Connectivity and Data Project Lead

Summary

Passionate about reliability, connectivity, and operational excellence? Join Atlas Copco Specialty Rental as Connectivity Project Leader and drive global fleet connectivity and smart data initiatives, enabling Rental Uptime, operational visibility, and reliability across our worldwide fleet.

Context on the position

Over the past years, Specialty Rental has transformed fleet connectivity from regional initiatives into a core business capability that supports operational excellence, Rental Uptime, Smart Data, and reliability across the organization. As adoption expands across equipment types, regions, and acquired businesses, strong coordination, governance, and continuous improvement remain essential.

As Connectivity Project Leader, your mission is to accelerate our digital transformation by expanding and governing global fleet connectivity. You will ensure connectivity solutions are effectively deployed, adopted, and integrated into operations, enabling reliable telemetry, smarter decision-making, improved fleet visibility, and scalable digital services. Working closely with Connectivity & Telemetry, Rental Uptime teams, Product Companies, regional operations, and divisional leadership, you will drive execution and long-term value creation worldwide.

You will report to the Global Reliability Process Manager.

What’s in it for you?

• Drive Reliability transformation: Play a key role in shaping and expanding a strategic capability directly impacting operational performance and customer experience
• Global Exposure: Collaborate with regional teams, engineering departments, Product Companies, and divisional leadership 
•  End-to-end ownership: Coordinate initiatives from concept and business case definition through deployment, adoption, and stabilization.
•  Innovation and tech: Work with IoT, telemetry, SmartBox technologies, data-driven services, and future digital solutions supporting predictive maintenance and Rental Uptime.
• Visible business impact: Contribute directly to increasing fleet visibility, connectivity adoption, operational efficiency, and reliability performance 

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Global Connectivity Governance: Coordinate the global connectivity roadmap, drive standardization and governance across the division, align regional and divisional priorities, and support SmartBox and telemetry enhancements.
• Rollout & Expansion Projects: Lead global deployments of connectivity solutions, coordinate implementation across regions and equipment families, support newly acquired businesses, and drive adoption of new digital technologies.
• Business Applications & Operational Value: Promote telemetry-driven operational practices, support Rental Uptime, Smart Data, and reliability initiatives, and scale best practices across the organization.
• Stakeholder Management: Serve as the key link between regional operations, divisional teams, Product Companies, Connectivity & Telemetry, and System & Data teams, ensuring alignment, prioritization, and effective governance.
• Continuous Improvement: Enhance connectivity performance, deployment processes, and governance while promoting harmonized execution and the ongoing evolution of connectivity capabilities.

Experience requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Business Management, or equivalent experience.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to translate business needs into structured projects and actionable roadmaps.
• Proven experience working with global projects or transformation programs in international environments.
• Experience with IoT, telemetry, and connectivity projects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent in English.

Personality Requirements

We are looking for someone who is:

• A natural coordinator capable of bringing different stakeholders together around a common objective.
• Structured, organized and execution-oriented.
• A strong communicator who can operate comfortably across all organizational levels.
• Proactive and capable of driving initiatives independently.
• Resilient and adaptable in a constantly evolving digital environment.
• Customer-focused and committed to delivering business value.
• Passionate about innovation and continuous improvement.
• An individual who lives our DNA: Commitment, Interaction and Innovation.

Location

The position is based in our Rental HQ in Boom - Belgium