Senior Project Manager – IT Infrastructure & PMO EA-1380

Role summary

Senior Project Manager – IT Infrastructure & PMO EA-1380 is a role at NAXCON GmbH in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (hybrid). Posted 2026-08-21. Experience level: 5-10.

Job title

Senior Project Manager – IT Infrastructure & PMO EA-1380

Company

NAXCON GmbH

Location

Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Work arrangement

hybrid

Category

AI & Machine Learning

Experience level

5-10

Date posted

2026-08-21

Job description

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 : Senior Project Manager – IT Infrastructure & PMO

Location : Bonn, Germany

Field : Defence

Type : Full-time

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager

to independently lead complex customer projects or highly complex sub-projects within a large IT infrastructure and service environment.

The role combines end-to-end project leadership, project controlling, stakeholder management, supplier coordination, risk and dependency management, and PMO-related activities .

Projects may be managed using traditional, agile, or hybrid project management methodologies and typically involve complex technical and organizational environments.

Responsibilities

Independently lead complex IT projects or highly complex sub-projects.

Take responsibility for the coordination, planning, and execution of projects from solution development through implementation and commissioning.

Translate customer requirements into new or existing IT processes and technical solutions.

Provide professional and technical guidance throughout the implementation of agreed IT solutions.

Identify, analyze, and coordinate project dependencies.

Identify and manage project changes and risks within the assigned area of responsibility.

Manage project schedules, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and overall progress.

Perform project planning and controlling.

Coordinate interdisciplinary project teams.

Manage external suppliers and service providers.

Resolve competing objectives and stakeholder interests.

Perform comprehensive stakeholder management across:

Customers

Technical departments

Project teams

Management

External partners

Ensure structured and transparent project communication.

Prepare project status reports and management information.

Monitor progress and initiate corrective measures where required.

Support or manage PMO and project-governance activities.

Apply appropriate traditional, agile, or hybrid project management methodologies.

Ensure that project objectives relating to scope, quality, schedule, and delivery are achieved.

Qualifications

Candidates should have successfully completed one of the following:

Degree in Computer Science

Business Informatics

Information Technology

Engineering

Business Administration / Economics

Comparable relevant academic qualification

Alternatively:

Recognised vocational qualification in an IT or commercial profession.

Project Management Qualification

Candidates must demonstrate strong knowledge of general project-management methodology and agile ways of working.

A recognised professional project-management certification is required, such as:

IPMA Level C or higher

PRINCE2 Practitioner

PMI PMP

Comparable recognised professional qualification

In addition, training or certification in agile project management methodologies is required.

Any time-limited certification used as evidence must still be valid at the time of submission.

Required Professional Experience

Senior IT Project Management

At least 6 years of continuous and substantive professional experience leading high-complexity IT projects .

The experience should include practical application of established project-management methodologies and demonstrable responsibility for complex project delivery.

Agile Project Experience

Within the required professional experience, at least 2 years of practical experience in agile projects is required.

Relevant experience may include:

Scrum

Kanban

Scaled agile environments

Hybrid project delivery

Agile product or platform development

Agile transformation programmes

Expected Project Management Experience

Candidates should demonstrate substantial practical experience in:

End-to-end project management

Project planning

Schedule management

Milestone management

Dependency management

Risk management

Change management

Project controlling

Resource coordination

Stakeholder management

Supplier management

Conflict management

Requirements coordination

Customer communication

Management reporting

Project governance

PMO activities

Implementation and commissioning projects

Tools & Technical Knowledge

Advanced practical knowledge is required in:

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft Project

Jira

Candidates should be comfortable using these tools for:

Project planning

Scheduling

Reporting

Documentation

Collaboration

Action tracking

Stakeholder coordination

Project controlling

Governance activities

Language Requirements

German: C1

Language proficiency should