Technical Project Manager

-; Frankfurt; Hybrid; EUR 80.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading database solutions provider is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead Agile teams in migrating legacy applications to cloud-based platforms. This role involves stakeholder management, risk handling, and fostering a culture of innovation. Candidates should have over 5 years of project management experience and fluent German skills. You'll work with top-notch professionals, utilizing genAI tools to accelerate project delivery in a dynamic environment.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of project management experience with enterprise-scale software solutions.
• Excellent customer interaction and presentation skills.
• Ability to travel and work on customer sites.

Aufgaben

• Lead a small Agile team responsible for migrating legacy applications.
• Manage risks and issues effectively.
• Establish and lead project status governance meetings.

Kenntnisse

Project management experience

Customer interaction

Stakeholder management

SCRUM/Kanban processes

Fluent in German

Tools

JIRA

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Technical Project Manager – MongoDB Professional Services

MongoDB Professional Services works with customers of all shapes and sizes, from tier‑1 banks to small web startups, on a variety of exciting use cases. This role solves technically sophisticated problems, gains cross‑stack experience, works with top‑notch people in the business, and sees new places - all in a day's work.

MongoDB PS exists to support the development of our customers' vision, accelerate customers' time to value, and drive a multitude of adoption scenarios – from building new solutions to modernizing legacy applications or migrating to cloud. Our consulting solutions ensure that organizations get the best out of MongoDB.

As the Senior Technical Project Manager, you will work in conjunction with the team's Technical Lead to lead a small Agile team responsible for migrating a customer's legacy Java application to a modern cloud‑based architecture running on MongoDB. The team will use the latest genAI tools and approaches to accelerate the migration process. You will also be responsible for liaising with customers and internal stakeholders, managing concerns and potential resolutions, and guiding the team towards success. The Agile team will be required to be innovative in deriving solutions to unseen challenges, and you will foster a culture of innovation and collaboration within the team.

This role can be based in Germany.

Position Expectations

• Agile mindset with an understanding of SCRUM/Kanban processes
• Able to support a project team consisting of onsite, co‑located and remote team members
• Be able to proactively identify and remove impediments
• Manage project risks and issues
• Define and refine the project team's "Way of Working"
• Streamline communications between the project team and project stakeholders
• Able to manage expectations of project stakeholders, where the majority are leaders within the organization
• Operate in a small, dynamic, fast‑growing team, be self‑sufficient with a can‑do attitude and account for yourself
• Act as a liaison between the customer, project team and the rest of MongoDB (sales, customer success, support, product and engineering) throughout an engagement
• Create plans and priorities for both project delivery and customer resources; guide customer as well as project team members to a successful business outcome by managing the client relationship and setting and managing customer expectations during implementations
• Establish and lead recurring project status or governance meetings, including preparation of materials and working with customer project manager and key internal and external stakeholders to review key project information and maintain visibility and accountability
• Periodically report, in a concise and actionable manner, project status both internally and to the customer; document project progress as per established best practices (meeting minutes, project plan updates, weekly status reports)
• Manage escalations or critical situations
• Assist with scoping of solution and project scope definition
• Adopt a consultative and prescriptive approach that inspires trust and confidence
• Be intrigued by the possibilities of genAI to accelerate the delivery of projects

Requirements

• 5+ years of project management experience with enterprise‑scale software solutions, large‑scale software engineering or consulting services delivery experience preferred
• Excellent customer interaction and presentation skills (ability to present to different audiences and convey the message concisely and professionally)
• Demonstrated belief in the power of stakeholder management and communications; track record of affecting change through stakeholder engagement
• Services delivery experience with development or operation teams is a plus
• Ability to travel and work on customer sites for a number of continuous weeks
• Fluent level of German language in addition to English

Nice‑to‑have skills

• Experience as a SCRUM master
• Experience managing projects with a high degree of uncertainty (research and innovation)
• Experience delivering software development projects (ideally modernization of a legacy application)
• Experience with JIRA / project tools

About MongoDB

MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. MongoDB's unified database platform – the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market – helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud‑native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi‑cloud database available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and nearly 60,000 customers—including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI‑native startups—MongoDB is powering the next era of software.

To drive personal growth and business impact, MongoDB is committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for all employees. Successful candidates may be exposed to highly confidential customer data and may be subject to enhanced background checks, security screenings, and constraints related to securities trading.

Equal Opportunity Employer

MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.