Senior Project Manager – Cloud & IT Service Management EA-1375

In this role you will lead a major IT sub-project within a cloud environment and coordinate across internal teams, external providers, and stakeholders. You’ll support agile/hybrid delivery, product-owner activities, and the deployment of cloud-based services and IT platforms. You will drive milestones, budgets, and risk management while ensuring governance and clear reporting. This is an opportunity to shape cloud adoption and IT service management in a defence context within a multinational engineering-focused company.

• international working environment
• German language development support
• dedicated point of contact
• professional growth opportunities
• regular team events
• competitive compensation

• Lead sub-projects from solution development through implementation and handover
• Set up and support cross-functional project teams using agile/hybrid methods
• Coordinate business and technical stakeholders including Product Owner activities
• Ensure milestones, schedules, budgets, quality, and deliverables are met
• Manage stakeholders and maintain clear communication across structures
• Perform project cost controlling and support financial transparency
• Prepare project plans, reports, and decision documents
• Identify dependencies, risks, issues and apply mitigations
• Coordinate external service providers and implementation partners
• Support IT service management platform development, migration and deployment
• Document and trace decisions, requirements, and activities
• Prepare, facilitate and document workshops and meetings
• Support governance activities and project administration

• Completed Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or comparable field (or equivalent qualification with extensive experience)
• IPMA Level D or higher equivalent certification
• ITIL Foundation v3 or v4 or demonstrable IT service management experience
• Strong knowledge of classical, agile and hybrid project delivery
• German CEFR C1 and English CEFR B1+
• At least five years in project or sub-project management
• At least two years in IT Service Management projects focusing on platform implementation or migration
• At least four years of cloud project experience, preferably in private-cloud environments
• Experience handling complex IT project structures with multiple stakeholders and suppliers
• Experience in planning, scheduling, cost controlling, risk/change management and reporting
• Experience coordinating external service providers
• Ability to work in structured governance environments
• Willingness to travel up to ~40% and mobile/remote work depending on project
• Security screening (SÜ2) if required
• Nationality information required by application

• Strong teamwork and collaboration
• Professional and confident communication
• Clear and structured verbal and written communication
• Jira or similar project management tool
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)