German speaking Programme Manager

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology and services provider in the UK is seeking a Programme Manager. This role requires strong collaboration with clients for managing large and complex projects, ensuring delivery within budget and quality constraints. Ideal candidates should be fluent in German and possess project management skills, including Prince2 training. The position offers an opportunity to significantly impact clients' transitions while being part of a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable track record of delivering successful project outcomes end-to-end.
• Ability to build relationships and reduce conflict.
• Adaptability to meet specific customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the successful outcome of large/complex projects.
• Manage the transition budget and deliver projects under budget.
• Collaborate with customer execs for complex deals.

Skills

Fluent German

Interpersonal skills

Emotional intelligence

Microsoft applications

Literacy and numeracy skills

Education

Training in Prince2 to Foundation level or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Project

Job description

Location: UK - Mobile England | Job-ID: 216481 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Project Management

Life on the team

This critical new role sits within the Transition and Transformation (T&T) team, a core part of Group Managed Services (GMS). Reporting into of the Portfolio Managers in Maximiliane Lawrence Programme Practice, we have Programme Manager vacancies in core countries.

As a Programme Manage you will be responsible for the successful outcome and delivery of Managed Services transitions and transformations (to agreed quality, time, and budget constraints).

The Programme Managers often need to collaborate strongly with the Customer Exec roles where the deal is of significant scale or complexity, ensuring that their T&T Practice resource requirements and business outcomes are achieved.

What you’ll do

Your overall responsibility is for the successful outcome for the large/complex project or programme you are asked to lead; your responsibilities will be defined in the project control documentation and your Terms of reference (see above). These will be delivered alongside the agreed financial outcome of the programme you lead. In support of this, you’re expected to broadly understand both what Computacenter sells and delivers and have a working knowledge of the technology/solution.

You’ll be responsible for delivering your assignments in accordance with the Group Service Take-on Receive handover from Deal Acceptance

• Handover from the Sales Teams (Solution/Service designer min)
• Kick-off meetings with client & Internal ISP’s
• Plan and manage Post Contract Verification with client.
• Establish governance framework – Transition Board etc.
• Own Delivery of transition service, ensuring the dependencies between ISPs are understood and proactively managed.
• Engage with client and stakeholder representatives.
• Ensure client dependencies are accepted by client and delivery is prompted.
• Management of Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies
• Deliver Transition using the Group Service Take-On Framework
• Manage the transition budget, ensuring that monthly finance reports are completed, with revised forecasts to completion, with any variance to forecast being flagged and appropriate actions taken to ensure that the project remains on or under budget.
• Completion of weekly project reports
• Ensure products are delivered and signed off.
• Manage Service Readiness and Cutover
• Prepare Checkpoint 6 & Service Handover with Service Management representative.
  • Have a working knowledge of the Internal Service Providers and what services they provide in support of any project you are managing/delivering.
  • Identify key lessons learned from delivered projects, share these with the rest of the GST Team and more widely in CC, and apply these to future projects.

What you’ll bring

• Fluent German
• Trained in Prince2, to Foundation level and working towards a Practitioner qualification or equivalent.
• A demonstrable track record of delivering successful project outcomes end-to-end.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships, reduce conflict and step up to lead when required.
• Aware of the need to be Emotionally Intelligent, to adapt personal style and approach to meet specific customer needs.
• Be able to understand the Business outputs required from your assignment or the project you are leading.
• Skilled user of Microsoft applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Project, and other relevant tools.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.

About us

We are a leading independent technology and services provider, trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our planet. We help our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their business.

Our business may be about technology, but first of all it’s about people

With over 20,000 people across 22 countries, we are proud of our inclusive culture - where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and truly belong.

As an equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring fair and equal access to opportunities for all. Your application will be considered on its merits, regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, or any other characteristics protected by law. What matters most to us is that you share our vision and values, and bring the experience and skills we’re looking for.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats. We also guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

If you share our values and want to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, forward‑thinking environment - we’d love to hear from you!