Senior Project Manager

Körber is the home for passionate people who innovate, collaborate and love what they do. Entrepreneurial spirit is our joint DNA. We develop future technologies and support talents to deploy their skills and reach their full potential. We combine our strong heritage with our understanding for local specifics and a global mindset to bring people together and create valuable solutions for our customers. We aim for being the first to do the right thing at the right time.

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Your role in our team:

• Together with the HOD you will support the team in controlling and monitoring revenue realization for all projects according to budget and forecast.

• You will participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for your team and the entire organization.

• You will work across departmental and regional boundaries to share and gain knowledge to meet product delivery demands.

• You will lead others in the creation and execution of project plans and revise as appropriate including project staffing, resource management, and budgeting.

• You will interface with clients and relevant staff on assigned projects and promote positive relationships, handle escalations and ensure customer satisfaction.

• You will be comfortable interacting with the C-level management of Körber Pharma Software and our customers.

• You will support the hiring process and train others in your area of expertise.

• You will manage national and international projects in a regulated industry that span one or multiple lines of business through the full project life cycle.

• You will be responsible for risk identification, reporting, and management.

• You will constantly monitor and identify ways to develop and advance the knowledge, skills and processes for subject matter expertise.

• You will execute project-related control tasks in close contact with the control team.

• You will advise customers in project management & implementing business requirements.

• You will provide leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.

• You will work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.

• You will procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes.

• You will monitor and analyze your team’s workload to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement.

• You will support the sales team in identifying and creating business opportunities for up-selling to existing customers and winning new customer projects.

• You will perform additional duties as required by your area of expertise.

Your profile:

• You have a Bachelor of Science degree in a science or computer science; an MBA or Master of Science degree is preferred.

• You have knowledge of MES / ERP systems general architecture and a broad understanding of its business functions.

• You are self-motivated, energetic, and enthusiastic personality

• You have strong analytical skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills

• You preferably have preferred certifications and experience that align with your area of expertise (PMP certification as an example)

• You have strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across, and down multiple business and technology organizations.

• You are experienced leading, motivating, and managing various project and program teams, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance

• You have strong experience presenting to executive sponsors and demonstrated communication skills, both written and oral with technical and non-technical staff

• You are comfortable influencing and gaining buy-in from executive sponsors, team members, stakeholders, and peers.

• You are flexible with proven ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

• You possess interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate and enhance performance within a cross-functional environment.

• You can demonstrate decisiveness in resolving problems, making decisions and prioritizing 

Your benefits

• You will work in a modern work environment with open culture towards improvements and new ideas

• You are part of a global operating company with a wide customer basis and a growing business

• You profit from international cooperation within group-expert network to implement corporate wide concepts

• You will work in a team who is focusing on customer requirements

• You will get an attractive compensation package including health, dental, vision insurance and retirement plan

Your working environment at Körber

Körber Business Area Pharma is the leading provider for MES software to the pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing industry. Our first in class Werum PAS-X software offering allows our customers to control and record the making of life saving therapies to ensure the best possible business and patient outcomes. We are seeking talented individuals as we look to transform our business and products to meet the constantly shifting demands of the ongoing revolution in factory digitization and automation."

Can you find yourself in this profile?

Then you are right at Körber. We are looking forward to getting to know you! Körber Xperience (koerber.com)!

Equal employer opportunity

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity to all applicants. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial, and/or local law.

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We value diversity and therefore welcome all applicants - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity, and any other protected status. You can find out more about our culture here Culture at Körber - it's worth taking a look!

We are committed to providing an accessible working environment. Applications from people with a recognized disability under German law, including people with severe disabilities or equivalent status, are expressly welcome. We would appreciate it if you could voluntarily indicate this directly in your CV or cover letter so that we can support you as effectively as possible throughout the process. You can find out more about the work of our representative body for people with severe disabilities here. They are happy to answer any confidential questions you may have in advance.

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