Senior Project Manager

As a Senior Project Manager, you will: Lead large-scale, complex software development and technology transformation projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder expectations. Inspire and guide cross-functional teams from vision through execution, fostering collaboration and accountability. Achieve measurable business outcomes that strengthen our internal practice and drive impact in the German market. Demonstrate strategic leadership and operational excellence. Establish and lead project-level governance structures, including Change & Risk Boards, ensuring robust change control and impact analysis across all workstreams. Analyze project interfaces and critical dependencies, recommending actions to Boards to mitigate risks and resolve issues. Prepare and deliver regular project reports, providing transparency and insight into progress, risks, and opportunities. Manage master schedules and ensure alignment across all delivery streams. Implement project management processes through the PMO and Boards, ensuring consistency and accountability. Direct the successful delivery of complex global projects, integrating diverse technologies and partner ecosystems. Support strategic decision-making and project oversight. Champion customer-centric delivery by guiding stakeholders through complexity and advocating for business outcomes as the Voice of the Customer. Share insights, lessons learned, and customer experiences with internal and external communities to fuel continuous improvement. Promote the reuse of intellectual property (IP), contribute new assets, and enforce knowledge-sharing practices across teams. Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience in complex project management. Proven experience delivering consulting services to external clients, preferably in enterprise or transformation contexts. Fluency in both German (minimum C1) and English, written and spoken. Residency in Germany and valid EU work permit are strongly preferred due to operational and client-facing requirements. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (strongly preferred). Agile certifications such as Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, or PSM I. Strong financial management skills, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost control. Experience leading in matrixed or global delivery environments, particularly across virtual teams.