
Project Manager – Site Expansion, Lab Network
ifp Privates Institut für Produktqualität
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Berlin • Germany
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About the role
- Systematic project management: initiate projects, establish structures, and manage risks
- Apply agile and traditional methods where they make sense
- Keep resources, budget, and timelines in view and inform the right people at the right time
- Implement change practically: support integration projects (post‑merger, process harmonization)
- Facilitate workshops, identify resistance, and develop solutions
- Lead teams through change with clear communication
- Stakeholder management: executive management, leaders, and operational teams — you can communicate with all levels
- Management reports, decision papers, status meetings
- Work digitally: use PM tools effectively (not just deploy them)
- Digitize processes where there is added value
- Manage based on data rather than gut feeling
Requirements
- Minimum: 2+ years of project management experience (experience from other industries welcome)
- Methodological know‑how: agile, traditional, hybrid — you know when each approach fits
- Stakeholder management: you can persuade, facilitate, and mediate
- Tools: PM software, CRM/ERP are familiar to you
- Languages: German fluent, English business‑fluent
- Willingness to travel to EU sites
- Nice‑to‑have: experience with M&A integration or change projects
- Affinity for laboratory/analytics/quality management
- Certifications (PRINCE2, Scrum Master, PMP — not required)
Benefits
- No nonsense: direct access to executive management — short decision paths, real decision‑making
- Your projects have impact; you see tangible results
- Hybrid work (office + remote), flexible hours
- Development: budget for training & certifications
- Career paths within a growing network
- Mentoring by experienced leaders
- Practical: modern tools (not just Excel)
- European projects, intercultural teams
- Attractive benefits (mobility, retirement plans, parking/charging stations)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
project managementagile methodologytraditional methodologyhybrid methodologydata-driven decision makingchange managementprocess harmonizationstakeholder managementrisk managementresource management
Soft Skills
communicationpersuasionfacilitationmediationteam leadershipproblem-solvingorganizational skillsadaptabilityworkshop facilitationresistance identification
Certifications
PRINCE2Scrum MasterPMP