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.