Top Project Management Jobs in Cologne

The Project Manager will lead international projects focusing on customer coordination, project planning, cost control, and stakeholder management. The role requires effective communication in English and French, along with a strong technical background in plant engineering or intralogistics.

Manage the successful delivery of SAP customer projects, including introductions, expansions, upgrades, and rollouts. Monitor progress, risks, issues, and dependencies; facilitate communication among customers and distributed project teams; manage executive stakeholder relationships; support successful SAP S/4HANA and ECC outcomes; coordinate international teams; and improve project management processes and tools. Requires extensive SAP project experience, strong stakeholder management, German and English fluency, and willingness to travel extensively.

Lead delivery of commercial fit-out, refurbishment and workplace projects up to €2M. Manage full project lifecycle, procurement, budgets, risk registers, stakeholder coordination, reporting, HSEQ compliance, portfolio tracking, and mentor junior staff.

Lead end-to-end delivery of construction, M&E or FM projects: scope, planning, tendering, site coordination, subcontractor management, commercial/P&L oversight, stakeholder engagement, compliance with CDM and QHSE, and business development to grow the project pipeline.

The Global Sales Project Manager will shape and drive BERNER's commercial roadmap, managing global sales projects and aligning stakeholders to improve sales performance and process optimization.

Manage and steer complex industrial building projects (new builds and refurbishments) including project organization, cost, schedule and quality control. Coordinate clients, internal teams and external planners, maintain project documentation, drive process improvements, and spend significant time on-site to ensure successful delivery.

Manage and steer complex industrial building projects (new build and refurbishment) including project organization, cost, schedule and quality control. Coordinate clients, internal teams and external planners, drive process improvements, document progress, and maintain structured communication. Regular on-site presence and stakeholder reporting required.

Manage Phase I clinical studies end-to-end: lead cross-functional teams, ensure GCP and regulatory compliance, oversee budgets and timelines, maintain TMF and study databases, prepare for inspections, manage risks and contingency plans, liaise with customer, support business development, and potentially line-manage PM and monitoring staff. Travel ~25%.

Lead the identification, development, and conversion of engineered solutions opportunities across Europe. Build relationships with end users, EPCs, OEMs, consultants, and decision-makers; shape project requirements; coordinate cross-functional pursuit teams; develop commercial strategies; negotiate contracts; manage forecasts and pipelines; and secure project awards. The role focuses on consultative selling of measurement and automation solutions in process industries, including oil and gas, LNG, energy, and petrochemical markets.

Leads technical investment projects from initial request through delivery at an industrial client site. Defines scope, coordinates internal and external stakeholders and suppliers, oversees execution, monitors milestones and progress, maintains project administration, ensures safety, and reports bottlenecks and outcomes. Projects may involve HVAC, laboratory equipment, roofing, electrical systems, and security. The role is fully on-site in Sassenheim and requires Dutch and English proficiency.

Lead complex, multi-team engineering programs from definition through delivery. Own scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, trade-offs, and stakeholder communication while coordinating engineering, product, design, security, and go-to-market teams. Influence architectural decisions, manage operating cadence, provide executive visibility, and improve engineering productivity through lightweight processes and AI-enabled tooling.

The Project Manager II oversees clinical trials, ensuring compliance with budgets, timelines, and regulations while leading client interactions and project teams.

Lead EMS automotive electronics projects from pilot to high-volume production. Own project plans, risks, budgets, CAPEX, quality targets, and customer communication. Coordinate manufacturing, supply chain, and stakeholders to ensure on-time, cost-effective serial launches while applying PDP and continuous improvement practices and mentoring junior PMs.

Responsible for managing quality processes in EPCI environments, ensuring compliance with ISO 9000 standards, leading audits, and overseeing team performance. Requires strong leadership and engineering expertise.

Manage noise-insulation projects from planning and design through construction, ensuring delivery to time, budget and specification. Oversee contracts, tendering, design coordination, onsite inspections, quality, safety, stakeholder and homeowner engagement, risk and change control, reporting and RIAI/ECC contract administration.

Lead delivery of capital drainage and transport infrastructure projects, managing budget, schedule, quality, design development, procurement, consultants, statutory processes, construction contractors, project controls, cashflow and stakeholder engagement across the full project lifecycle.

Lead delivery of capital projects in the utilities sector, managing budget, schedule, quality, design development, construction providers, project controls, commissioning and handover. Produce delivery plans, cashflow and earned value analysis, supervise consultants, manage stakeholders, support bids and identify new business, and improve project management templates, systems and processes.

Lead end-to-end security certification projects (Common Criteria, FIPS, NIST/ISO), translate SFRs/SARs into engineering milestones, coordinate labs and certification bodies, manage audit-ready documentation, and run cross-functional enablement and risk mitigation to ensure product compliance.

Lead and coordinate early-phase clinical trials from start-up through close-out, managing budgets, timelines, vendors, TMF, monitoring, regulatory submissions, stakeholder communication, risk mitigation, training, and quality to ensure GCP and regulatory compliance.

Support the Senior Project Manager in delivering infrastructure capital projects, focusing on budget, schedule, quality, contract administration, reporting, risk registers, technical assurance, and development of project management templates and processes.

Manage mid-sized technical implementations for Snowflake customers: lead meetings, maintain project governance and WBS in Smartsheet/Certinia, track effort, resolve resource conflicts, hit margin and CSAT targets, and provide delivery reporting.

Lead technical solution architecture, design, testing and PoCs for the VusionGroup platform in retail accounts. Guide customers to realize platform value, collaborate with sales and internal teams, support RFP/negotiation, update CRM, coach stakeholders, and travel to client sites as needed.

Manage MedTech projects end-to-end as the client liaison: define scope, plan schedule/budget/resources, ensure quality and QS compliance, run project setup and closure, handle financials and change orders, support audits and CAPAs, and drive project management best practices while mentoring team members.

Lead complex global software development and technology transformation projects for Microsoft customers in Germany. Responsibilities include project governance, risk and change management, stakeholder communication, resource allocation, financial oversight, scheduling, cloud adoption, customer-focused delivery, and continuous improvement across cross-functional and partner teams.

Lead end-to-end launch of AI-native SaaS products, coordinating Product, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success and Finance. Own beta program, roadmap alignment, go-to-market processes, sales enablement, onboarding, risk and stakeholder reporting to ensure timely delivery and scalable release processes.