Senior Project Manager

Working at The Adaptavist Group

The Adaptavist Group is a global family of companies with a common goal. We combine the best of teamwork, technology, and processes, helping all kinds of businesses be better today and tomorrow.

We are experts at delivering enterprise software, tailored solutions, and quality services across some of the world’s most trusted technology ecosystems, including Atlassian, AWS, Slack, GitLab, Monday.com and Aha!

We make change happen. From anywhere.

Our flexible, remote-first way of working means that work can fit around your life, rather than your life fitting around work.

About the role

Join Our Team in Germany as a Senior Project Manager – Drive Excellence Across Diverse Projects!

Are you ready to lead, innovate, and make an impact? As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional results across a portfolio of dynamic projects and programs. Reporting directly to the Project Manager Team Lead, you’ll ensure customer expectations are not only met but exceeded, serving as the critical bridge between our Consulting team and clients.

In this high-visibility role, you’ll coordinate and facilitate meetings with clients and internal teams, create and manage vital project artifacts like Change Requests and Statements of Work, and take charge of monitoring budgets, resourcing, and forecasting. You’ll be the driving force behind ensuring seamless collaboration, maintaining 'One Version of The Truth' across all engagements.

This is your chance to lead multiple engagements, showcase your expertise in project governance, and be the go-to point of contact for clients. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about delivering excellence, this role is your opportunity to shine!

What you'll be doing

• Ensure successful and on time delivery of various projects across the portfolio

• Be the senior point of contact in all aspects of projects 

• Managing issues, risk and project change requests where necessary 

• Meeting coordination and facilitation with customers and internal teams

• Creating and monitoring programme & project artifacts such as and not limited to:

• Level 0 through to Level 3 Plans

• Earned Value Management (SPI / CPI)

• Scope of work (Change Log tracking)

• Executive level Risk, Issue & Opportunity Management

• Coaching and Mentoring of junior staff

• Manage Client project budget worksheets and project resourcing 

• Provide Internal and Client Reporting

• Accountable for Providing invoicing information

• Translation of Statement Of Works requirements into Level 1 Plans

What we're looking for

• Fluent German, written and spoken

• Proven experience as a Senior Project Manager 

• Advanced understanding of

• Ability to understand departmental financials and reconcile revenue/expenses

• Experience with Google -Suite,  Microsoft software tools, Atlassian software tools including Jira Roadmaps, and OpenAir

• Self-motivated, organised, and able to effectively communicate with all layers of management and stakeholders with a proven track record of successfully managing IT projects

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong attention to detail

• Ability to work independently and with other teams

• Critical thinker including the ability to understand the “big picture” and trade-offs

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic technical organisation with a rapidly expanding customer base.

• Personable, helpful and professional attitude

Desirable

• Demonstrable knowledge of any of the following technologies: Agile Methodology, AWS, DevOps, Atlassian Toolset, Azure DevOps and Hybrid Cloud environments

• Demonstrate an understanding of Project Management and Software Engineering methodologies (i.e., Agile, SAFe, Waterfall, PRINCE2 for Agile, etc.)

• Experience with Google-Suite, Microsoft software tools, the Atlassian toolset (Jira and Confluence) and Netsuite OpenAir

• Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and best practices, also Managed Services (ITiL 4) 

• Agile at Scale (SAFe, S@S, LeSS, DA)

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At The Adaptavist Group, we are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and believe this positively impacts both the creation of our innovative products and our delivery of bespoke solutions to our global customers and our own unique culture. We encourage all qualified applicants, regardless of age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, pregnancy and maternity, marriage, and civil partnership status. From our family-friendly policies to our flexible work environment we offer a range of benefits and policies in order to support staff from all different backgrounds. If you have any questions, please do ask us.

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We look forward to your application!