Project Manager (Transformation & Corporate Development)

Quick Facts

• Role: Project Manager (Transformation & Corporate Development)

• Work setup: Full-time, 35 hours/week, flexible working hours

• Focus: Transformation projects and change initiatives across departments

Description

Lead complex, cross-functional transformation projects with strategic, organizational, and economic relevance in corporate development. You are responsible for delivering project goals regarding quality, cost, and deadlines and for ensuring defined benefits realization after the project ends. You will also design, plan, and manage transformation and change initiatives, including governance standards and KPI monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Manage transformation projects across departments with high strategic, organizational, and business importance
• Ensure project objectives are met for quality, costs, and schedules, and secure defined benefits after project completion
• Conceptualize, plan, and steer transformation and change initiatives with company-wide and cross-department impact
• Develop and further improve standards, methods, and governance structures for project, portfolio, and transformation management
• Lead and coordinate interdisciplinary project teams; manage external service providers and relevant stakeholders
• Conduct market, competitor, and economic feasibility analyses to identify growth, efficiency, and strategic action opportunities
• Analyze and assess business KPIs and derive evidence-based recommendations for management and specialist functions
• Develop, implement, and monitor KPIs to measure project progress, efficiency, performance, and value creation
• Shape and manage change processes including change, communication, and conflict management
• Advise executives and specialist departments on strategic and organizational questions in the context of transformation initiatives

Requirements

• Completed degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or comparable education
• Relevant experience leading and managing complex projects or transformation initiatives (preferably in an industrial environment)
• Sound knowledge of methods and tools for project, program, and portfolio management
• Strong analytical skills, including assessing business processes, economic feasibility analyses, and strategic topics
• Strong communication skills in speech and writing, including English, for international partner communication
• Influencing skills plus moderation, presentation, and conflict-resolution ability
• Desirable: certification in process management (e.g., Lean Management, Six Sigma, BPM)
• Advantageous: project management certification according to IPMA or comparable qualification

Benefits

• 35-hour work week, flexible working hours
• 30 vacation days per year
• Tariff-based compensation
• Attractive benefits: discounted lunch and drinks, corporate fitness discounts, bike leasing, Corporate Benefits
• Independent work, room for own ideas, open and respectful corporate culture
• Support for work-life balance via an on-site daycare with flexible opening hours