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Sopra Steria

IT consulting, digital services, and transformation

Lead Project Manager

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in economics, or a bank-related vocational qualification with further training as a Sparkassen/Bankbetriebswirt.
  • Extensive experience managing complex projects and proficiency in both traditional and agile project-management methods.
  • In-depth knowledge of the strategy, structures, and current direction of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe from prior work.
  • A strong network of relevant contacts at savings banks, associations, partner institutions, and Finanz Informatik.
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills for professional interactions with customers, clients, and other stakeholders.
  • Ability to motivate and coordinate teams, including in functional leadership situations without disciplinary authority.
  • Strategic thinking, entrepreneurial conduct, and a solution-oriented approach to identifying business opportunities and challenges early.
  • Understanding of the appropriate use of artificial intelligence in the role, critical assessment of its outputs, and continued development of relevant skills.
  • Very good German skills at C1 level or higher and good English skills.

Responsibilities

  • Take overall responsibility for complex software development, rollout, management, and organizational projects from analysis through successful implementation.
  • Own central subject areas of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, depending on expertise, and develop suitable strategic offerings.
  • Coordinate collaboration among customers, project teams, and management as the central interface, and regularly report project progress.
  • Identify new business opportunities, markets, and business models with a strategic and entrepreneurial perspective, and develop them further.
  • Develop existing customer relationships and manage the process from acquisition through ongoing support.
  • Lead, motivate, and develop the team, ensuring targets are achieved in line with the project mandate and company goals.
  • Use current artificial-intelligence-enabled tools responsibly to support project control, documentation, and reporting, and help teams ensure quality, oversight, and compliance with professional and regulatory requirements.
  • Work in a hybrid arrangement across Germany, including company offices, client sites, and home, with project assignments determined by customer and project needs.

About the Company

Sopra Steria

IT consulting, digital services, and transformation

Sopra Steria provides consulting, digital services and solutions to help large organizations transform their business through technology. Its offerings cover strategy, systems integration, cloud, cyber security, software development, and managed services, designed to be delivered end to end—from assessing needs and designing a plan to implementing and operating IT systems. The company combines deep knowledge of many industries with a collaborative approach to tailor projects to each client and to deliver measurable, sustainable improvements in performance. Differentiators include its European scale (about 51,000 employees across roughly 30 countries), broad scope—from strategy to operation—and emphasis on practical outcomes that help clients stay competitive. The group’s goal is to put digital to work for its clients in a way that creates a positive, more productive future for all stakeholders.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1968

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