Senior Project Manager (f/m/d) – Coordination, MaterialDigital Platform

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen; Vor Ort; EUR 48.000 - 62.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Purposeful Contribution

Flexible Working Hours

Family-friendly policies

Career-building and development

Stay Healthy

Individualised Extra Benefits

Zusammenfassung

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is seeking a senior program manager to further develop the MaterialDigital platform across national and European contexts. You will document use cases, design data exchange formats, and governance guidelines to enable structured collaboration and data interaction.

You will plan and lead workshops, community meetings, and conferences; foster community growth and knowledge transfer within national and international networks; manage coordination with platform

Qualifikationen

• Completed academic degree (Master’s / Diplom (University)).
• Several years of project management experience in research or collaborative projects.
• Experience coordinating interdisciplinary teams and stakeholders from academia, industry, and funding agencies.

Aufgaben

• Develop the MaterialDigital platform as a national and European resource; document use cases; design exchange formats and governance guidelines.
• Plan, organize, and lead events (workshops, community meetings, conferences); promote exchange and knowledge transfer.

Kenntnisse

German language proficiency

English language proficiency

Strong organizational skills

Coordination experience

Project management

Ausbildung

Master’s / Diplom (University)

Jobbeschreibung

Job location

Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen (and Karlsruhe)

The MaterialDigital platform, funded by the BMFTR, is dedicated to the digitization of materials and thereby unlocks new market and technological potential through digital material data rooms and innovative, data-driven workflows along the entire value chain. Successfully implementing these challenging and interdisciplinary research topics requires professional support for management, communication, and transformation processes within a large, Germany-wide consortium of academia and industry. The MaterialDigital platform’s administrative office at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) serves as the initiative’s central coordination and management unit and is primarily responsible for coordinating between project partners, committees, funding agencies, and the scientific and industrial communities.

Your Tasks

• You will play an active and responsible role in the further development of the MaterialDigital platform as a national and European resource, documenting relevant use cases and designing exchange formats and governance guidelines to facilitate structured collaboration and data interaction.
• As part of community engagement, you will plan, organize, and lead events such as workshops, community meetings, and conferences; support community building; and actively promote exchange between projects as well as knowledge transfer within national and international networks.
• In the coordination office, you will take on responsibilities for coordinating the platform and the BMFTR-funded MaterialDigital projects. In doing so, you will support the connection of new projects to the platform and their integration into existing structures and working groups, foster synergies between projects, specialist groups and platform activities, and oversee coordination with internal platform work packages (e.g. use cases, workflows, ontologies, community interaction).
• In support of the core working groups, you will undertake tasks relating to project management, reporting and documentation; organise the preparation for and follow-up of committee meetings; and, where required, assist in coordinating the representation of the head of the secretariat.
• When communicating with project partners, stakeholders, and funding agencies, you will structure content for reports, presentations, and other communication formats, and actively contribute to the platform’s public image (website, materials, events).

Your Profile

• A completed academic degree (Master’s / Diplom (University)), preferably in Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a comparable field
• Several years of project management experience, ideally in research or collaborative projects and in coordinating interdisciplinary teams and stakeholders from academia, industry, and funding agencies
• Ideally: Experience in managing complex, cross-organizational projects as well as overseeing digitization or IT-related initiatives
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills
• Strong organizational and coordination skills, an independent and responsible work style, and the ability to make decisions
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, as well as strategic thinking
• Ability to independently take on coordination tasks, including those with strategic implications
• Ideally: Experience in committee work and managing network or platform structures, ability to represent the office’s management
• Desirable: Facilitation and mediation skills
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Willingness to travel domestically and abroad
• Enjoyment of shaping platform processes and working in agile, interdisciplinary teams

We Offer

• Purposeful Contribution : Your work creates the conditions for world‑class research—and helps ensure that science makes a tangible difference for society and the future.
• Flexible Working Hours : Take advantage of flexible‑hours schemes, remote‑work options, and a 30‑day annual leave entitlement to achieve an optimal work‑life balance.
• Family-friendliness : The “KIT‑Family+” program assists you in reconciling work and family life by offering childcare services, holiday activities, a parent‑child office space, and assistance with caring for relatives.
• Career‑Building and Developmental Opportunities : We provide you with a structured onboarding program, a broad spectrum of continuing‑education options, and personalised support, thereby fostering your individual growth.
• Stay Healthy : Under the motto “Fit at KIT – Body, Mind and Soul,” we promote your well‑being through fitness classes and mental‑health programmes.
• Individualised Extra Benefits : Enjoy a corporate pension (VBL), a €25 monthly contribution toward a JobTicketBW, plus a broad selection of cultural and recreational programmes.

Salary

Salary category 13 TV-L; classification is based on personal and professional qualifications.

Contract duration

until 2028-09-30

Contact person in line-management

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wenzel

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Contact details

Yvonne Gemeinder

Personalservice (PSE)

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At KIT we value the diversity of our employees; different perspectives and backgrounds enrich our work. We therefore welcome applications from all candidates. Women are especially encouraged to apply. Applications from recognized severely disabled individuals are given preferential consideration when qualifications are equal.

Application up to: 2026-08-21

Job posting number: 330/2026