IT Project Lead

RED Global; Darmstadt; In loco; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

RED Global is seeking an experienced IT Project Lead to plan, coordinate, and drive technology implementations from concept to release. The role emphasizes structured delivery, visibility of progress and risks, and alignment of business outcomes with technology decisions.

You will coordinate diverse technical and business teams, translate priorities into action, and maintain rigorous controls, governance, and reporting. Fluent English and enterprise-system delivery experience are essential.

Competenze

• 5+ years as IT Project Lead or similar role.
• Proven delivery of technology implementations involving applications, platforms, cloud services, integrations, data, automation, or digital products.
• Practical AI literacy and understanding of AI implementation considerations.
• Strong knowledge of the software delivery lifecycle from requirements to support.
• Excellent project-management discipline across plans, risks, budgets, governance, and stakeholder reporting.
• Ability to align technical specialists with non-technical stakeholders.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Formal project-management qualification such as PRINCE2, PMP, Scrum or equivalent.
• Experience in enterprise business-system implementations (HR, finance, customer, etc.).
• Experience working with system integrators, SaaS vendors, or distributed delivery teams.

Mansioni

• Shape and maintain the delivery plan for an IT implementation, including scope, milestones, work packages, owners, dependencies, and delivery readiness.
• Coordinate technical teams, business representatives, product/platform teams, and delivery partners through the full implementation lifecycle.
• Translate business priorities into clear technical delivery actions and ensure requirements, design, testing, and deployment stay connected.
• Run core project controls: RAID log, decision log, plan-on-a-page, budget and forecast tracking, action management, and status reporting.
• Manage technical delivery risks and dependencies, including integration, data, environment, security, quality, and release risks.
• Facilitate governance sessions, drive decisions, accountability, and prompt escalation when delivery is at risk.
• Coordinate test, cutover, release, and handover readiness with operational and support stakeholders.
• Promote pragmatic use of AI-enabled planning, analysis, and documentation tools while ensuring outputs are reviewed securely.

Conoscenze

IT Project Lead

Technical Delivery

AI literacy

Delivery lifecycle

Stakeholder reporting

Formazione

PRINCE2 / PMP / Scrum

Descrizione del lavoro

Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of a technology implementation or change initiative. The role brings structure to technical delivery, creates visibility of progress and risk, and keeps business outcomes, technology decisions, and release readiness aligned.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape and maintain the delivery plan for an IT implementation, covering scope, milestones, work packages, owners, dependencies, and delivery readiness.
• Coordinate technical teams, business representatives, product or platform teams, and delivery partners through the full implementation lifecycle.
• Translate business priorities into clear technical delivery actions, ensuring requirements, design decisions, testing, and deployment activities remain connected.
• Run core project controls: RAID log, decision log, plan-on-a-page, budget and forecast tracking, action management, and regular status reporting.
• Manage technical delivery risks and dependencies, including integration, data, environment, security, quality, and release risks.
• Facilitate effective governance and working sessions, driving decisions, accountability, and prompt escalation where delivery is at risk.
• Coordinate test, cutover, release, and handover readiness with appropriate operational and support stakeholders.
• Promote pragmatic use of AI-enabled planning, analysis, and documentation tools while ensuring outputs are reviewed and handled securely.

Success in the Role

• A delivery plan with named owners, realistic milestones, and clear visibility of the critical path.
• Consistent status, risk, decision, budget, and dependency reporting that enables timely intervention.
• A controlled implementation and release process with clear readiness criteria and stakeholder alignment.

Essential Experience & Skills

• At least 5 years of experience as an IT Project Lead, Technical Project Manager, Delivery Lead, or equivalent role.
• Strong track record delivering technology implementations involving applications, platforms, cloud services, integrations, data, automation, or digital products.
• Practical AI literacy and an ability to understand the implementation considerations of AI, data, and automation capabilities.
• Sound knowledge of the software delivery lifecycle, including requirements, design, build, test, release, and transition to support.
• Excellent project-management discipline across plans, risks, dependencies, budgets, governance, and stakeholder reporting.
• Ability to facilitate alignment between technical specialists and non-technical stakeholders.
• A proactive, accountable style with the confidence to seek support and escalat e early when needed.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Formal project-management or Agile qualification, such as PRINCE2, PMP, Scrum, or equivalent.
• Experience in employee, HR, customer, finance, or other enterprise business-system implementations.
• Experience working with system integrators, SaaS vendors, or distributed delivery teams.

Ways of Working

• Structured, proactive, and outcome-oriented, with sound judgement in ambiguous or fast-moving situations.
• A trusted collaborator who can constructively challenge, build alignment, and elevate early when decisions or support are needed.
• Clear and credible communicator with both delivery teams and senior stakeholders.
• Committed to continuous improvement, transparent ways of working, and responsible use of AI-enabled tools.

Fluent English, written and spoken; additional language capability is welcome but not required.