Senior Project Manager, Professional Services (German Speaking)

Rubrik Job Board; United States; Remote; USD 101,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Rubrik Professional Services seeks a Senior Project Manager (German Speaking) to lead enterprise customer implementations from kickoff to sign-off. You will be client-facing, guiding delivery excellence, business value realization, and operational efficiency in a remote German-based role.

You will drive hands-on delivery, stakeholder alignment, and practice enablement, working with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes and high customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of direct Project Management experience delivering customer-facing, enterprise projects.
• Experience managing multiple complex client engagements concurrently in a fast-paced tech environment.
• Expert knowledge of modern PM tools: Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, Asana, and Google Workspace.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, enterprise-level projects from kickoff to sign-off.
• PMO governance: help build and maintain procedures, methodologies, and KPIs across the PS portfolio.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

Asana

Google Workspace

German & English proficiency

Tools

Smartsheet

Jira

Confluence

Asana

Google Workspace

Job description

Professional Services Senior Project Manager (German Speaking)

Location: Germany (Remote)

Department: Professional Services (PS)

Language Requirements: German Speaking.

About the Job
Rubrik Professional Services is looking for a high-energy, strategic, and results-driven Senior Project Manager to lead complex, enterprise customer implementations and help shape the future of our delivery practice. In this role, you will be customer-facing, acting as a trusted advisor to ensure deployment success, business value realisation, and operational efficiency. You will own high-stakes client engagements end-to-end, bringing deep project management expertise to solve problems on the ground and drive customer outcomes with minimal oversight.

About You
As a Senior Project Manager in our PS Organisation, you will drive impact primarily through hands-on delivery excellence, leadership, and practice enablement.

1. Client Delivery Excellence
   Drive Complex Engagements: Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, concurrent, enterprise-levelcustomer projects from kickoff to sign-off within fast-paced environments.
   Scope & Milestone Management: Prepare enterprise customers for deployment, establish clearsuccess criteria, track deliverables, set targets, manage resources, and ensure project executionadheres to deadlines and budgets.
   Risk & Issue Governance: Proactively identify, track, and mitigate project risks and technicaldependencies, resolving issues autonomously before they escalated.
   Stakeholder Alignment: Serve as the single point of contact and escalation owner for customerexecutives, cross-functional internal teams (Engineering, Customer Support, Sales), and third-party partners.
   Quality & Performance: Execute quality control throughout project lifecycles to ensure deliverables meet or exceed Rubrik's standards and customer business objectives.

2. PMO & Process Optimisation
   Partner with PS leadership to help build, refine, and maintain the PMO governance framework, including standard operating procedures, project methodologies, and key performance indicators.
   Continuous Improvement: Flag bottlenecks and recommend improvements that enhance operational efficiency, margins, and customer satisfaction.
   Assist in establishing best practices for your engagements, resource allocation, utilisation tracking, and project health reporting across the PS portfolio.

Required Qualifications:
8+ years of direct Project Management experience delivering customer-facing, enterprise technical projects within a Professional Services or Consulting organisation.
Previous experience with managing customers from Financial Services, Government, Healthcareindustries
Track record of managing multiple complex, high-visibility client engagements concurrently in a fast-paced technology environment.
Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, exercising strong judgment and decision-making inambiguous, high-pressure customer situations.
Expert knowledge of modern project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence,Asana) as well as Google Workspace.
Fluent written and spoken German and English skill is a must.
Exceptional executive communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and conflictresolution skills.

Good to Have Qualifications:
Recognised credentials like Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2, knowledge of Agile/Scrum (CSM, PMI-ACP), or Lean frameworks.
Technical Background: Prior hands-on experience or foundational knowledge in DataManagement, Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), Data Protection, Enterprise Storage,Cybersecurity, or SaaS delivery is a strong plus.
Financial acumen regarding professional services metrics (e.g., revenue recognition, margin, utilization, project profitability).
Experience contributing to PMO governance practices.

About the Team
Rubrik Professional Services transforms possibilities into outcomes. Our portfolio of services uncoversand exploits the unique opportunities made possible by Rubrik technology. Drawing on our unparalleledproduct expertise and customer experiences, we collaborate with customers to identify and addresscomplex technical challenges, improve operational efficiency, and maximize their investment in Rubrik.We are 100% focused on customer success, operational excellence, and empowering our team membersto grow, lead, and innovate.

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