Senior Technical Project Manager (f/m/x) - German-speaking

This is us

At Avenga, we believe that human creativity empowers technology that matters. Operating globally, our 6000+ specialists provide a full spectrum of services, including business and tech advisory, enterprise solutions, CX, UX and Ul design, managed services, product development, and software development.

This is the job

As a Senior Technical Project Manager (f/m/x) at Avenga, you will lead complex software and platform implementation projects for a strategic telecommunications customer in Germany.

You will work in a technically demanding environment shaped by telco cloud, virtualization, infrastructure, and platform integration. Your focus will be to connect customer expectations with technical delivery capabilities and ensure structured, reliable project execution.

The project is planned for an initial duration of one year, with strong potential for extension.

The role can be based in Germany or in another EU country, provided you bring fluent German skills, experience working with German customers, and travel availability when needed. Availability for customer meetings in Germany is required; regular travel readiness is considered a strong plus.

This is you

You are a Senior Technical Project Manager with strong experience in the telecommunications industry and a solid understanding of complex technical delivery environments.

You are confident in customer-facing roles and know how to build trust with key stakeholders, manage expectations, communicate technical risks clearly, and keep complex projects moving in a structured way.

You bring:

• Proven experience managing complex technical projects in telecommunications, software delivery, telco cloud, virtualization, infrastructure, or platform integration

• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills, ideally in projects with major telecommunications providers or enterprise customers

• Experience working with distributed, cross-functional teams across Engineering, Product Management, Professional Services, architecture, DevOps, and delivery

• The ability to translate customer requirements, high-level designs, integration specifications, and technical dependencies into clear project plans

• Strong risk and issue management capabilities

• A proactive, structured, and solution-oriented working style

• Ideally, familiarity with technologies such as VMware or similar virtualization platforms, Red Hat OpenStack, OpenShift, Wind River platforms, telco cloud, cloud-native infrastructure, or comparable enterprise infrastructure environments

• Fluent German and English skills, both written and spoken
  

This is your role

In this role, you will serve as the primary project interface between Avenga, partner-side teams, internal technical teams, and the end customer.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the end-to-end lifecycle of telecommunications software and platform implementation projects

• Acting as the main customer-facing contact for project-related communication

• Managing scope, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and stakeholder expectations

• Translating customer requirements, high-level designs, and integration specifications into actionable delivery plans

• Coordinating Engineering, Product Management, Professional Services, architecture, DevOps, and delivery teams

• Providing clear and professional status updates to customer-side and internal stakeholders

• Ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and in line with agreed expectations

• Supporting project success in a demanding telecommunications and infrastructure environment

What awaits you at Avenga?

Through our values, Better Minds, Bolder Ideas, and Bigger Hearts, we strive to provide you with the tools, the autonomy, the trust, and assistance you need to excel. Enjoy benefits like flexible working hours, mobile work & workation, subsidized pension plans, discounted Germany Tickets, Wellpass fitness options, bike leasing, fresh fruit and breakfasts in the office, individual learning budgets, online courses, and more.

At Avenga, everyone matters. We provide equal opportunities in recruitment, career development, and leadership, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or any other characteristic. We are committed to fostering a work environment where our diverse community of employees, candidates, and business partners actively shapes our growth. By bringing together people from different backgrounds and experiences, we build a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves while honoring the boundaries of others.