Program Manager (Interim 9-12 months)
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Amsterdam - Netherlands
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Job Summary
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About Aquablu
Aquablu builds the smart hydration systems that replace bottles coolers and the guesswork around office hydration. Refill flavor and track all from one system.
Were now building our next chapter: a company-wide program that runs through commercial marketing product and operations at once. The milestones are locked. The plan that connects them isnt built yet.
Thats the job.
The Role
You run a workgroup of discipline leads and report to two executive sponsors. You own the plan the meeting cadence and dependency and risk tracking across every function. The product isnt yours. Everything that has to line up around it is.
Plan. Build the high-level plan between a handful of locked milestones and keep it honest.
Enablement. Work hands-on with each lead to turn their workstream into a clear roadmap with milestones in Asana. You make plans legible not just tracked.
Cadence. Run the steering rhythm: set each meetings focus decide who needs to be in the room force decisions that have stalled.
Dependencies. Track cross-functional dependencies and risks. Escalate to sponsors early without drama.
Decisions. Drive open commercial and strategic questions to closure with the leads who own each piece.
This role offers a contract for 9 months initially with the possibility of extension. Freelancers are also welcome to apply.
Who You Are
Youve taken a proposition to market end to end: commercial marketing ops and product together.
Commercially literate. You hold your own in a pricing or channel discussion. You dont just take the minutes.
Senior enough to push heads of department. Hands-on enough to sit down and build the roadmap with them.
Fluent in Asana or a comparable work management tool. You set the structure others follow.
You create structure in ambiguity. If you need a defined scope to start this isnt your role.
Scale-up pace. Decisions in days not steering-committee cycles.
What Were Looking For
8 years in program or project management including at least 3 leading cross-functional or company-wide initiatives.
A track record of taking a product or proposition to market end to end across commercial marketing product and operations.
Direct experience managing plan cadence and escalation with C-level or executive sponsors.
Advanced working knowledge of Asana or a comparable work management tool (Monday Jira Wrike).
Fluent in English. Dutch is a plus.
Based in or able to work hybrid from Amsterdam.
Available to start immediately for a 9-12 month interim engagement with potential for extension.
Prior experience in a scale-up or high-growth environment.
What We Offer
26 paid holiday days
A salary between 71-96k yearly (based on full-time 40 hrs)
High percentage of Equity through our Aquablu for All plan everyone shares in what were building
Beautiful and bright office in Amsterdam (Houthavens).
Healthy (heavily discounted) lunches
Urban Sports Club membership
Travel compensation >10km
Quarterly team events at our HQ in Amsterdam (Houthavens)
A pension plan by Zwitserleven.
Endless amount of our very own flavoured water !
What kind of vibe can you expect at our office Check out our very own Spotify playlist Akwablues.
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About Company
The Aquablu REFILL system introduces a new generation of hydration, making every sip more enjoyable while enhancing overall well-being with added vitamins and minerals. All the refreshment of bottled drinks, without the wasteful packaging—and even better.
