Project Excellence Manager – PMO

Responsibilities

• You will lead and manage strategically relevant pilot and flagship projects within the COO area, ensuring a structured implementation from concept to successful integration into the organization.
• You will work closely with business units and stakeholders and make a significant contribution to the further development of our project governance, processes and collaboration.
• Plan, control and coordinate pilot projects and lead project teams.
• Ensure structured and successful project delivery against defined objectives, timelines and quality requirements.
• Introduce project results into the organization through standards and guidelines.
• Develop and establish project management processes, including milestones, quality gates and standards.
• Build and further develop best practices, templates and how-to guides.
• Identify and optimize interfaces within the COO area and with adjacent functions.
• Build and enhance a structured reporting system.
• Create, optimise and deliver regular reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and data-based decision-making materials for management.
• Work closely with business units to continuously improve the project landscape.
• Promote transparent processes and efficient collaboration across departmental boundaries.
• Support the establishment of a sustainable project and governance culture.

Requirements

• University degree in business, engineering, project management or a comparable qualification.
• Several years of experience in project management, PMO or a similar role.
• Solid knowledge in managing complex projects and in building governance structures.
• Experience with project management tools (e.g. Jira) as well as reporting and BI tools.
• Strong analytical skills and experience preparing data for management decisions.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Structured, self‑driven and solution‑oriented working style.
• Confident manner when interacting with internal and external stakeholders.
• Very good German (C1) and good English (B2).