WePlan is a dynamic start-up company dedicated to developing and providing tools for strategic and operational workforce planning. We are constantly growing beyond our established customer base in the travel, transportation and logistics industry. Join our dynamic team as a passionate project manager for customer implementations. In this role, you will work closely with our product management and customer teams and contribute to various aspects of our work:
The ideal candidate will bring experience in working with cross-functional teams and have a strong understanding of user needs and technical capabilities to develop innovative solutions.
Your tasks
- Management and coordination of software implementation projects from planning to successful implementation.
- Defining project goals, scope and timeline in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Creating and managing project plans, including resource planning
- Identifying and assessing risks and developing and implementing risk management strategies.
- Requirements management: identifying, documenting, prioritizing and tracking requirements in close collaboration with clients and product managers.
- Work closely with internal teams, customers and external partners to understand requirements and ensure solutions meet expectations.
- Best Practices: Conduct workshops to present Manpower Planning best practices to inspire our customers (planning logics and process).
- Setting up and configuring the WePlan tool together with our clients and validating the planning results
- Monitoring progress, identifying delays or deviations and taking action to ensure completion on time and on budget.
- Communicating project status and results to relevant stakeholders, including regular reporting.
- Ensuring quality assurance and compliance with quality standards throughout the project cycle.
- Develop training plans and materials and deliver training to end users.
- Supporting the continuous improvement of processes and methods in the area of software implementation.
About you
- Degree in economics, business administration or comparable qualification.
- Proven experience in managing software implementation projects, ideally in the area of personnel planning.
- Sound knowledge of project management methods and tools, e.g. Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to convey complex technical concepts in an understandable way.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate our customers' requirements into planning logic
- Team-oriented approach with the ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Business fluent in written and spoken German and English.
- Flexibility and ability to work in a dynamic environment and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Experience in requirements management and the use of appropriate tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Gitlab or similar.
- Experience in personnel planning, training/education planning
- Experience in the transportation and logistics industry or tariff-regulated, personnel-intensive industries with high production complexity
- Certifications in project management, such as PMP, PRINCE2, are an advantage.
- Willingness to travel as required by the project.
Your benefits
- Possibility to work predominantly remotely (4 days per week) and flexible working hours
- Modern equipped workplace in a central location in Frankfurt am Main, access to Open Office Spaces within Germany (incl. free drinks)
- Free ticket for public transportation
- Access to selected food and beverage options
- Wide range of further training opportunities
- Access to the latest Apple hardware
If you're up for the challenge, send your application to careers@weplan.info. We're eager to hear from you! 🚀
