HPC Technical Project Manager m / f / d

Lenovo is the Number 1 Supercomputing provider in the world measured by Top 500 entries, and we keep going. Our Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) team is dedicated to fostering an environment that encourages entrepreneurism and ownership – a workplace where your talents can be challenged, and your efforts recognized and rewarded.

We are looking for a seasoned Technical Project Manager based in Germany to join its Global HPC Professional Services team.

This position represents a rewarding opportunity to use your experience and skills in a dynamic, complex organization and to deliver across our major customer sites.

This is a remote position that can be based anywhere in Germany.

In this role, you will be assigned one or more projects concurrently, and will be responsible to manage the schedule, budget, and resources within the project. Typical projects last 3 months to several years and may involve 3rd party resources as part of the project. Primary customer base is in Germany, but you will be joining a global team, and will manage projects globally as needed. English and German speaking skills are required.

You will use basic to advanced project management fundamentals to plan, monitor, and close the project. Your other tasks include:

• Identifying dependencies for the project
• Creating WBS and monitoring status versus baseline
• Monitoring budget of project versus original costing
• Forming and executing risk-management strategies
• Communicating project status
• Some travel to client sites required (25% to 40% travel expected in Germany and globally)

Skills and Qualifications Required:

• 3+ years technical project management experience, gained in a technical environment, ideally in the information technology and high performance computing services industry
• Excellent inter-personal skills and strong relationship building
• Superior organizational skills
• Project Management Certification in PMBoK, PRINCE2, PMI, PMP etc.
• Experience of working with Agile or Scrum methodologies
• Ability to coordinate and lead activities of a small to large team and interface constructively with our HPC services stakeholders, including 3rd party suppliers
• Professional writing, intended for status reports and project communications
• English and German communication (written, spoken) required
• Strong experience of using MS Project and MS Office
• Experience of developing technical specifications from user requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project management certification
• Training or experience in negotiation
• Training or experience in project accounting

What We Will Offer You:

• Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program, for health, legal & financial consultancy
• Pension Plan
• Meal Allowance / Lunch Vouchers
• Internal E-learning Development Platform Available for Employees
• Specialized Development Trainings (based on nomination process)
• Opportunity to Join / Create Employees Groups (inclusivity, well-being, sports, volunteering, charity, etc.)
• Job Rad (Bike Leasing)

You will report to SSG (Solutions & Services Group) organization structure. SSG has been focusing on the expanding IT service market, especially the digital workplace services opportunity, the growing demand for aaS (as a Service) model, and customers’ stronger preference for sustainability services. Meanwhile, SSG has continued to invest in software tools, platforms, and repeatable vertical solutions with our own IP, and focus on vertical solutions in manufacturing, retail, healthcare, education, and Smart City. We are expanding TruScale as a Service to include Digital Workplace Solutions, developing our Hybrid Cloud solutions, and exploring Metaverse solutions. At Lenovo we are proud to be an equal opportunity company. This vacancy certainly applies for people with disabilities, too. Do you want to know what our culture is like? CHECK OUT this video: The salary lies above the minimum salary defined by “Kollektivvertrag Handel”.

Technical Project Manager • Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

#J-18808-Ljbffr