Senior ERP Project Manager

Summary

Join Unit4 as a Senior Project Manager and lead the implementation of Unit4 software solutions for clients. You will orchestrate successful project delivery, manage project teams, and ensure projects are completed on time and within budget. Based remotely in Germany or Austria with regular travel to client sites in the DACH region, you will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders. This role requires strong project management skills, experience with ERP projects, and excellent communication abilities. You will be responsible for managing project plans, risks, and resources, while ensuring client satisfaction and exceeding expectations. Unit4 offers an attractive salary, unlimited vacation policy, and opportunities for professional growth.

Requirements

• Have a Bachelor degree, or equivalent, in a relevant field
• Have typically 6 or more years of related professional project management experience; ideally in delivering ERP-projects in the supplier role
• Have evidence of proven team leadership over large scale technical engagements (6+ team members, over 500 K€, over 9 months duration, multiple product suites)
• Have highly driven with excellent communications skills both oral and written, able to influence at senior level within Unit4 and with customers at senior level, listens and communicates effectively
• Demonstrate the ability to apply sound judgment to any situation and achieve desired outcomes
• Demonstrate product proficiency, by achieving appropriate Unit4 professional certifications
• Be able to form and manage cross functional teams and apply leadership skills
• Have proven negotiation skills
• Have evidence of successful relationship building within Unit4 team e.g. Sales and Support teams
• Collaborate and build best practice knowledge across regional Unit4 PM teams
• Be able to multi-task and perform well under pressure
• Be PMP or Prince2 Practitioner certified
• Have German and English language skills

Responsibilities

• Ensure project plan and deliverables match with the scope as outlined in the Scope of Work (SOWs)
• Collaborate closely with assigned project team members including architect, consultant and global teams to create a project plan and a work breakdown structure (WBS) consistent with Unit4's preferred best practices
• Lead and manage project team members applying Unit4 and professional best practices
• Maintain out-of-scope requests and work with the customer and Unit4 account team to scope and cost additional Unit4 opportunities
• Ensure that work is not performed outside of contracted scope without appropriate change order documentation accepted by the client
• Maintain a weekly project plan which identifies and updates all project risks, issues, tasks and dependencies. Track progress against project initiation document and SOW baseline
• Collaborate with Unit4 resource management team to appropriately staff each project
• Maintain accurate weekly revenue and cost forecast for each project
• Interact with project staff, customers and other Unit4 teams as necessary to communicate project status and to escalate risks and issues on timely basis
• Ensure accurate and timely communication of project status to relevant stakeholders including Unit4 PMO and customer account teams
• Ensure that all Gateways of the applied Unit4 Delivery Methodology are signed-off by the customer
• Be able to communicate efficiently to C-Level Stakeholders and Sponsors
• Maintain and archive all key project documents into appropriate systems
• Actively keep abreast of latest trends and best practices in IT Project Management
• Build and share experience-based knowledge and resources directly with peers and across Unit4
• Adhere to all company policies, including but not limited to time and expenses, code of conduct, ethics, security and any required training available
• Continually identify customer knowledge gaps and opportunities for Unit4 product or service expansion and enhancement

Preferred Qualifications

• Have international experience
• Have an additional language (beyond German and English)

Benefits

• Attractive salary
• Challenging international environment
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Investment in personal and professional growth