Senior Technical Project Manager

What you will be doing

We are looking for a Senior Technical Project Manager (Project Lead) who will lead complex full-cycle software development projects from inception to completion and own strategic client relationships. In our agency setup, this hybrid role combines account ownership, both commercial and strategic, with hands-on project delivery leadership.

Key responsibilities

• End-to-end software development project ownership: Take complete ownership over complex full-cycle software development projects from discovery to final delivery.
• Cross-functional work: Drive execution in close collaboration with a cross-functional team of frontend and backend engineers and designers.
• Account management: Own project P&L; handle forecasting, pricing, revenue recognition, and invoicing with Finance/Legal; spot and drive upsell/expansion by shaping tailored solutions, building proposals, and drafting SOW for your existing accounts.
• Stakeholder Management: Advise senior executives, track value/outcomes, and manage critical escalations, and lead client workshops to drive discovery, alignment, and solution definition.
• Delivery and governance: Manage requirements engineering, scope, roadmap, quality, and risk; plan staffing and coordinate internal/partner teams.
• Hands-on product ownership: Ensure high-quality discovery, roadmaps, backlogs, and acceptance criteria; focus on documentation and enable team success through clear guidance and resources.

We need you to have

What you bring

Must-haves

• 5+ years of experience delivering and/or leading complex software development projects, with at least 2 years involving account and commercial ownership in an agency, professional services, or consulting environment.
• Proven P&L ownership: budgeting, forecasting, revenue recognition, invoicing, and change control.
• Proficient in project scoping, estimation, and pricing strategies, including drafting and negotiating SOWs for time-and-materials, fixed price, and retainer models.
• Confident stakeholder and escalation management up to C-level with clear, bilingual communication (German/English).
• Solid understanding of modern software delivery (agile/hybrid, SDLC, cloud/SaaS, APIs/integrations) and common web platforms (ecommerce/CMS).
• Strong analytical and commercial skills: margin focus, scenario planning, and risk/revenue management (incl. T&M revenue risks).
• Experience with resource planning/staffing and cross-team coordination.
• Completed university degree in business informatics, business administration, or equivalent experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Certifications: PMP/PMI/PRINCE2; PSM/PSPO/SAFe; ITIL.
• Ability to consult and train clients in the use of advanced applications and complex systems, ensuring optimal implementation and value realisation.
• Experience with MarTech/CRO/Analytics and AI-powered solutions; knowledge of data protection/GDPR.
• Practice coordinating vendors/partners on the client side.

Benefits

What we offer

Benefits

• Office located directly at Backfabrik.
• Home Office: We are a team and value the personal face-to-face interaction. Therefore we prefer our team to come into our office around 2-3 days per week. You will have a full-time desk available for you in case you want to come in every day. Occasional Workations are of course fine!
• Gym membership partial coverage.
• Subsidised BVG job ticket or Deutschlandticket.
• Company Pension scheme.

The usual perks

• New MacBook Pro, Double 4k Screen Setup.
• Company Day and Party once a quarter.
• Coffee/Tea option optimised for quantity and quality.
• Snacks and fruits.
• Team lunch and breakfast once a week.
• Dog friendly office.

Job Practical Details

• Location: Berlin
• Commitment: Full-Time
• Level: Senior
• Salary: up to €90k (base + bonus component)
• Holidays: 27 days per year

General interview process consists of: One Introduction call, a Tech Case Study and an interview with Managing Directors.

We're excited to meet you!

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Please note, while we do appreciate the time and effort you have invested into applying for our position, we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates due to the sheer volume of applications. If you do not hear from us within 21 days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Thank you for your understanding.