Project Manager – IT Transformation

Location: Germany (Hybrid)
Contract Type: Contract
Sector: Public Sector Services, Technology, Digital Transformation

Overview

Our client is a major international organisation operating across multiple European countries, delivering large-scale services in areas such as public administration, defence, space, and international programmes. With tens of thousands of staff and hundreds of ongoing projects, they are undergoing a significant period of digital growth and transformation.

As part of their Data, Digital & Technology function, you will join a high-impact team responsible for driving complex IT and digital change across multiple business units and geographies. This environment is fast-moving, collaborative, and ideal for an experienced Project Manager who enjoys delivering meaningful, large-scale transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery & Governance

Manage and deliver IT/digital projects and workstreams across scope, requirements, time, cost, quality, risk, and benefits.
Lead mixed teams of internal staff and external suppliers across organisational and geographical boundaries.
Ensure all team members have sufficient skills, capacity, and clarity to deliver expected outcomes.
Apply strong change control, proactively managing variances in scope, time, cost, or quality.
Maintain accurate project documentation, including risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies using tools such as JIRA.
Monitor and report project status to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership.

Stakeholder Engagement

Proactively engage key stakeholders including business users, IT specialists, SMEs, architects, and suppliers.
Facilitate effective decision-making and ensure expectations are aligned across business and technical teams.
Prepare and support senior management presentations and decision materials.

Collaboration & Planning

Align project methodologies and collaboration approaches to the needs of the team and business.
Identify synergies and dependencies across parallel transformation initiatives.
Monitor supplier performance and project costs versus budget.
Drive adherence to governance, compliance, and internal standards.
Facilitate and document workshops, steering groups, and technical alignment sessions.

Candidate Profile

Technical & Delivery Background

Strong IT background with demonstrable experience delivering large, complex transformation projects.
Affinity with one or more of the following:
- Cloud technologies (preferably Azure)
- M365 ecosystem (SharePoint, Teams, Entra ID, etc.)
- Digital platforms and applications
- Infrastructure, data management, and interfaces
Experience in at least one of the following areas is highly desirable:
- Cloud transformation (e.g., on-prem to Azure)
- Identity, mail, or device migrations
- Fileserver-to-SharePoint migrations
- IT system implementations (e.g., ticketing or service management tools)

Project & People Skills

Strong project management fundamentals across both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
Comfortable managing distributed teams and third-party suppliers.
Mature stakeholder management style with experience engaging up to C-level.
Hands-on team leader with a structured, autonomous working style.
Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation abilities.
Experience with organisational change and adoption activities is a strong advantage.

Additional Requirements

Educated to degree level with a continuous learning mindset.
Native or C1 German language proficiency.
Fluency in English.
Experience with ITIL, service management, or consultancy environments is an advantage.

Project Manager - IT Transformation