Title: Project Manager New Business

Reporting to: Manager New Business

Department: Business Development and Innovation

Level: 16

Direct reports: None (leads cross-functional project teams)

Invest International

We Finance | We Coordinate | We Develop

Invest International's legal mandate is to support companies with foreign activities and international projects that contribute to the Dutch economy by improving competitiveness and earning capacity and to support projects that offer solutions to global challenges.

We believe in a world where businesses and governments work together to solve global challenges. Our mission is to connect Dutch solutions to global challenges strengthening worldwide resilience and safeguarding Dutch earning capacity.

Organization

Invest International opened its doors in October 2021, in The Hague. We are a state-owned company set up by the Dutch government. A private company funded with public capital. Our people, network and knowledge allow us to maximize impact for our stakeholders.

Ready for the future - Invest-NL and Invest International join forces

With a targeted date of 1 January 2028, Invest-NL and Invest International will integrate to form a full-fledged National Promotional Institution. This integration increases the effectiveness of public investments and international cooperation, improves access to financing for entrepreneurs, and strengthens the economic resilience of the Netherlands. The new organization will become a strategic player that enables innovation and future-oriented growth - with impact both domestically and internationally.

Department Business Development & Innovation (BD&I)

The position is located in the newly established BD&I department, which is responsible for shaping and driving the organization's strategic growth agenda, developing new business lines, financial products, and partnerships. The role bridges public policy, private sector engagement, and international business development, focusing heavily on emerging strategic sectors-including critical raw materials, security, semiconductors, and renewable energy-as well as major EU-led initiatives.

Role Purpose

The Project Manager New Business is responsible for leading and delivering complex innovation, business development, and change projects that translate strategic ambitions into bankable, scalable and commercially viable business models.

The role operates at the intersection of strategy, innovation and execution, ensuring that new sectors, financial instruments and value propositions are developed, tested and implemented in line with Invest International's mandate, governance and public-private financing framework.

The position plays a key role in accelerating innovation by providing structure, prioritisation and execution power across the BD&I project portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Project & Portfolio Management

• Manage and prioritise a portfolio of innovation and business development projects.
• Lead projects end-to-end: from initiation and design through execution, delivery and handover.
• Ensure projects deliver tangible added value, aligned with strategic objectives, timelines and budgets.
• Monitor progress, risks, dependencies and outcomes across the portfolio.
• Report on project status, results and risks to senior management on a regular and ad-hoc basis.

Innovation & Business Development Execution

• Assume ownership, develop knowledge, build networks of relevant stakeholders, and manage the process of projects aimed at developing new industries, sectors, financial instruments and value propositions (e.g. Critical Raw Materials, Defence & Security, Semicon, AI).
• Translate strategic and policy ambitions into concrete pilots, MVPs and executable business propositions.
• Support the development of bankable and commercially viable business models in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement and learning across innovation initiatives.

Change & Delivery Management

• Select and apply the most appropriate project and change management methodology depending on project needs.
• Guide teams through change, managing resistance, dependencies and organisational complexity.
• Ensure timely delivery of MVPs and project outcomes within agreed scope and resources.
• Balance strategic overview with hands-on execution where needed.

Stakeholder & Team Coordination

• Coordinate cross-functional teams involving front office, legal, compliance, risk, finance and external stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with relevant internal departments and external stakeholders, including
• Dutch Ministries, European Commission and financial institutions.
• Act as a trusted partner for senior management and contribute to decision-making at management level.
• Foster collaboration, shared ownership and team results over individual performance.

Governance, Alignment & Handover

• Ensure projects are aligned with Invest International's mandate, governance frameworks and strategic priorities.
• Safeguard that project outcomes are compatible with operational, legal and compliance requirements.
• Ensure structured handover of completed initiatives, products or instruments to the relevant business units for business-as-usual ownership.

Key Deliverables & KPIs

• Successfully delivered innovation and business development projects.
• Regular project roadmaps and portfolio overviews.
• MVPs, pilots and business propositions delivered on time and within budget.
• Clear project reporting to senior management.
• Measurable contribution to innovation, commercial viability and organisational effectiveness.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Public Policy or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in project, portfolio, or change management and/or innovation delivery, with a proven track record of driving continuous knowledge build-up and network development across teams.
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional projects in a dynamic environment.
• Experience in a public-private, financial or policy-driven environment is a strong plus.
• Fluent in English and Dutch.

Skills & Competencies

• Ability to build up knowledge about new themes within a reasonable time frame and translate this knowledge in concrete action plans.
• Strong project and change management skills.
• Ability to prioritise and manage complex portfolios.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into execution.
• Results-oriented with strong delivery focus.
• Organisational sensitivity and resilience.

Personal Attributes

• Hands-on and pragmatic.
• Resilient and flexible under pressure.
• Proactive and solution-oriented.
• Courageous in decision-making and conflict management.
• Collaborative and people-oriented.
• Strong drive for impact and continuous improvement.

What we offer

• An innovative and dynamic work environment.
• Job level: 16 (salary range: €5,443 - €6,463 gross per month based on a 40-hour workweek, excluding 8% holiday allowance and a 13th month).
• Opportunity to work hybrid (60% office and 40% home).
• Premium-free pension plan, NS business card (first class), laptop, and mobile phone).
• A one-year contract with the possibility of extension.

Apply for the job

Do you want to join our team as Project Manager New Business? Then we'd love to hear about you! The application period closes on 15 June 2026.