Senior Project Manager - Microsoft Dynamics 365 (w/m/d)

About Hitachi Solutions

Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a central member of the Information & Telecommunications sector of the Hitachi Group and a recognized market leader for proven business and IT strategies and solutions for enterprises across various industries. The company offers value-oriented services for the entire IT lifecycle: from planning operating systems through integration and operation to maintenance. From its offices in the USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Canada, India, China and the Asia-Pacific region, Hitachi Solutions serves its customers worldwide with high-quality products and services. More information about Hitachi Solutions can be found at www.hitachi-solutions.de.

About the Role

As a Senior Project Manager (w/m/d), you take on responsibility for large and complex customer projects. You steer projects holistically from planning to successful implementation and ensure that scope, time, budget and quality remain in alignment.

You work closely with our customers, multidisciplinary project teams and senior stakeholders and ensure structured, transparent and solution-oriented project delivery.

Your Responsibilities

• Project Leadership: You assume overall responsibility for large and complex IT implementation projects as well as projects with multiple parallel workstreams and steer these regarding scope, time, budget and quality.
• Planning and Control: You create realistic and robust project plans, steer milestones and dependencies and ensure appropriate resource planning throughout the project lifecycle.
• Team Leadership: You coordinate and lead multidisciplinary project teams and ensure successful collaboration through clear communication and a structured approach.
• Risk and Escalation Management: You identify risks, issues and conflicts early, independently initiate appropriate measures and ensure transparent and timely escalation when required.
• Project Controlling and Commercial Management: You keep track of budgets, forecasts and the financial development of your projects and proactively manage financial deviations and commercial challenges.
• Change Management: You manage complex change requests and assess the impact of changes on scope, effort, costs and schedule.
• Governance and Quality: You ensure that agreed governance, release and stage-gate processes are followed and project results and milestones are documented and approved accordingly.
• Customer and Stakeholder Management: You are a central point of contact for our customers, communicate confidently with senior stakeholders and build sustainable, trustworthy customer relationships.

Your Qualifications

• Several years of solid experience leading large and complex IT, transformation or implementation projects, ideally with multiple workstreams and larger project teams.
• Experience in the ERP/CRM or business applications environment, ideally with Microsoft Dynamics 365. Experience with comparable platforms and transformation projects, for example in the SAP or Oracle environment, is also welcome.
• Excellent knowledge of established project management methods and governance models, for example Agile and Waterfall. Experience with PMI, IPMA or comparable standards and corresponding certifications are an advantage.
• Experience with different commercial project models, for example Time & Material and Fixed Price, and a good understanding of the associated opportunities and risks.
• Pronounced business acumen and solid experience in budget, forecast, risk and change management.
• Confident demeanor and excellent communication, leadership and negotiation skills, including with senior stakeholders on the customer side.
• A structured, autonomous and solution-oriented working style: You recognize challenges early, make decisions and actively advance issues.
• Excellent German and English language skills in spoken and written form, as you regularly move in an international environment and work directly with our customers.

What We Offer

• Full flexibility in organizing your working hours and workplace through trust working hours and a hybrid work option.
• In addition to your 30 days annual leave, we offer special vacation days for important personal occasions such as weddings, births or moves.
• We support you on your way to us through our individual mobility concept (jobrad, Bahncard, company car – depending on entry level).
• Benefit from occupational pension provisions including a company contribution of 50%.
• Your well-being is important to us. Stay fit with our extensive range of health workshops and a subsidy for the Urban Sports Club for your leisure sports.
• We want you to reach your full potential and support you through individual development opportunities and training offerings.
• An international team awaits you with many exciting projects and customers.
• Become part of the Hitachi family and benefit from short decision-making paths and response times in a dynamic environment, combined with the security and stability of a corporation.
• Although we don't see each other in the office every day, we enjoy meeting at various events – digital, on-site, professional and fun.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity is the source of our innovation and our growth engine. Hitachi views personal differences – gender, nationality, disability, professional experience, age, sexual orientation and worldview – as facets of people's individuality.

Contact

For questions, please contact Jessica Kristek Ramones at [email protected].

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