Senior Project Manager, Professional Services (German Speaking)

The role

You will lead end-to-end delivery of complex enterprise customer projects. You will act as a trusted advisor to ensure deployment success and help refine PMO governance frameworks.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, concurrent, enterprise-level customer projects.
• Prepare enterprise customers for deployment and establish success criteria.
• Track deliverables, set targets, manage resources, and ensure adherence to deadlines and budgets.
• Identify, track, and mitigate project risks and technical dependencies.
• Serve as the single point of contact and escalation owner for customer executives and internal teams.
• Execute quality control throughout project lifecycles.
• Partner with PS leadership to build and maintain the PMO governance framework.
• Recommend improvements to enhance operational efficiency, margins, and customer satisfaction.
• Assist in establishing best practices for resource allocation, utilisation tracking, and project health reporting.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of direct Project Management experience delivering customer-facing, enterprise technical projects within a Professional Services or Consulting organisation.
• Previous experience with managing customers from Financial Services, Government, Healthcare industries.
• Track record of managing multiple complex, high-visibility client engagements concurrently in a fast-paced technology environment.
• Ability to work autonomously in ambiguous, high-pressure customer situations.
• Expert knowledge of modern project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, Asana).
• Knowledge of Google Workspace.
• Fluent written and spoken German and English skill.

Nice to have

• Recognised credentials like Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2, knowledge of Agile/Scrum (CSM, PMI-ACP), or Lean frameworks.
• Prior hands-on experience or foundational knowledge in Data Management, Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), Data Protection, Enterprise Storage, Cybersecurity, or SaaS delivery.
• Financial acumen regarding professional services metrics (e.g., revenue recognition, margin, utilization, project profitability).
• Experience contributing to PMO governance practices.

About the company

Rubrik is the Security and AI Operations Company, delivering one platform built at the intersection of data, identity, and AI. Rubrik Professional Services transforms possibilities into outcomes by collaborating with customers to address complex technical challenges.