Senior Project Manager (m/f/d)

Advantest; Böblingen; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Advantest Europe GmbH in Böblingen is seeking a Senior BPR & DX Project Manager who will own end-to-end transformation programs with enterprise-wide impact. You set goals, define value outcomes, and guide senior stakeholders through high-risk decisions to maximise business value.

You will lead cross‑functional teams, align operating models, manage budgets and timelines, and ensure change adoption with rigorous governance and KPI monitoring.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive experience leading major BPR, DX, or enterprise transformation projects.
• Strong knowledge of PMBOK, hybrid and agile-at-scale methods; focus on value definition and operating model design.
• Excellent English communication; Japanese is a plus; proven leadership without direct authority.
• Experience in Change Management, Lean Six Sigma or related certifications.

Aufgaben

• Lead large-scale BPR/DX projects with enterprise-wide impact.
• Set goals, KPIs, and success criteria for programs.
• Own scope, budget, timeline, risk, and value delivery.
• Provide executive guidance and identify trade-offs and risks.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery: business case, operating model, tool evaluation, change management, and adoption.
• Collaborate with business process owners, champions, and IT.

Kenntnisse

BPR/DX leadership

Project management

PMBOK & Agile

Value realization

Executive communication

Global collaboration

English proficiency

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Project Manager (m/f/d)

Advantest Europe GmbH, Böblingen.

Aufgabe

As a Senior BPR & DX Project Manager, you operate at a high professional level with end-to-end accountability for major, business‑critical BPR/DX projects. You are responsible not only for delivery, but also for setting goals and targets at department or management‑team level, ensuring that transformation initiatives deliver sustainable business value. This role works very closely with business owners to understand their pain point, envisioning user journey and business value of the required solution. Acts as a key advisor to senior management, challenging business owners on the scale and execution of transformation to increase business value, particularly in high‑risk situations where errors in judgement would significantly impact the business.

Responsibilities include:

• Leadership on project: Own and govern large‑scale, complex and strategic BPR/DX projects with enterprise‑wide impact.
• Goal setting: Set clear goals, targets, KPIs, and success criteria for the assigned program/project for a department or management domain.
• Ensure alignment of project objectives with value realization, and long‑term operating model evolution.
• Take ultimate responsibility for scope, budget, timeline, risk, and value delivery on project.
• Executive Decision Support: Provide professional and technical guidance at an expert level, especially in high‑risk, high‑impact decision contexts. Proactively identify trade‑offs, dependencies, and systemic risks across process, data, governance, tools, and organization.
• Delivery Lead end‑to‑end project phases including:
• Business case definition (value, benefits, ROI) with Business Process Champion
• Target Operating Model design (process, data, governance, tools/solutions, organization)
• Tool/solution evaluation and implementation
• Change management, communication, and adoption
• Stabilization, benefits realization, and formal sign‑off
• Ensure strong collaboration with Business Process Owners, Process Champions, and IT.
• Drive fact‑based, timely decision‑making by enabling stakeholders to understand end‑to‑end business value.
• INTEGRITY: Contribute to the continuous development of customer‑centric BPR/DX methodologies, governance, and best practices. Promote diversity, inclusion, and high‑performance collaboration across global, cross‑business teams.

Qualifikation

• Extensive experience leading major BPR, DX, or enterprise transformation projects.
• Deep expertise in project and program management methodologies (PMBOK, hybrid, agile‑at‑scale). Strong capability in business value definition, operating model design, and change execution.
• Ability to provide expert‑level judgment in complex, ambiguous, and high‑risk situations.
• Excellent global communication skills in English; Japanese is a plus.
• Recognized expert in BPR/DX and transformation program leadership, internally and externally.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Strategic mindset combined with execution discipline.
• High level of integrity, accountability, and business acumen.
• Preferred: Experience in Change Management, Agile / Scrum, Product Ownership; background in Business Architecture; Lean Six Sigma or similar business/process analysis certification.