showcase architectural references (photos videos articles) in cooperation with local teams

• Collect architect insights and contribute to research and data collection initiatives

• Facilitate change and innovation through creative solutions and structured project management

What you will bring

With your creative mindset and strong commercial understanding you enjoy exploring new opportunities and working with diverse stakeholders. You take ownership of your projects and deliver with a structured proactive approach. You are an excellent communicator who thrives in an international environment and can think globally while acting locally.

Moreover we expect that you:

• Hold a BSc degree in Architecture (mandatory)

• Have at least 7 years of professional experience as an architect consultant engineer or professional service provider

• Have experience with marketing communication tasks targeting construction business professionals

• Possess strong MS Office and SharePoint skills (Word Excel PowerPoint)

• Have practical knowledge of tools such as ArchiCAD AutoCAD BIMObjects or similar

• Are proficient in English both written and verbal

In addition you bring:

• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills

• Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration capabilities

• Strategic thinking and the ability to manage complexity

• A proactive energetic and hands-on approach

• The ability to inspire mobilize and build communities across cultures

• Agility and adaptability in a dynamic environment

Experience working with multiple countries building materials and communication targeting building designers is an advantage. Additional education in Marketing or Communications and people management experience are considered a plus.

Ready to apply

Learn more about the VELUX Group online at where you can read more about working at our company and what to expect from our recruitment process.

We look forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible. We are conducting interviews on an ongoing basis until we find the right match.

All inquiries will be treated confidentially.

About VELUX

In the VELUX Group we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the roof window category we enable those who live work and play under the roof to transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international family-owned business with strong financial roots. Each year we create real impact by reinvesting in society our employees and the planet through our foundations. With 20 production companies in 12 countries and sales companies in 37 countries our products are widely available. We employ around 12000 people and our company is headquartered in Denmark. Alongside our values courage and mutual respect define our actions every day and how we contribute to the world.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At VELUX Residential we believe in fostering a diverse workplace where everyone can thrive develop and perform at their best and where you feel welcome respected and valued. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all. That means we recruit hire train and promote people based on skills and potential without regard to race color religion sex age neurodiversity disability protected veteran status national origin sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

We value diversity and strive to ensure that our employment decisions are fair and inclusive focusing only on what truly matters: your qualifications and how you can contribute to our shared mission and success.