Senior Technical Project Manager (f/m/d) Public Sector

WebHosting; Karlsruhe; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IONOS is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager (f/m/d) for Public Sector in Germany. This fixed-term role (2 years, potential extension) focuses on coordinating internal teams and engaging with client stakeholders, partners, and external vendors to ensure smooth project delivery.

The role requires highly proficient German at business-negotiation level and a strong background in managing public sector digital infrastructure initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex digital infrastructure programs for the public sector.
• Strong stakeholder management with government, partners and vendors.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills in German and English.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of the digital infrastructure programme, including scope, timeline, budget, quality, and compliance.
• Serve as primary contact for public sector stakeholders, partners, and subcontractors; build trust-based relationships.
• Translate technical delivery realities into clear communication for public-sector audiences.
• Ensure formal reporting, documentation standards, and audit trails are maintained.
• Coordinate across internal teams and align with PMO to ensure resourcing and visibility.

Skills

German (business negotiation)

Public sector project mgmt

Job description

Senior Technical Project Manager (f/m/d) Public Sector

Not specified Full-time Senior Operations

Job Description

About IONOS

At IONOS, we don’t just manage servers – we shape the digital future for more than 6.2 million customers worldwide with our solutions. As Europe’s leading hosting provider and a pioneer in independent cloud solutions, we are building next-generation infrastructure – from sovereign cloud architectures and high-performance GPU clusters to integrated AI automation tools.

What drives us is digital sovereignty for Europe and real impact for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as well as large enterprises. We work in agile teams, rely on transparent structures, and believe that excellence and innovation only emerge through true team spirit.

IONOS is involved in large-scale initiatives to support modern technical environments where navigating complex public-sector compliance is essential – and we are looking for the right person to join the team to help ensure smooth project delivery. This fixed-term position (2 years, with potential for extension) sits at the intersection of technical execution and relationship management: you will coordinate internal teams while engaging directly with client stakeholders, partners, and external vendors.

In this role, you will represent IONOS directly, work through structured organizational requirements, and keep key internal and external stakeholders aligned and informed across project lifecycles.

Tasks

• Own end-to-end delivery of the digital infrastructure programme – managing scope, timeline, budget, quality, and compliance from kickoff through completion, with early identification and escalation of risks that carry contractual, compliance, or reputational implications.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for public sector stakeholders, institutional partners, and subcontractors; build and maintain trust-based relationships at all levels, including executive and ministerial.
• Translate technical delivery realities into clear, formal communication for public-sector audiences, and translate public-sector requirements back into actionable direction for internal teams.
• Manage formal reporting obligations, documentation standards, and audit trails required by the project contract.
• Coordinate across internal teams including Product, Engineering, Legal, Sales, Finance, and Customer Care, and align closely with the Senior PM and CTO PMO to ensure the programme is properly resourced and visible within the broader IONOS portfolio.
• Highly proficient German at business-negotiation levelis essential for this role – the vast majority of communication, reporting, and documentation will be conducted in German.

Application Note

We value diversity and welcome all applications – regardless of, for example, gender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, religion, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity, physical characteristics, marital status or any other irrelevant factor subject to applicable law.