Senior/Middle Project Manager (German speaking, JR808)

The company Project Management Office is looking for a Senior/Middle Project Manager in Poland, Croatia, or other European countries, with business‑fluent German language skills.

ABOUT CLIENT

ABOUT PROJECT

The company is starting a new collaboration with University Medicine in Germany. The project focuses on the digital transformation of the public website and intranet, including the introduction of a new content management system, migration of existing content, and transition into ongoing service operations.

REQUIREMENTS

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At least five years of proven professional experience as a Senior Project Manager in complex digital, web, portal, or CMS projects.

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At least three years of practical experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach.

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Proven experience in change management and supporting organizational transformation initiatives.

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Experience managing agile, traditional, and hybrid project delivery models.

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Solid practical knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, or comparable agile methodologies.

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Experience with sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, backlog management, and agile reporting formats.

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Experience in schedule, budget, quality, risk, dependency, and escalation management.

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Experience leading and coordinating interdisciplinary and geographically distributed teams.

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Strong communication skills with executive management, project leadership, business stakeholders, IT, data protection, information security, and external service providers.

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Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project (or similar planning tools), and Miro.

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Business-fluent German language skills, minimum C1 level.

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Very good English language skills for collaboration with international project teams.

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Reliable availability during the agreed CET/CEST core working hours.

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Willingness and confirmed availability for approximately ten on-site meetings with the client in Magdeburg during the project duration.

RESPONSIBILITIES

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Overall responsibility for operational project management and coordination of all involved project teams.

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Central point of contact for the customer/client.

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Creation and maintenance of the project management plan, milestone plan, and communication plan.

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Management of scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, and dependencies.

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Establishment and continuous maintenance of the RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies).

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Coordination of collaboration between the client, business departments, UX/UI, business analysis, development, quality assurance, DevOps, and other stakeholders.

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Preparation and facilitation of sprint planning sessions, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other agile ceremonies.

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Ensuring transparent and iterative project progress.

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Conducting daily internal status alignment meetings.

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Preparation of a weekly written status report.

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Preparation and facilitation of status meetings, steering committee meetings, and escalation meetings.

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Stakeholder, risk, change, issue, and escalation management.

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Management of requirements, decision-making, acceptance, and release processes.

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Coordination of quality assurance, user acceptance testing (UAT), approvals, go-live, and hypercare activities.

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Supporting the organization in introducing new processes, systems, and ways of working.

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Ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory, data protection, and security requirements.

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Participation in required on-site meetings in Magdeburg.