Junior (Technical) Project Manager Cloud PSL (D/F/M)

Job Description:

A vacancy for a Technical Project Manager Cloud PSL (d/m/f) has arisen within Airbus Defence and Space DIGITAL. DIGITAL is transforming and evolving and we need even more talented people who can make a real difference to how we support, enable and deliver a diverse range of technological solutions and services to our customers.

🚀 Kickstart your tech career at the heart of innovation! Join our Cloud PSL team as a Technical Project Manager and dive deep into the world of hybrid cloud—where on-premises power meets public cloud agility. This isn't just about managing schedules; it's about owning complex projects that drive our digital transformation. We’re looking for someone eager to learn, grow, and make a tangible impact. If you’re ready to accelerate your career in a dynamic, high-tech environment where your ideas matter, we’d love to meet you. Join us as Junior Technical Project Manager Cloud PSL (d/m/f) in Getafe, Ottobrunn or Manching and shape the future! 🚀

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

This position is offered on either a part-time (minimum 80% per week) and an adapted scope of tasks or full-time basis.

Your Impact

You will join the Cloud Platforms & Solutions PSL team, where the goal is to boost the company’s digital journey via cloud based technologies and solutions. The PSL is responsible for the development, roll-out and service of these solutions in order to satisfy restricted and unrestricted use cases and demands in Digital. The PSL covers both off-premise public cloud solutions (e.g. AWS or sovereign cloud), as well as on-premise cloud solutions (e.g. Containers/Openshift, IaaS). In your role you will play a key role in enabling and transforming our Infrastructure offerings, as well as transforming the company towards newer and modern ways of working.

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include

In your capacity as Cloud PSL Project Manager, you will oversee a comprehensive portfolio of cloud projects and manage them through its life cycle from opportunity to Entry-into-Service. This scope encompasses the project management activities to build and evolve our internal container platforms, such as OpenShift and Vanilla Kubernetes, as well as our IaaS infrastructure. Furthermore, you will be the project manager responsible for the management and coordination of connectivity with external public cloud environments.

What You'll Achieve

• Accountable for all project relevant topics to achieve project objectives (time, scope, cost & quality) to customer satisfaction in compliance with internal and external rules and regulations.
• Collect business requirements in a joint exercise with the business partners and make sure that they are clearly formulated and agreed by all parties.
• Responsible for planning, allocating, and managing the project budget.
• Responsible for defining, implementing, and driving a project team / organisation along the project phases, including people coming from other functions (matrix organisations). 
• Ensure close alignment with and active participation of Product Manager, Technical/Developer team and Service Delivery Manager during all project phases.
• Ensure effective management of partners and suppliers as well as active risk / opportunity and contract (internal or external) management.
• Prepare release planning and prioritisation of EPICS.
• Manage and track progress and actuals of the project and present it to the Steering Committee and project stakeholders.
• Work along the ADGPP Project Management Lifecycle (Waterfall or Agile). Create, maintain, and manage project documentation according to the official Digital PM guidelines and manage the project in Unified Planning (UP) including requesting required resources, updating costs, writing reports, tracking project progress, and adapting the schedule.
• Ensure a smooth handover from project into the service (including knowledge transfer, defects reporting, etc.).
• Ensure effective integration of lessons learnt and documentation in the official Digital repository to ensure that future projects can benefit from.
• Ensure an efficient execution of the project via making use of synergies, tailoring, automations, and reduction of duplication.

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience

• Apprenticeship or Bachelor degree (or equivalent education) with focus on IT
• Project management expertise (Waterfall & Agile)
• Good technical understanding to be able to communicate with technical teams and stakeholders (primarily around cloud native applications)
• Ideally prior high level experience in a programming language, infrastructure or any other IT related field. Open to learn and expand your knowledge on that front.
• A collaborative, self-motivated profile with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Excellent team player
• Fluent in English mandatory; German/Spanish/French skills will be a plus

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Defence and Space SAU

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Entry Level

Job Family:

Programme & Project Management

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