Senior Project Manager – Data Centre and IT Service Development EA-1363

NAXCON GmbH, headquartered in Weil am Rhein with additional offices, including Stuttgart, is one of Germany's leading engineering and IT service providers.

Our experts possess extensive expertise in software and hardware development, modern electronics, and cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI).

In addition to delivering high-quality engineering solutions for our customers, we are passionate about driving our own innovation projects as well as research and development activities. Renowned companies from a wide range of industries place their trust in our expertise, reflecting the outstanding knowledge, professionalism, and commitment of our engineers.

Position: Senior Project Manager – Data Centre and IT Service Development

Location:Bonn, Meckenheim (You can choose one of the two locations)

Field: Defence

Type: Full-time/70% Remote

Travel Requirement: Up to 30%
Security Requirement: Willingness to undergo an SÜ2 security screening

Project Environment

The role supports a large-scale programme focused on the development and establishment of data centre infrastructure and related IT services.

Within a major sub-project, the Senior Project Manager will coordinate two teams responsible for concepts and technical designs while also managing the processes required for the development and operationalisation of IT services.

The position requires close coordination with other sub-projects, programme management, customers and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end planning, execution, control and completion of medium-sized and complex IT projects.

Lead and coordinate all project members assigned to the area of responsibility.

• Apply classical, agile and hybrid project management methodologies.

• Manage two teams responsible for concepts and technical designs within a data centre programme.

• Ensure the timely implementation of requirements in coordination with programme management, other sub-projects and the customer.

• Manage dependencies, priorities, milestones, resources and deliverables.

• Ensure compliance with and continuous improvement of the IT service development process.

• Create, maintain and monitor project plans, schedules and work packages.

• Provide regular project and programme reports, including reporting to senior and executive management.

• Establish transparent governance, reporting and decision-making structures.

• Conduct comprehensive risk, issue and quality management.

• Identify project risks, define mitigation measures and track their implementation.

• Plan, conduct and document lessons-learned workshops.

• Translate lessons learned into practical improvements for current and future projects.

• Coordinate internal teams, external service providers and relevant stakeholders.

• Resolve conflicts, disruptions and delivery issues in a structured and solution-oriented manner.

• Ensure that complex technical and organisational matters are communicated appropriately to different stakeholder groups.

Required Qualifications

• Completed degree, vocational qualification or comparable professional background relevant to IT, project management or a related field.

• Valid project management certification equivalent to IPMA Level D or higher.

• Valid Scrum Master II certification or an equivalent recognised qualification.

• Valid ITIL Foundation certification, version 3 or higher.

• Very good knowledge of established project management methods.

• Strong knowledge of classical, agile and hybrid project delivery approaches.

• German language skills at CEFR C1 level.

• English language skills at CEFR B1 level or higher.

• Native speakers do not need to provide separate language certification.

Required Professional Experience

• At least five years of experience leading complex projects with:

• A duration exceeding one year.

• At least 20 project team members.

• At least five years of professional experience in digitalisation projects within a defence-related or comparable public-sector environment.

• At least five years of practical experience as a project manager in IT projects, applying classical, hybrid or agile methodologies.

• At least one year of relevant experience as a Scrum Master in agile or hybrid projects.

• At least two years of experience in IT projects focused on data centres or data centre infrastructure.

• At least two years of experience in a responsible project role involving the development of IT services.

• Demonstrable experience using project management and collaboration tools, including:

• Jira or a comparable tool.

• Microsoft Project.

• Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

The required periods of experience should represent continuous and substantive work in the respective subject area. Occasional or isolated involvement is not sufficient.

Required Skills

• Complex IT project and programme management.

• Data centre infrastructure projects.

• IT service development and IT service management.

• Classical, agile and hybrid project methodologies.

• Scrum facilitation and agile team coordination.

• Project planning and scheduling.

• Risk, issue and quality management.

• Stakeholder and customer management.

• Executive and programme-level reporting.

• Resource and work-package coordination.

• Requirements and dependency management.

• Lessons-learned facilitation.

• Process governance and continuous improvement.

• Jira or comparable project-management tools.

• Microsoft Project.

• Microsoft Office.

• Strong presentation and documentation skills.

Personal Competencies

• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.

• Professional and respectful conduct.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Service-oriented and customer-focused mindset.

• Confident and assertive manner.

• Independent and structured working style.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to manage conflicts and operational disruptions.

• Ability to structure complex topics and communicate them appropriately to technical, management and customer audiences.

• Strong organisational skills and sense of responsibility.

• Ability to work effectively in complex stakeholder environments.

Working Conditions

• Approximately 70% of the work may be performed remotely or through mobile working arrangements.

• Business travel of up to 30% of working time may be required.

• Travel may be undertaken by car, rental vehicle, train or other public transport in accordance with the applicable travel policy.

• The candidate must be willing and eligible to undergo an SÜ2 security screening.

• Candidate profiles must include nationality information.

• Applicable security-related nationality and country-list restrictions must be observed.

Project Reference Requirements

Where project references are submitted, each reference should contain:

• Industry.

• Project title.

• Brief project description.

• Assignment period in month/year format.

• Candidate's level of involvement in FTE.

• Detailed description of the candidate's responsibilities and activities.

A project reference should normally cover an assignment period of at least three months with a minimum involvement of 0.5 FTE.

What we offer:

• International Working Environment: Join a diverse and multicultural team where people from different backgrounds and cultures collaborate to achieve outstanding results.
• German Language Development: Whether you are a beginner or an advanced speaker, we provide a supportive environment to help you improve your German language skills.
• Dedicated Point of Contact: You will have a personal contact within the company who will support and guide you throughout your employment.
• Professional Growth: Our engineers have the opportunity to work on exciting projects across different industries, continuously expanding their expertise and developing new skills.
• Regular Team Events: We organize regular company events to strengthen team spirit, encourage collaboration, and create a positive working atmosphere.
• Competitive Compensation: We value our employees and offer an attractive compensation package that reflects your qualifications, experience, and performance.

Note:

• Travel expenses for on-site interviews are covered by the candidates themselves