IT Project Manager - System Integration - German Speaking - Remote/UK
5 days ago
Bolton
IT Project Manager – System Integration – German Speaking - Remote/UK £50k – £55k per annum – home-working with European travel. Our client are looking for an experienced, bilingual (English & German speaking) Project Manager to join a dynamic and fast-growing organisation on an ambitious journey to build a global platform. Operating across multiple projects, you will play a pivotal role in delivering post-merger integrations, ensuring newly acquired businesses are successfully onboarded and aligned. This is a home-based role, either in the UK or Germany, with quarterly travel to Germany & Zurich (Frankfurt). The ideal candidate will be fluent in both English and German languages. Key Responsibilities: • Manage delivery of post-acquisition communication plans, ensuring critical first 30-day milestones are achieved., • Communicate and implement group policies across newly acquired businesses, ensuring compliance and understanding., • Document existing processes and system usage to support integration activities., • Oversee third-party vendors to ensure delivery aligns with scope, budget, and timelines., • Develop and execute deployment plans for system integrations, including communications, downtime, and go-live coordination., • Maintain and review project plans, ensuring accurate tracking of activities within project management systems., • Identify, escalate, and manage risks and issues, including mitigation actions., • Coordinate training sessions, including scheduling and attendance, to support successful project delivery., • Handle and process system and people data to enable seamless integrations., • Support the development of communications, training materials, and documentation., • Manage issue logs post-deployment to ensure timely resolution and successful go-lives., • Lead the delivery of functional integration projects across Finance, IT, HR, and Operations., • Produce project and programme-level reporting., • Provide general administrative support to the integration function as required. Key Skills required: • Experience in project delivery roles, delivering post-merger integrations., • Formal project management qualifications (e.g. APM or PRINCE2)., • Strong understanding of risk and issue management., • Proven ability to create, manage, and update project plans across multiple workstreams., • Highly self-motivated with the ability to work independently., • Excellent organisational and time management skills., • Strong written and verbal communication skills., • Confident stakeholder manager, with experience engaging at all levels and with third-party vendors., • Proactive, can-do attitude with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Salary: The salary on offer is up to £55k/ annum, plus benefits including remote working opportunities.