Project Manager (German Speaking)

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Alfa is looking to recruit a German speaking Project Manager / Senior Project Manager to join our team, based in Germany.

Key responsibilities:

You will lead a team of Alfa consultants supporting a client implementation of Alfa Systems. You will be accountable for the successful completion of Alfa deliverables within the required timescales of the overall program, and you will have responsibility for supervising and supporting members of your team. You will work closely with the client, your team, and the broader Alfa company to ensure success.

The Project Manager will:

• Lead a workstream within a larger implementation project, reporting into the Senior Project Manager

• Act as the overall Alfa lead for a smaller active implementation, or a customer already live with Alfa Systems upgrading to a newer version, reporting into the Client Account Manager

The Senior Project Manager will:

• Act as the overall Alfa lead for a larger and more complex implementation of Alfa Systems, Manager

Both roles will include the following responsibilities:

Manage Alfa deliverables and lead the Alfa project team within a broader enterprise software implementation program, including:

• Working with the customer to plan the program, ensuring delivery methodologies are applied in a way that works for the customer’s needs

• Tracking progress of Alfa deliverables against the plan, monitoring and managing scope, budget and timeline

• Communicating project status internally and to the customer, proactively taking course-correcting actions when necessary

• Working closely with the customer and software engineering teams to ensure new Alfa Systems features are delivered within the required timescales of the broader program

• Managing risks, issues & dependencies; creating and actioning mitigation plans

Manage resources, including:

• Estimating resourcing required to ensure successful completion of deliverables within required timescales

• Requesting sufficient and appropriate resources to support customer needs

• Supporting, developing & evaluating team members

• Building and maintaining an engaged and motivated team, prioritizing a healthy work-life balance

Relationship management, including:

• Developing strong and trusting relationships with key client stakeholders, working in partnership with them to ensure they realize the full potential of Alfa Systems

• Identifying opportunities where additional Alfa professional services and features will better enable our customers to succeed

• Developing a strong internal network at Alfa, working with key team members to ensure knowledge and experience is incorporated into delivery methodologies and Alfa Learning & Development programs

Contribute to the continuous improvement of delivery methodologies, incorporating industry best practices, prior work experience, and learnings from your Alfa customer engagements

We would love you to have:

• Experience leading major deliverables within an enterprise software implementation program

• Fluent German and English both written and spoken

• Detailed knowledge of software development life cycles (SDLC) and enterprise software implementation

• Proven people management skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred:

• Prior experience working on an Alfa implementation

• Experience in the auto finance/equipment finance field

About Alfa:

With over 500 employees worldwide, we’re a leading provider of software and services to the global auto and equipment finance industries. Alfa Systems, our technology platform, is at the heart of some of the world’s largest auto and equipment finance companies. Key to the business case for each implementation is Alfa Systems’ ability to consolidate multiple client systems onto a single platform. Alfa Systems supports both retail and corporate business for auto, equipment, wholesale and dealer finance on a multi-jurisdictional basis, including leases and loans, originations and servicing. Alfa Systems is an end-to-end solution with integrated workflow and automated processing using configurable business rules, with an extensive API allowing real-time integration to other systems. With over 30 current clients and 26 countries served, Alfa has been delivering successful projects for our customers since 1990, and is expanding rapidly throughout Europe, North America and beyond.

Our Culture:

Our culture is vibrant, innovative and diverse, and we are proud of it. Ours is a close-knit community. Alfa employees are an eclectic mix and all are creative, dedicated and hardworking. We believe it is important to build close working relationships within our company, so we hold numerous team events and conferences that bring us together for socializing and team building.