Project Manager (m/f/d)*

Successful candidates must be prepared to relocate to the specified job location in the job posting and will be employed directly under the hiring entity’s contractual terms.

Munich Re is a global market leader in re-insurance, global specialty insurance and digital solutions.  New technologies are disrupting the insurance value chain. Our innovative minds in IT spearhead the transformation and make change happen. We support clients with a comprehensive range of insurance and risk management products. Our goal is to become even more digital through the expertise of our IT & Tech specialists, and by leveraging data and insights to support innovation and client service. We are therefore making targeted IT investments and helping our insurance clients and partners to tackle problems in the modern digital world with innovative and forward-looking solutions.

This role will be part of the Investment & Asset Management Tower for Group Technology (IT1.9), responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, and maintenance of all investment and asset management systems, applications, and platforms. The Tower manages the seamless transition of new systems or projects to steady-state operations and takes ownership of key business relationships, providing accurate metrics on uptime, issues, and resolutions.

This role goes beyond traditional project management.
We are explicitly not looking for a classic project manager who focuses solely on leading individual projects. Instead, the position is centered on the professional steering of a broader project landscape, ensuring transparency, structure, and andministrational tasks.

The role combines:

• Project Management
• Delivery Management
• PMO responsibilities

and has a direct impact on overall project success, by enabling effective governance, coordination, and execution across projects.

Your Job

Project Steering & Delivery

• Support, steer and coordinate multiple projects in parallel
• Establish and maintain structured project plans, milestones, and dependencies
• Drive active status management and ensure transparency on progress
• Identify, assess, and manage risks proactively
• Detect escalation needs early and prepare decision-making materials
• Ensure projects are delivered in a structured and efficient way
• Track actions, deliverables, and open items consistently

PMO, Governance & Controlling

• Create full transparency across project status, cost, and risks
• Perform project controlling including budget tracking and forecasting
• Plan and align resources with the technical leads across multiple projects
• Work with and maintain central tools, especially: 
  
  • Clarity (project and financial management)
  • Coupa (procurement and provider management)
• Manage external vendors and service providers
•  Support procurement processes and service engagements
• Track invoices and ensure cost transparency
• Prepare and continuously improve steering and management reports
• Maintain high-quality project plans and documentation
• Ensure adherence to governance frameworks and methodologies (e.g. MR Essentials)

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Act as the central organizational point of contact for project steering
• Coordinate between Business, IT, Enterprise Architecture, and external providers
• Align different stakeholder perspectives and interests
• Create transparency in complex and dynamic project environments
• Drive expectation management across stakeholders
• Moderate meetings, alignments, and decision forums
• Ensure a structured and reliable flow of information

Your Profile

Professional Experience

• Several years of experience in project management, preferably in complex IT environments
• Proven experience in managing or steering multiple projects in parallel
• Strong background in PMO and project governance
• Experience in project controlling including budget and forecasting