Senior Research & Innovation Project Manager

Senior Research & Innovation Project Manager

Be part of a nature-positive future

We are now looking for an experienced Research & Innovation Project Manager to lead and steer complex, multi-year research and innovation initiatives with high uncertainty and strong external collaboration components. The role focuses on translating research into strategic and business-relevant impact while actively positioning and driving Stora Enso interests in the global research and public funding ecosystem.

Stora Enso is a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials and wooden construction. Our fiber-based materials are renewable, recyclable and fossil free , offering low-carbon alternatives to products based on finite resources. We believe that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow.

Career for a better climate. Every day.

As Senior Research & Innovation Project Manager you will be part of the Group Innovation & R&D organization. You will operate at the interface of research, business areas, strategy, and external ecosystems, assuming a p roject and platform leadership role across large research programs and public-private collaborations.

Your main responsibility is to plan, lead and govern complex R&D and research initiatives together with internal and external stakeholders. This includes steering external research consortia, managing stage-gate and portfolio processes, overseeing risks and dependencies, and synthesizing research outcomes into clear strategic recommendations for decision-makers.

You will actively engage with universities, research institutes, industry platforms and funding bodies, and represent Stora Enso credibly in external boards, committees and forums. Public funding is viewed as a strategic instrument in this role - not only as a financing source.

The location for this role is Helsinki, Finland. We apply a hybrid way of working.