Project Manager (m/f/d) 80-100%

About the job

Communardo is a leading provider of software solutions and consulting services for the digital workplace. Our passion lies in modern working, agile processes, communication, and collaboration within companies. Our experts support clients from all industries in selecting the right software, implementing intelligent solutions, and developing customised apps. We accompany the introduction and operation of solutions through training and change management as well as managed services.

With Atlassian, we shape the collaboration of tomorrow. Whether modern collaboration platforms or complex cloud and platform migrations – we support our clients in demanding transformation projects and create solutions that have a sustainable impact. For this, we are looking to strengthen our project management team in Zurich. Perhaps with you?

Do you have experience in leading complex IT and transformation projects, keeping an overview even with many stakeholders, and know how to align different interests towards a common goal? Do you combine strategic foresight with operational implementation strength and gladly take responsibility for demanding customer projects? Then we look forward to getting to know you!

Project Manager (m/f/d) 80-100%

Your Role

• You confidently lead complex Atlassian projects through all phases – from order clarification, assessment and readiness to cutover, go-live and stabilisation.
• You give the project direction and structure, keep an eye on scope, budget, deadlines, quality and risks, and make progress and need for action transparent.
• You form a joint project team from clients, Atlassian and Communardo. For this, you create clear goals, coordinated decisions and binding responsibilities across company boundaries.
• You lead interdisciplinary delivery teams and connect technical migration, tests, app and integration dependencies as well as organisational and change activities into a robust overall plan.
• You are the central contact person for project implementation, build trust and provide operational contacts, decision-makers and management committees with orientation at all times.
• Together with account management and strategic consulting, you translate strategic goals and customer needs into a viable project organisation and successful implementation.
• You address risks and goal conflicts early, bring the right stakeholders together and lead to viable decisions.
• You plan resource requirements proactively and work with our overarching project and resource management as well as the delivery units to establish the project stably and deliverably.

Your Profile and Your Story

• You have at least five years of experience in leading complex IT, transformation or migration projects – ideally in the enterprise and consulting environment.
• You have been responsible for demanding cloud, platform or data centre migrations and know the crucial steps from readiness and test planning to cutover and stabilisation.
• You bring experience in the Atlassian environment. Ideally, you have already accompanied or been responsible for Jira and Confluence cloud migrations.
• You manage scope, budget, deadlines, quality, risks, resources and stakeholders confidently and apply classic, agile as well as hybrid approaches appropriately.
• You lead interdisciplinary teams authoritatively even without disciplinary responsibility and can align several companies with different interests towards a common goal.
• You quickly understand complex technical and professional contexts, create clarity and turn open questions into viable decisions.
• You interact with clients, partners and management on an equal footing and maintain calm, overview and reliability even in critical project phases.
• You communicate fluently and confidently in German as well as very well in English.

Why Communardo

• Flexibility that fits life – flexible working hours, home office/remote options and workation possibilities so that work and life fit together.
• Personal development – regular development discussions, training budget, paid training days and clear career paths.
• Fair, performance-oriented remuneration – market-appropriate, regularly reviewed and aligned with comprehensible performance criteria.
• Benefits – e.g. 28+ holiday days, 40h/week, half-fare travelcard, BVG over-obligation
• Technology at the forefront – access to leading partner ecosystems (Atlassian Platinum, Microsoft, AWS Premier) and AI as an integral part of our products and working methods.
• Values you feel, not just read – our  Communardo Values  shape everyday work, not just the wall inscription.
• A growing, international group – over 500 colleagues at locations in DACH, the Nordics and BeNeLux with real scope for design instead of corporate bureaucracy.
• #smartertogether – lived, not just claimed – close collaboration and mutual support across brands and countries.