Associate Project Manager – IT Infrastructure & Service Projects
Associate Project Manager at NAXCON GmbH (Bonn or Munich) supporting planning, coordination, controlling, and governance of complex IT infrastructure and service projects — tracking schedules, budgets, risks, requirements/change management, documentation, and reporting. Requires traditional and agile PM certifications, MS Project/SharePoint proficiency, and German C1.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, IT, or comparable field (or IT vocational training / 6+ years professional IT experience)
- 2+ years professional experience after graduation in complex organizations, IT programs, or large-scale IT projects
- Sound knowledge of traditional and agile project management methodologies
- Practical experience in project planning, controlling, risk management, and change management
- Strong understanding of IT infrastructure projects, project governance, and PMO processes
- Traditional PM certification: IPMA Level C, PMP, or PRINCE2 Practitioner
- Agile certification: PSM, PSPO, or PMI CAPM
- German at C1 level (CEFR), certified unless native speaker
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and tools: Project, Outlook, Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint
- 2 years PMO/risk/requirements/change management experience after a degree, or 5 years after vocational training
- Minimum 4 years of relevant professional experience in IT project coordination and project management
- Practical PMO experience, ideally in IT rollout or infrastructure projects
- Experience moderating meetings and presenting complex technical or organizational topics
- Willingness to travel up to 60% of working time to project and customer locations
- Excellent communication, teamwork, stakeholder coordination, and organizational skills
- Ability to work in security-sensitive IT environments and comply with security/confidentiality requirements
- Project references documenting industry, project scope, dates, and responsibilities
Full description
NAXCON GmbH, headquartered in Weil am Rhein with additional offices, including Stuttgart, is one of Germany's leading engineering and IT service providers.
Our experts possess extensive expertise in software and hardware development, modern electronics, and cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI).
In addition to delivering high-quality engineering solutions for our customers, we are passionate about driving our own innovation projects as well as research and development activities. Renowned companies from a wide range of industries place their trust in our expertise, reflecting the outstanding knowledge, professionalism, and commitment of our engineers.
Position: Associate Project Manager – IT Infrastructure & Service Projects
Location: Bonn or Munich
Type: Full-time
Project Overview
We are seeking a qualified Associate Project Manager
to support the planning, coordination, monitoring, and successful execution of complex IT infrastructure and service projects.
The position focuses on technical infrastructure projects involving centralized and decentralized IT environments. The successful candidate will work closely with Project Managers and interdisciplinary teams, supporting project governance, controlling, risk management, requirements management, and change management.
The role requires practical experience in both traditional and agile project management methodologies, strong organizational capabilities, and the ability to ensure structured project execution in complex IT environments.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Provide project management and coordination support for complex IT infrastructure and service projects, with a particular focus on technical infrastructure.
- Monitor project schedules, milestones, budgets, costs, and deliverables.
- Support project controlling activities and ensure the implementation of appropriate quality assurance measures.
- Identify, document, monitor, and coordinate project dependencies, changes, and risks.
- Support the development and implementation of requirements management and change management processes.
- Assist Project Managers in project planning, execution, reporting, and governance activities.
- Provide operational and administrative support for special project-related tasks.
- Create, update, and maintain project plans, schedules, status reports, and meeting minutes.
- Prepare and maintain personnel lists, communication lists, absence records, and deputy responsibility arrangements.