Senior Project Manager EA-

About the job Senior Project Manager EA-1355

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
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Senior Project Manager

Location
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Bonn, Meckenheim (One person will be hired for each position)

Field
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Defence

Type
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Full‑time/%40 Remote

Project / Department Overview

The role is intended for an experienced Senior Project Manager who will take responsibility for leading IT projects in the infrastructure environment. The position covers the full project lifecycle, from project setup through planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and successful completion.

The Senior Project Manager will ensure that assigned projects are delivered in line with defined time, cost, and quality objectives. The role requires strong project leadership, stakeholder management, operational task coordination, risk and change management, budget control, resource management, and structured communication across customers, operations, suppliers, field service, and internal project teams.

Responsibilities

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Lead and manage IT infrastructure projects from setup to completion.
• Ensure achievement of project objectives regarding time, cost, scope, and quality.
• Create project plans and continuously maintain transparent project reporting.
• Ensure compliance with project‑specific implementation requirements and governance standards.
• Independently define, structure, coordinate, and follow up on work packages.
• Coordinate effort estimations and service descriptions.
• Prepare data analyses and decision documents for project stakeholders and management.
• Act as the central point of contact for customers, operations, suppliers, and field service.
• Actively manage stakeholder expectations and relationships.
• Plan, prepare, and conduct internal and external workshops.
• Identify and coordinate project dependencies.
• Monitor project risks and initiate appropriate mitigation measures.
• Manage project changes and ensure structured change management.
• Monitor project costs and ensure adherence to approved budgets.
• Conduct lessons learned and support continuous improvement of work methods and project processes.
• Manage project resources and support effective capacity planning.
• Ensure structured communication and documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Escalate issues where required and support resolution of project conflicts or disruptions.

Required Qualifications

The candidate should have:

• Strong knowledge of common project management standards.
• Valid project management certification, at least equivalent to IPMA Level
  
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• ITIL basic knowledge or practical experience in IT service management.
• ITIL Foundation certification is desirable.
• Completed degree in business administration, IT, or a comparable field.
• Alternatively, completed commercial vocational training or recognized IT‑related vocational training combined with relevant professional experience.
• Without a degree, at least 6 years of relevant professional experience is required.
• Good knowledge of project management tools, including Jira or comparable tools.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Practical knowledge of MS…