Richemont Programme Manager
- Location
- MeyrinGenevaSwitzerland
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Department
- Executive & General Management
- Industry
- High Jewelry
- Posted
- Jun 12, 2026
About Richemont
Richemont is one of the world’s foremost luxury groups, stewarding a distinguished portfolio of maisons across jewellery, watchmaking, fashion and accessories, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Montblanc. As an employer, it combines the heritage of artisanal excellence with a forward-looking culture shaped by innovation, client-centricity and responsible business. Its global teams operate in an environment that values craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and collaboration, offering opportunities to grow within iconic maisons and group functions alike. Richemont attracts professionals who aspire to contribute to enduring luxury, preserving rare savoir-faire while helping define the future of high craftsmanship.
Richemont seeks a Programme Manager to lead the New Foundations ERP transformation in Meyrin, Switzerland. Full-time role orchestrating SAP S/4HANA migration across the Group.
Role & Responsibilities
- Co-design the New Foundations programme with the Programme Director and Group Platforms stakeholders, translating strategic ambition, governance frameworks, and decisions into a structured and executable plan
- Orchestrate overall programme execution, ensuring all workstreams progress in line with agreed scope, cadence, and business priorities
- Maintain a single integrated view of the programme, owning its operational rhythm—planning cycles, governance forums, milestones, and decision tracking
- Prepare and drive arbitration processes with relevant stakeholders, framing options, impacts, and trade-offs for the Programme Director and Group Platforms Executive Committee
- Track decisions and non-negotiables, ensuring commitments are clearly recorded and reflected in plans and deliverables, with rigorous follow-up on actions and early escalation of risks and slippage
- Coordinate documentation and readiness for Discovery deliverables and the planning and preparation of Solution Design phases
Qualifications
- Strong background in programme orchestration and complex delivery environments
- Experience operating in multi-entity, Group-level programmes
- Exposure to large-scale ERP transformations, ideally including SAP S/4HANA conversions
- Experience working with external consulting partners during initial programme set-up phases
- Demonstrated excellence in programme structuring and planning, including cadence, milestones, and dependency management
- Rigorous tracking and follow-through capability, translating decisions into executable actions
- Proven risk and issue management with early identification and escalation
- Clear synthesis and framing skills, consolidating complex inputs into concise programme views
- Strong coordination capability across business, technology, finance, and change management teams
- Highly disciplined, structured, and execution-oriented mindset
- Comfortable operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
- Focused on outcomes, follow-through, and operational excellence
Skills
Experience
Extensive experience in programme and portfolio management within large, multinational organisations, with demonstrated success orchestrating complex, multi-workstream transformations involving business, technology, and finance stakeholders. Proven track record managing large-scale ERP implementations and system migrations, with experience coordinating across external consulting partners and internal teams across multiple geographies.
Education
Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, project management, or related discipline. Advanced certifications in programme or project management (PgMP, PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent) are desirable.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland, with easy access to Geneva.
Culture
Richemont fosters a refined, international workplace where its Maisons preserve exceptional craftsmanship while benefiting from the strength and perspective of a global luxury group. As an employer, it values long-term stewardship, collaboration, innovation, and the development of talent within an environment shaped by heritage, creativity, and high standards.
About Cerulean
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