Project Manager (m/f/d)

A Project Manager (m/f/d) is responsible for planning, executing, and closing projects. They are tasked with managing the project team, resources, budget, and schedule to achieve the project's objectives and deliverables. They must ensure that the project is completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

What you will do:

Project lifecycle management: Managing project initiation (including defining overall goals and benefits, selecting vendors and developing milestone plans), prioritizing and approving projects, processing project change requests and closing projects according to IT governance processes.
Project planning: Developing and maintaining project plans by defining detailed scope of work, evaluating technical implementation approach and migration strategy (together with technical leads and architects (m/f/d)), estimating implementation effort and developing resource plans.
Project execution: Leading project teams, monitoring timelines and quality requirements during project execution (while actively managing deviations), cost control to ensure financial viability and alignment, risk management and project reporting.
Technical delivery management: Ensuring a comprehensive technical delivery approach covering all aspects of service integration, decommissioning of legacy systems, information security and data protection (including GDPR). Ensuring project delivery in line with the defined approach.
Stakeholder management: Maintaining relationships with all key business and IT project stakeholders to ensure effective stakeholder involvement in key decision-making processes, the provision of necessary resources and the management of risks and obstacles.
Supplier management (together with procurement): Managing the supplier selection process, developing commercial agreements, managing supplier performance and addressing potential performance shortfalls and supporting financial controlling.
Demand management: Supporting the identification and classification of new business requirements for IT initiatives. Supporting the group-wide demand prioritization process and communicating the results to business stakeholders.

What you will bring:

Completed Bachelor's or Master's degree with a focus on computer science, business informatics, business administration or comparable experience
Experience with large-scale IT transformation programs and the implementation of IT strategies
Experience in energy sales/trading and understanding of the associated business processes is an advantage
Extensive knowledge of agile and traditional project management methodologies (including Scrum and PRINCE2)
Solid understanding of IT governance processes
Excellent communication skills in English (German is an advantage) with the ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships and create transparency in all dimensions of project delivery
Strong organisational and problem solving skills
Strong leadership and team management skills

About us:

Securing Energy for Europe – it’s a simple statement, with a bold ambition. SEFE is not just our name but also encompasses everything that drives us. To accomplish this, we’re taking immediate action to secure gas supply – but also looking forward, to exploring our role in the European energy transformation and how we can contribute to a stable and sustainable future.

SEFE, an international energy company, ensures the security of supply and drives the decarbonisation of its customers. SEFE’s activities span the energy value chain, from origination and trading to sales, transport and storage. Through its decades-long expertise in trading and the development of its LNG business, SEFE has become one of the most important suppliers to industrial customers in Europe, with an annual sales volume of 200 TWh of gas and power. Its 50,000 customers range from small businesses to municipalities and multinational organisations. By investing in clean energies and especially in the hydrogen ecosystem, SEFE is contributing to the energy transition. The company employs around 2,000 people globally and is owned by the Federal Government of Germany.

Join SEFE and help us secure gas supply across Europe and shape a better, more sustainable tomorrow.

Securing energy – now and for the future.

Our benefits:

We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment that embraces diversity and fosters the development of knowledge, skills and experience. Whatever your role, you’ll find an open, welcoming atmosphere that empowers you and recognises your contribution. Right from the start, we offer you great freedom of action and early assumption of responsibility in an exciting international working environment. In addition to targeted support for your professional and personal qualifications, you will receive numerous company benefits, such as: