Consultant, Project Manager – Digital Transformation, IT
Content + Source + Freshness • 16 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value level due to a strong emphasis on hybrid project management and consulting experience in the public sector, combined with competitive compensation.
- Competitive salary: €105,344/year
- Involvement in impactful public sector projects
- Versatile project leadership opportunities
- Requires strong experience in project management
Pros
- Competitive salary at €105,344/year for project management roles
- Chance to lead diverse IT transformation projects in public sector
- Opportunity for professional development through varied role assignments
Cons
- High experience threshold with minimum 5+ years in complex project management
- Potentially stressful public sector requirements and stakeholder management
- Involves significant travel within Germany
Who it's for
Mid to Senior Level • Hybrid / Remote with travel
Good fit
- Experienced project managers in public sector
- Consultants with hybrid management expertise
- Professionals aiming for leadership roles in digital transformation
Not recommended for
- New graduates or those lacking relevant experience
- Individuals desiring fully remote positions
- Candidates looking for minimal stakeholder engagement
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
• Project management: End-to-end planning and control of digitization projects with IT relevance — from initiation through implementation to acceptance and handover to operations.
• Hybrid project management: Combining traditional methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, IPMA/V-Model XT) with agile approaches (Scrum/Kanban), including synchronization of timelines, artifacts, and reporting cycles.
• Team leadership: Leading interdisciplinary teams, managing external service providers, monitoring project progress, and prioritizing tasks.
• Consulting: Analyzing and optimizing processes and structures, preparing decision papers, and supporting strategy and implementation initiatives.
• Compliance in the public sector: Considering budgetary cycles, procurement procedures, data protection, information security, and audit-proof documentation.
• Proposal support: Contributing to public tenders (scope descriptions, quantity estimates, evaluation criteria) and supporting presales workshops.
• Flexible working: Working from the systems house offices, on-site at the client, or remotely — depending on the project situation with a focus on effectiveness and team cohesion.
• Role variety: Depending on the project context, you will take on advisory or leadership roles — from strategy development to operational implementation.
Requirements
- University degree (e.g., Business Informatics, Business/Economics, Public Administration, Social or Humanities) or comparable qualification with demonstrable IT and project management experience.
- Several years of experience in consulting or leading IT/digitization projects in the public sector, preferably with budgets over €500,000, multiple subprojects, and complex stakeholder structures.
- Proficiency in matrix organizations and in managing external partners.
- Project management certifications (e.g., PRINCE2 Practitioner, IPMA Level C/B, PMI PMP/PgMP).
- Proven experience in hybrid project management: combining traditional and agile approaches including artifact mapping (e.g., Risk/Issue Logs ↔ Impediment Logs) and synchronization of sprint and reporting cycles.
- Knowledge of IT service processes (ITIL 4), enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), and operational readiness (e.g., RACI matrices).
- Familiarity with IT organizations, infrastructure and application landscapes, identity & access management, security, and data protection.
- Experience with migration or operational projects and the ability to translate technical concepts into actionable plans.
- Strong communication, moderation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Confident stakeholder management up to executive level.
- High degree of personal responsibility, structured work style, decisiveness, empathy, and tact in the government environment.
- Fluent German, strong English skills are an advantage. Willingness to travel within Germany, including attending internal events and client visits.
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Hard Skills
- project management
- hybrid project management
- agile methodologies
- Scrum
- Kanban
- ITIL 4
- TOGAF
- artifact mapping
- operational readiness
- IT service processes
Soft Skills
- team leadership
- consulting
- communication
- moderation
- conflict resolution
- stakeholder management
- personal responsibility
- structured work style
- decisiveness
- empathy
Certifications & Qualifications
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
- IPMA Level C
- IPMA Level B
- PMI PMP
- PMI PgMP
