Senior Project Manager; German speaker f​/m​/d

Company Description

The Adaptavist Group is a global family of companies with a common goal. We combine the best of teamwork, technology, and processes, helping all kinds of businesses be better today and tomorrow.

We are experts at delivering enterprise software, tailored solutions, and quality services across some of the world's most trusted technology ecosystems, including Atlassian, AWS, Slack, Git Lab,  and Aha!

We make change happen. From anywhere.

We offer a very generous holiday (PTO) allowance, trusting you to take vacation time that suits your personal life, alongside flexible working hours that empower you to work when it best fits you and your team. We provide Mac Books to all employees and additional support for fully remote workers to set up their home offices.

Our exceptional Time Away Policy includes 26 weeks of fully paid leave for birthing parents, 13 weeks for non-birthing parents, and extended leave for adoption, IVF, surrogacy, elective egg freezing, and women's health needs such as menopause, menstruation, endometriosis, and PCOS.

Our trusting, flexible, remote-first way of working means that work can fit around your life, rather than your life fitting around work.

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Are you ready to take ownership of high-impact projects, drive innovation, and lead cross‑functional teams to success? We're looking for a dynamic Senior Project Manager based and living in Germany to join our team in and steer a wide range of strategic initiatives to completion.

In this role, you'll report directly to the Project Manager Team Lead and act as the key liaison between our Consulting team and clients. You'll lead from the front, ensuring not just delivery, but true value creation.

You'll manage end‑to‑end project delivery: facilitating client and internal meetings, owning project documentation (statements of work, change requests, etc.), and keeping a sharp eye on budgets, resources, and timelines. Your leadership will ensure alignment and transparency across all engagements, maintaining "One Version of the Truth".

This is a high‑visibility opportunity to lead multiple projects, showcase your expertise in project governance, and build trusted client relationships. If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment and are passionate about delivering exceptional results, this is where you'll shine.

• Ensure successful and on‑time delivery of various projects across the portfolio
• Be the senior point of contact in all aspects of projects
• Managing issues, risk and project change requests where necessary
• Meeting coordination and facilitation with customers and internal teams
• Creating and monitoring programmes & projects, such as and not limited to:
  Level 0 through to Level 3 Plans, earned Value Management (SPI / CPI), Scope of work (Change Log tracking), executive‑level Risk, Issue & Opportunity Management, coaching and mentoring of junior staff
• Manage Client project budget worksheets and project resourcing
• Provide Internal and Client Reporting
• Accountable for providing invoicing information
• Translation of Statement of works requirements into Level 1 Plans

• Fluent German, written and spoken, is a must
• Proven experience as a Senior Project Manager
• Scrum Master experience, facilitating Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑ups, Reviews, Retrospectives), removing impediments, coaching teams on Scrum best practices, and driving continuous improvement to deliver high‑quality increments on time
• Advanced understanding of Project Management and Software Engineering methodologies (i.e., Agile, SAFe, Waterfall, PRINCE2 for Agile Scrum Master, Product Management etc.)
• Ability to understand departmental financials and reconcile revenue/expenses
• Experience with Google Suite, Microsoft software tools, Atlassian software tools including Jira Roadmaps, and Open Air
• Self‑motivated, organised, and able to effectively communicate with all layers of management and stakeholders with a proven track record of successfully managing IT projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication…