Senior Project Manager (m/f/d)*

Standort München, Deutschland Art der Arbeit Vollzeit Arbeitsform Hybrid Job level Berufserfahrene Job ID 12929 Unternehmen Munich Re Anstellungsart Unbefristet Fachbereich Informationstechnologie Job speichern

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This role will be part of the Operations Projects Tower for Group Technology, responsible for delivering complex strategic change initiatives across operational domains including Infrastructure, Networks, Cloud, End User Compute, Service Management, and M&A onboarding projects. The Tower oversees multiple project portfolios, each led by senior change and people leaders, and ensures end-to-end project delivery, financial oversight, and alignment with business strategy. Key responsibilities include managing project budgets, prioritization, planning, and partnering with senior business leaders to achieve successful outcomes.

Operating as a global center of project and program excellence for change delivery, budget management, and people development within IT, the OP team enables transformation and ensures the successful implementation of technology solutions that underpin the Munich Re global organization. The team’s remit spans the full IT landscape — from the foundational network infrastructure to the end-user desktop experience. They are accountable for delivering measurable business benefits and outcomes, managing project budgets, maintaining the project roadmap, allocating and leading project resources, and ensuring the timely delivery of all project scopes. Four Portfolio Leads run several global portfolios of activity. Each portfolio delivers the strategic agenda and roadmap for a specific part of the IT Infrastructure or business demand. Within each portfolio there are multiple projects, programs and project delivery resources. The four portfolio leads are Head of Sections and they and the Head of PMO report directly in the Global Head of Operations Projects.

Your Job

• To run and manage a complex program or a set of inter-related projects with a budget of approximately €3m - €5m taking responsibility for their delivery using formal project management techniques as appropriate.
• Oversee the execution of multiple concurrent projects, acting as the co-ordinator between multiple projects and deliverables to ensure they’re benefiting each other and align with the overall business goals and outcomes.
• Establish and maintain processes for managing scope during the project lifecycle, setting quality and performance standards and assessing risks.
• Ensure adherence and adoption of Munich Re’s project management methodology – ‘One Essentials’. Actively contribute feedback to established methodologies, within the spirit of continuous improvement.
• Defining project objectives, project scope, roles & responsibilities.
• Defining resource requirements and managing resource availability & allocation – both internal and third party.
• Outlining a budget based on requirements and tracking costs to deliver project on budget.
• Preparing a detailed project plan to schedule key project milestones, workstreams & activities. Managing delivery of the project according to this plan.
• Tracking project and providing regular reports on project status to project team and key stakeholders, including executives.
• Managing and adjusting for any changes in project scope, schedule and / or budget, in accordance with approved authorities and change processes.
• Manage teams with a diverse range of talent, this may include both internal and external resources, providing leadership and direction.
• Identifying and mitigating potential risks.
• Managing the relationship and communication with the client and all stakeholders, including executive relationships in IT and client-facing business units.
• Ensuring the project is delivered to sponsor’s satisfaction, and risks and issues including political concerns are well managed.
• Advising, consulting and mentoring of other proj