ELEKS Project Management Office is looking for a Senior/Middle Project Manager in Poland, Croatia, or other European countries, with business‑fluent German language skills.

ABOUT CLIENT

ELEKS is starting a new collaboration with University Medicine in Germany. The project focuses on the digital transformation of the public website and intranet, including the introduction of a new content management system, migration of existing content, and transition into ongoing service operations.

REQUIREMENTS

At least 4-5 years of proven professional experience as a Project Manager in complex digital, web, portal, or CMS projects
At least three years of practical experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach
Proven experience in change management and supporting organizational transformation initiatives
Experience managing agile, traditional, and hybrid project delivery models
Solid practical knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, or comparable agile methodologies
Experience with sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, backlog management, and agile reporting formats
Experience in schedule, budget, quality, risk, dependency, and escalation management
Experience leading and coordinating interdisciplinary and geographically distributed teams
Strong communication skills with executive management, project leadership, business stakeholders, IT, data protection, information security, and external service providers
Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project (or similar planning tools)
Business-fluent German language skills, minimum C1 level
Very good English language skills for collaboration with international project teams
Reliable availability during the agreed CET/CEST core working hours
Willingness and confirmed availability for approximately ten on-site meetings with the client in Magdeburg during the project duration

RESPONSIBILITIES

Overall responsibility for operational project management and coordination of all involved project teams
Central point of contact for the customer/client
Creation and maintenance of the project management plan, milestone plan, and communication plan
Management of scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, and dependencies
Establishment and continuous maintenance of the RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies)
Coordination of collaboration between the client, business departments, UX/UI, business analysis, development, quality assurance, DevOps, and other stakeholders
Preparation and facilitation of sprint planning sessions, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other agile ceremonies
Ensuring transparent and iterative project progress
Conducting daily internal status alignment meetings
Preparation of a weekly written status report
Preparation and facilitation of status meetings, steering committee meetings, and escalation meetings
Stakeholder, risk, change, issue, and escalation management
Management of requirements, decision-making, acceptance, and release processes
Coordination of quality assurance, user acceptance testing (UAT), approvals, go-live, and hypercare activities
Supporting the organization in introducing new processes, systems, and ways of working
Ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory, data protection, and security requirements
Participation in required on-site meetings in Magdeburg

WHAT YOU WILL GET WITH ELEKS

Close cooperation with a customer
Challenging tasks
Competence development
Ability to influence project technologies
Team of professionals
Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy

ABOUT ELEKS

ELEKS is a custom software development company. We deliver value to our clients, thanks to our expertise and experience gained from working as a software innovation partner since 1991.

Our 2000+ professionals located in the Delivery Centers across Eastern Europe and sales offices in Europe and North America, provide our clients with a full range of software engineering services. These include product development, QA, R&D, design, technology consulting and dedicated teams.