Project Manager

About the Role

Arvato is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead complex customer and internal projects within our Healthcare business. You will manage projects from requirements definition and planning through implementation, stabilization, and closure, coordinating cross-functional teams and serving as a key interface between customers and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from initiation through implementation, stabilization, and successful handover.
• Develop and manage project plans, milestones, timelines, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, and deliverables.
• Ensure projects are delivered according to agreed scope, quality, timeline, and budget.
• Translate customer and business requirements into clearly defined project activities and work packages.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and ensure alignment across all project stakeholders.
• Identify risks and issues early, develop mitigation plans, and drive timely resolution and escalation.
• Establish effective project governance, status meetings, reporting, documentation, and decision-making processes.
• Apply structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis to resolve issues and keep projects on track.
• Build strong working relationships across Operations, IT, Engineering, Solution Design, Quality, Finance, Key Account Management, and other relevant functions.
• Use project and operational data to monitor performance, identify trends and deviations, and support fact-based decisions.
• Develop and interpret KPIs, dashboards, and performance reporting to create transparency around project progress.
• Analyze and validate data to identify root causes, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Translate data and analytical findings into clear recommendations and actionable next steps.
• Collaborate with Data Analytics, IT, and functional experts for advanced analysis.
• Apply practical understanding of AI, generative AI, automation, and emerging digital technologies to project and business challenges.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, improve, redesign, or automate processes using AI and digital solutions.
• Use approved AI-enabled tools for analysis, information synthesis, documentation, risk identification, and process improvement.
• Work with experts to evaluate AI use cases and translate business needs into practical solutions.
• Support the adoption of new digital tools and share effective approaches.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and develop digital and AI capabilities.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional projects.
• Strong project planning, organizational, prioritization, and execution skills.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to interpret data and turn insights into practical decisions.
• Experience with project management and Microsoft 365 tools.
• Working knowledge of Power BI or ability to quickly learn data visualization tools.
• Practical understanding of AI and generative AI, with interest in applying emerging technologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead and influence across functional teams.
• Strong customer orientation and accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, logistics, supply chain, or regulated environments.
• Experience managing implementations involving operational processes, technology, customer integrations, warehousing, or logistics.
• Experience with SAP or SAP-enabled business processes.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Disability Pay.
• 401(k) with company matching up to 6%.
• Paid Time Off, including paid holidays.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Voluntary benefits such as legal and financial assistance, pet insurance, and more.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Ongoing employee development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement and training.
• Commuter benefits.
• Employee engagement activities.