Team Lead Project Management Europe

Adb Safegate; Mannheim; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Own projects and direct influence onPM

International environment with tech‑d熟

Development path to people leadership

Job summary

ADB SAFEGATE in Mannheim seeks an experienced Project Manager stepping into team leadership. You will develop a team of about six Project Managers while leading your own customer projects, balancing operational delivery with people development.

Key tasks include project control, resource planning, and financial oversight, plus progress on risks, opportunities and claims. Fluent German and English are essential, with up to 30% travel.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience, incl. 4+ years as a Project Manager on customer-funded B2B projects.
• Experience in complex turnkey projects with installation, commissioning and acceptance.
• Initial functional leadership experience (Lead PM, mentor, coach or deputy).
• Understanding of electrical installation and integration projects; airports/transportation/energy/industrial environments are an advantage.
• PM certification such as PMP is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Team Lead PM role while managing own customer projects.
• Ensure project control, scheduling, quality, risks, and changes at team level.
• Oversee resource planning and capacity bottlenecks early.
• Manage revenue, costs, and cash flow; forecast and reporting.
• Serve as main contact for critical projects, customers, and contractual topics.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Risk management

Contract management

Stakeholder communication

MS Office

MS Project

German language

English language

Travel up to 30%

Education

PMP certification

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

With over 1,400 employees and over 2,700 airports in over 175 countries, ADB SAFEGATE is dedicated to making air travel safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly. With our innovative Airside 4.0® solutions, we help turning airports into smart airports, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the passenger experience.

Contract Type: Permanent

Job Location: Germany - Mannheim

50% TEAM LEAD
People and functional leadership of the PM team

50% PROJECT MANAGER
Independent management of own customer projects

Your Mission

As an experienced Project Manager, you take the next step towards team leadership. You develop a team of approximately six Project Managers while continuing to lead your own customer projects. In doing so, you combine operational project proximity with growing leadership responsibility.

Your Responsibilities as Team Lead Project Management

• Project control: Support the team with schedules, quality, risks, opportunities and claims, and follow up on required actions.
• Resource planning: Manage workload and project allocation and escalat capacity bottlenecks early.
• Financial control: Ensure consistent project forecasts and manage revenue, cost, cash flow and deviations at team level.
• Escalations & stakeholders: Act as the first point of contact for critical project, customer and contractual topics and as a sparring partner for the Project Managers.
• Health, Safety & Quality: Ensure compliance with applicable H&S and quality requirements.
• Leadership & development: Provide functional and disciplinary leadership with support from the Project Director, including feedback, coaching, onboarding and gradual ownership of people development.
• Improvement: Promote best practices, lessons learned and consistent PM standards.

Your Responsibilities as Project Manager

• Lead own customer-funded B2B projects from order intake through to acceptance.
• Take responsibility for contract-compliant, on-time, high-quality and profitable project execution.
• Coordinate internal specialist departments as well as external partners and subcontractors.
• Manage revenue, EBIT, cash flow, schedules, quality, risks, opportunities and claims.
• Prepare and update project plans, forecasts, status reports and decision papers.
• Maintain clear, proactive and reliable customer communication, including in critical situations. Provide transparent information on confirmed facts, open points and next steps.
• Identify, assess and actively manage project, schedule, contractual and financial risks as well as claims and opportunities.

Your Profile

• At least eight years of relevant professional experience, including at least four years as a Project Manager in customer-funded B2B projects.
• Experience in complex turnkey projects with technical and commercial responsibility, including installation, commissioning and acceptance.
• Initial functional leadership experience, for example as Lead Project Manager, project team lead, mentor, coach or deputy. Good knowledge of project finances, forecasting, contract, risk and opportunity management.
• Understanding of electrical installation and integration projects; industry experience in airports, transportation, energy, industrial or automation environments is an advantage.
• Experience with VOB is an advantage; a project management certification, such as PMP, is an advantage.
• Leadership and development potential, decisiveness and a structured, customer-oriented and responsible way of working.
• Ability to inform customers appropriately for the audience and to build trust through transparent, committed communication.
• Willingness to combine operational project responsibility with growing team leadership responsibility.
• Fluent German and English skills; confident use of MS Office and MS Project; willingness to travel up to approximately 30%.

What We Offer

• A key role with own projects and a direct influence on the further development of the PM team.
• An international environment with technically demanding projects in the aviation industry.
• Targeted support in the development step from experienced Project Manager to people leader.

ADB SAFEGATE is an equal opportunity employer. ADB SAFEGATE does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of characteristics protected by law, including but not limited to, race, color, age, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability. If you need assistance or reasonable accommodation in completing this application or during the interview, please contact our Human Resources Department.

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