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Your IT Future, Delivered

Senior Project Manager

With a global team of 5600+ IT professionals, DHL IT Services connects people and keeps the global economy running by continuously innovating and creating sustainable digital solutions. We work beyond global borders and push boundaries across all dimensions of logistics. You can leave your mark shaping the technology backbone of the biggest logistics company of the world. All our locations have earned the #GreatPlaceToWork certification, reflecting our commitment to exceptional employee experiences.

Digitalization. Simply delivered.
You are project management aficionado, therefore you have a good understanding of project management methodologies & principles and strong communication & stakeholder management skills. You are able to work independently, prioritize and organize your tasks under time and workload pressure. Working in a multinational environment, you can expect cross-region collaboration with teams around the globe, thus being advanced in spoken and written English and having ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language is a must.

Grow together
Join our development team, which is changing the way how DHL Express works - from pickup to delivery. We are looking for an IT solution consultant, who will contribute to the development of system requirement specification from a business requirement and actively participating in testing and user acceptance test for projects of business-critical IT solution.

Within the team, we are using modern product development approaches, with focus on micro-service architecture, reusability, cloud technologies, and most of all, building products that matter and bring value. We are working in Agile methodology to deliver the IT functional for business requirements.

You will play a key role in building digital capabilities of DHL Express by defining IT system requirement for applications that will improve the efficiency of our business operation.

The position of Senior Project Manager in Compliance and Clearance Team will be primarily focused on business requirements analysis for DHL Express. You will have great opportunity to get the full overview of the whole product delivery lifecycle as the team is responsible for delivering web frontend, backend systems, integrations, and the data storage as one package. You will assist the consultant function within the team and provide ad-hoc support as needed. You should have excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to liaise with numerous internal and external customers.

Ready to embark on the journey Here's what we are looking for:

  • 10+ years of project management experience, including sustained leadership of largescale, complex ITenabled change initiatives.
  • Demonstrated track record of delivering large scale projects with material business impact, not only technical implementation.
  • Proven experience managing senior stakeholders, including influencing, negotiation and conflict resolution.
  • Strong leadership capability, including leading project managers, workstream leads and matrix teams in a multicultural, global environment.
  • Ability to balance strategic thinking with handson delivery execution.
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen.

Methodologies, Tools & Qualifications

  • Deep understanding and practical application of Agile and predictive (Waterfall) methodologies, with the ability to tailor approaches.
  • Strong knowledge of SDLC and large transformation or migration.
  • Proficiency in project management tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, MS Project).
  • PMP, PRINCE2, Agile certification or equivalent experience strongly preferred.
  • Fluent English (spoken and written).
  • Experience with leading Agile SCRUM programs/projects is big plus.

As Project Manager you will be responsible:

  • Planning:Defining the project's scope, goals, and objectives.
  • Budgeting:Estimating costs, establishing budgets, and tracking spending.
  • Risk management:Identifying potential risks early and developing mitigation strategies.
  • Team management:Assigning tasks based on team members skills and experience, and ensuring team members are performing to their best potential.
  • Communication:Communicating withing & cross team members, external partners, and business stakeholders to determine project dependencies, status and identify potential roadblocks.
  • Issue resolution:Ensuring issues related to scope, budget, and resource allocation are resolved effectively.
  • Time management:Using timesheets or project management software to see how the team is spending their time and whether projects remain on track.
  • Change management:Dealing with changes to the project, committed delivery on time with quality and ensuring zero impact to production due to changes.
  • Documentation:Preparing documents and managing reports.

An array of benefits for you:

  • Hybrid work arrangements to balance in-office collaboration and home flexibility.
  • Outpatient (unlimited) and inpatient medical coverage for employees.
  • Personalized flexi benefit plan for you and your family.
  • Choose any day off from earned public holidays, including Saturdays and ad-hoc holidays to spend with your loved ones.
  • Modern offices with free parking space.

DHL is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

About Company

DHL is a German logistics company providing courier, package delivery and express mail service, which is a division of the German logistics firm Deutsche Post. The company group delivers over 1.6 billion parcels per year. DHL Express is market leader for parcel services in Europe and Germany's main Courier and Parcel Service.
The company DHL itself was founded in San Francisco, United States, in 1969 and expanded its service throughout the world by the late 1970s. In 1979, under the name of DHL Air Cargo, the company entered the Hawaiian islands with an inter-island cargo service using two DC-3 and four DC-6 aircraft. Adrian Dalsey and Larry Hillblom personally oversaw the daily operations until its eventual bankruptcy closed the doors in 1983. At its peak, DHL Air Cargo employed just over 100 workers, management and pilots.

Job ID: 142537391

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