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About the Role

As a Principal IT Project Manager, you will lead complex software development, SAP, or transformation projects. You will manage external and internal C-level stakeholders and steer global teams using both classic and agile methodologies. Your role involves managing large, strategic projects, planning realization strategies, assembling project teams, and overseeing requirements, scope, and backlog management. You will also build risk management systems, ensure delivery of objectives, and manage project responsibilities towards clients, service providers, and management.

Responsibilities

Take on management for strategically important and difficult large-scale projects and programs.
Plan the strategy for the successful realization of large-scale projects and accompany the individual process steps.
Assemble a project team and ensure that tasks and responsibilities are clearly defined.
Identify and actively represent potential claims against our customers.
Manage requirements, scope, and backlog.
Build an efficient risk management system, identify, and resolve potential obstacles in the process.
Ensure the delivery of agreed-upon deliverables and successfully navigate difficult project situations.
Be responsible for your projects towards customers, internal and external service providers, as well as management.

Requirements

Completed training or a degree in IT or Business.
At least 10 years of experience in IT project management of software development projects.
Successfully completed several large projects/programs in different subject areas.
Experience with projects involving 100+ employees and Near-/Offshore components.
Experience in creating requirement analyses in complex projects within an agile environment.
Detailed knowledge of contract, risk, and claim management.
Experience in Solution Design, Software Architectures, Software Development, Test Automation, and Deployment are advantageous.
Agile and/or Project Management certificates (PMP, IPMA, PRINCE2, SCRUM, SAFe) are a plus.
Optional certifications include Six Sigma Black Belt, Design Thinking, COBIT, or similar.

Skills

Delivery of complex software solutions using Best Practice tools, technologies, and methods (Scaled Agile, DevOps, Continuous Integration etc.).
Solution-oriented approach to complex issues.
Role model within the team.
Knowledge transfer.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills in German and English.
Agile methodologies.
DevOps.
Continuous Integration.
Scaled Agile.
Contract management.
Risk management.
Claim management.

Location

Germany

Work Type

Travel required
Part-time possible

Experience Level

Principal
10+ years of experience in IT project management

Education Level

Degree in IT or Business

About the Company

At T-Systems, we provide our business customers with the right system solutions for their digital business.
Our portfolio ensures that digital transformation reduces complexity, saves costs, and simplifies everyday work.
Our focus areas are Connectivity, Digital, Cloud & Infrastructure, and Security - Let's power higher performance!
Business Area Digital Enabler: We offer data-centric solutions for customers in various industries (e.g., Automotive, Manufacturing, Telco, Public, Health).
Our offering covers the entire project lifecycle, from architectural consulting, data engineering, and data analytics to data science topics and operations (DevOps).
We work with customers in agile methodologies (mostly Scrum).
We utilize a wide range of data sources, from classic IT to IoT and social media.
We use state-of-the-art open-source technologies (mostly based on Hadoop).
In addition to on-premise building blocks, we increasingly work with cloud-based technologies and integrate them into hybrid architectures.
Our goal is to make our customers' digitalization strategies successful.

Equal Opportunity

Severely disabled individuals will be given priority consideration if equally qualified.