Lead Project Manager (German speaker)
HybridMadrid, Madrid, Spain
Job Summary
Lead complex transformational customer programs, shape and define project outcomes, and steer them to successful go-live. Manage resources, schedule, scope, and budget across multiple projects by creating detailed plans that emphasize speed to delivery. Plan, schedule, and manage project timelines from kick-off through training while ensuring on-time delivery and meeting customer requirements. Collaborate with senior executives, process owners, and technical teams to understand goals, manage feature requests, and escalate support issues. Regularly communicate project status, risks, and action items, maintaining accurate records in the Celonis Professional Services Automation System. Provide guidance and mentoring to implementation teams and partner resources to ensure Celonis methodology is followed. Proactively escalate risks internally and externally to minimize impact on project success. Fluent in German required for this role.
Required Qualifications
- Fluency in German language
- Client-facing Project Management experience in enterprise software implementations, managing multiple projects concurrently
- Extensive experience in project management disciplines, including documenting and maintaining project plans, risk/issue/action logs, and driving problem resolution in partnership with customers and Celonis executives
- Strong communication skills and a background in consulting with a proven ability to manage stakeholders and project timelines
- Experience in people managing consulting teams both onshore and offshore
- Experience in positioning Services, writing proposals and 'statement of works' within a complete ecosystem (customers and partners)
- A history of working with an ecosystem of partners and managed co-delivery
- Ability to effectively set and manage customer expectations
- Strong analytical skills, especially in applying technology solutions to core business problems
- Ability and willingness to be certified in Celonis products
- Project management certifications (PMP, Prince2, or Safe/Agile)
- Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or other related field
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