Senior Technical Project Manager

Star is a global consultancy that connects strategic endgames, strategy, design and engineering services to help companies accelerate product innovation and achieve their business goals. With over a decade of constant compound annual growth, we are rapidly expanding our consulting services, geographic footprint, and industry expertise.

Star works for businesses in a variety of industries, including Automotive & Mobility, HealthTech, FinTech and AdTech globally. Our clients include BMW Group, SAIC, Lufthansa, Denso, NIO, Panasonic, AppyWay, Zeisås, Walmart and Dolby, Daimler Truck, Hyundai Motor Europe, amongst many others.

We support our clients in every step of their digital journey. Through co-creation, we guide them from ideation and concept crafting to full-stack development. We always remain focused on supporting our clients, whether enterprise customers, investors or start-ups, to win the hearts and minds of their (end) customers.

At Star, we blend strategy, insights, design and engineering into a seamless workflow devised to support our clients - no matter how long or complex their journey. We anchor everything we do in clear and compelling endgames, which in turn enable our multidisciplinary teams to create superior solutions and support impressive commercial returns for our clients. 

Star is truly global in its footprint and its outlook. That is why we are the first major consulting company with no single headquarters. Instead, clients have many routes to Star, spanning Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Beijing, London, Frankfurt, Munich, Copenhagen, Kyiv, Wroclaw, and other vibrant design, technology and creative nuclei of the world. Our spirited and growing 700+ strong Star Crew takes great pride in working side by side with their trailblazing counterparts at some of the largest enterprise clients and global brands, with highly profitable mid-market players, as well as the world's most disruptive "unicorn" startups.

Our passion is to make every great person, every great idea and every great company shine. That's why we're called Star. 

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an empathetic and result-oriented Senior Technical Project Manager to lead our project portfolio and support corporate business growth in the industry. This is a highly visible role that spans multiple global touch-points including clients, presales, project management, and account management.

As our Senior Technical Project Manager, you’ll be focused on: ensuring high-quality standards of our services for the clients; supporting delivery teams during key project milestones, client negotiations, or escalations; and participating in presales activities and new business opportunities.

Qualifications:

Qualifications & Experience:

• 5+ years of professional experience working in cross-disciplinary teams in a design/digital/innovation/strategy consultancy environment. An ability to build strong communication bridges between people with different backgrounds, mindsets, and cultural differences;
• Thought leadership and specific knowledge of key topics including emerging technology trends on the market; 
• Strong knowledge of Software Development lifecycle and methodologies (Agile and Waterfall are the required minimum). An ability to find a “golden middle” between written rules and creative solutions;
• An ability to speak with enterprise leaders and customer project managers and owners, gain credibility of the service delivery;
• An ability to explain technical complexity, challenges, and opportunities to stakeholders with different backgrounds;
• An ability to stay effective under the pressure of tight deadlines, high expectations, and demandable clients;
• Strong analytical skills, goal-oriented approach, structured thinking, and people leadership;
• Solid experience in business analysis and/or system analysis;
• Excellent customer engagement and negotiation skills;
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Nice to have:

• MS/BS degree in Computing Sciences or equivalent is preferred. Credit will be given to candidates who do not have relevant degrees but can demonstrate equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge of the German language.

Responsibilities:

• Project management, which includes:
• Contract and Financial management;
• Risk management;
• Expectation and Escalation management;
• Ensuring the quality of the process and deliverables;
• Removal of process bottlenecks and resolving issues.
• Support of the business development team in pre-sales, industry events, and client-facing negotiations;
• Collaboration with project insiders and stakeholders to align business needs, expectations, and implementation capabilities;
• Proactive contribution to the technical and industry expertise on the corporate level (PMO and Product Management communities at Star);
• Participation in product elaborations and new project kick-offs;
• Work with the account manager or the sales representative to retain customer relations. 

What you’ll get 

We offer a rewarding compensation and benefits package, an intellectually and creatively vibrant environment, professional flexibility and unique international travel opportunities.

Star is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that equity, diversity and inclusion are key to our ability to provide our clients and crew members with unique business and career outcomes. Your race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability have no effect on our hiring decisions. If you have a special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.