Data & AI Project Manager

Capgemini; Köln; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in Germany is seeking an Engagement Manager to lead client engagements in data and AI projects. The successful candidate will manage project teams across various locations, ensuring effective delivery and relationship management. Fluency in German is essential (C1 level or higher), along with experience in managing technical resources and commercial project management. This position allows the candidate to significantly impact clients and contribute to their business success.

Qualifications

• Experience managing teams on data and AI projects across multiple locations.
• Fluency in German language (C1 level and above) is required.
• Comfortable working with technical resources to solve project issues.
• Experience with structured and agile methodologies; Scrum Master experience is valuable.
• Strong relationship and commercial management in complex delivery and sales environments; fluency in German (C1+).

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements as Engagement Manager for data & AI projects.
• Define project plans and manage day-to-day project activities.
• Complete project status reports and manage a large team of resources.
• Manage day-to-day project activities; align onshore and offshore resources.
• Present project status and financials at monthly reviews; manage a large team (up to 50).

Skills

Managing project teams

Technical resource management

Commercial management

Agile methodologies

Fluent in German

Job description

This role can be based anywhere in Germany

Capgemini Global Insights & Data business line is a market leader in the data, platform, and analytics across all regions and cross many sectors (including financial services, consumer products, manufacturing & life sciences). Our offerings include end-2-end data integration to cloud platform, complete suite of AI engineering capabilities and a category of sector-based advanced analytics / AI solutions.

To work as part of the Insights and Data (I&D) Delivery Management practice, which specialize in data and information led projects and programmes. Your role will be to manage engagements, managing projects end-to-end with a variety of clients that are contracted on various pricing model

The Opportunity:

You will be the Engagement Manager (Project Manager) to lead various client engagement on data & AI projects and will also be responsible for spotting & shaping new opportunities.

• Define a project plan acceptable to the client and within the constraints of the contr
• act.Build a resource profile aligned to the project plan, with an appropriate pyramid and on-shore/offshore ra
• tio.Manage projects day-to-day, ensuring that risks, issues, and dependencies are recorded, escalated, and reported as appropri
• ate.Manage daily project activities, ensuring that onshore and offshore resources are aligned and working towards the common g
• oal.Complete project status reports and present project status (including financials) at the monthly internal project revi
• ews.Manage a large team of resources. (up to 50 peop
• le).Good understanding of commercial management, including project financials. (internally & externally.)

Our Ideal Candidate

• Experience of day-to-day management of project teams at multiple locations, both onshore and offs
• hore.Comfortable managing technical resources, be able to grasp technical issues and to guide your team to resolve technical project is
• sues.Projects delivered will include any or all the following: data warehouse, data analysis, master data management, data science, data migration, structured & self-service repor
• ting.Delivering projects based on both structured and agile methodolo
• gies.Experience of the role of a Scrum Master would be particularly valu
• able.You are likely to have identified and taken the lead in major pursuits resulting in new or additional busi
• ness.Recognised both internally and by clients for providing effective relationship and commercial management in complex delivery and sales environm
• ents.you will need to be fluent in German language (C1 level and above)

About Your Career

Our growth ambition and collaborative work approach with clients combine to create a business culture that allows new consultants to dive right in and become an integral part of the team. The entrepreneurial working style and size of our practice will enable you to create a name for yourself, shine early on, and have a significant impact on our clients and our company. We offer countless opportunities to learn, grow, and develop both your business expertise and your leadership capabilities.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.