Senior Project Manager (m/f/d) German speaking

About Aras

With over 700 employees in 11 countries, Aras is one of the fastest growing privately held Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) companies. We reinvent, engineer, and manufacture software to empower our customers with the flexibility to overcome tomorrow's challenges today. We have experienced steady growth year after year and are looking to accelerate Aras to the next level. We seek the best people committed to making this a true success story and share in that glory. With our technology, our community, and the way we do business, we are transforming the way the world makes products. Our open, low‑code technology enables greater scalability, flexibility, and security for the world's largest enterprises in some of the most innovative industries, including automotive, aerospace and defense, high‑tech electronics, medical devices, and industrial manufacturing. World‑leading innovators such as Airbus, General Electric (GE), Hitachi, Honda, Kawasaki, and Microsoft are just a few of the organizations using our software.

Aras is the fastest growing developer of enterprise PLM software solutions. Led by industry veterans and backed by leading investors, Aras has built its reputation by consistently delivering innovative products that align with customers’ strategic business initiatives.

You’ve heard the recent excitement surrounding PLM, both in the Cloud and on‑site. Aras Innovator is an advanced Web‑based SOA framework with HTML5 and Mobile app front ends, delivered either as a Cloud‑PLM solution or on‑site as commercial enterprise open source. Our flexibility in platform and delivery models is providing Aras with a highly disruptive position in the marketplace.

What You’ll Be Doing

• The Project Manager is the leader of all aspects of a project’s success. This individual is the “Trusted Advisor” to our customer base at delivery levels.
• Lead all customer activities, including:
  • The quotation and timing development for new customer proposals.
  • Ensure that Development and Partners (if applicable) provide accurate and timely feedback.
  • Develop statements of work, Professional Services quotations, and budgetary estimates.
  • Provide guidance and sign‑off on statements of work, budgetary estimates, and timing plans.
  • Lead the creation of project deliverables including both technical and business elements.
• Lead the Professional Services team in all aspects of solution deployment, including:
  • Make business decisions for the delivery of projects and provide guidance to Solution Consultants, Developers (onshore and offshore), and Partners.
  • Provide PLM guidance for business problems and develop solutions to solve those problems.
  • Facilitate relationships and look to extend additional business.
• Can lead multiple PMs and multiple projects.
• Demonstrate project management capabilities, including core responsibilities:
  • Perform overall day‑to‑day project management to ensure deliverables are achieved within time, cost, quality constraints.
  • Drive planning and execution for all project activity in accordance with customer milestones.
  • Lead projects using Agile methodologies and best practices.
  • Lead all project communication, gate reviews, risk management, and open issue activities; provide project metrics to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Prepare project status reports and keep the team, management, clients and others informed of status, issues, and escalations.
  • Lead meetings with project team and client personnel (including client executives) for business or technical discussions; drive toward consensus.
  • Supervise and manage project teams located either onsite or offshore.
  • Manage project budget, timing, and quality of work completed.
  • Create documentation (change orders and extension statements of work) related to the delivery aspect of the project.
  • Mentor and coach other Project Managers.

Who You Are

• Professionally interact and communicate with customers and internal team members. Must have exceptional communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work and successfully interact with client executives and management staff members.
• Proven strong project management skills with accountability for end‑to‑end delivery.
• Strong rapport and relationship building skills with both internal individuals and external customers. Must be an effective communicator in difficult customer situations.
• Excellent written communication skills to create Statements of Work, specifications, project plans, and other project documentation.
• Clearly demonstrate the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Have a thorough understanding of large‑scale enterprise application deployment methodologies with experience leading teams in an Agile / Scrum environment.
• Proven PLM deployment experience with large, enterprise wide projects.
• Strong planning, problem solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Highly organized and self‑motivated with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage changing priorities.
• Ability to create work breakdown structures, assist in estimation, validate estimate confidence, and develop a schedule.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Ability to work with all levels of the organization (Development, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and within the Professional Services Group) in a fast‑paced environment.
• Identifies active project risks, monitors for risk triggers, and executes contingency plans.

What You’ll Need

• Fluent level of English and German language is mandatory.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business, Computer Science / IT, or Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• Proven track record in leading large, enterprise PLM software deployments in a Project Management role.
• Minimum 10 years of experience managing PLM deployments with teams of 3 or more members.
• Experience managing large Commercial and Enterprise clients.
• Demonstrated experience with managing project budgets, P&L, invoicing, and billing.
• Proven experience in one or more of the following verticals: Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Manufacturing (Industrial, Job Shop, Mass Production), Consumer Products, High Tech Electronics, Shipbuilding.
• Demonstrated industry knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Engineering change processes and best practices (CMII, CMPIC), phase gate project management, quality systems processes, requirements management, manufacturing process planning, MRO.
• Must be able to travel 50%, primarily regional with frequent 2‑to‑3‑day trips.
• PMP certification is preferred.