Sr infrastructure IT Project Manager

Fresenius Medical Care is a leading provider in the healthcare sector, and they are seeking a Sr Infrastructure IT Project Manager to lead large, business-critical IT projects. The role involves engaging senior stakeholders, managing project delivery, and ensuring effective communication and governance throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Provide end-to-end leadership of large, business-critical IT projects, ensuring alignment with executive expectations and enterprise strategy
• Engage, influence, and manage senior stakeholders, including directors, VPs, and cross-functional leadership teams, ensuring clear communication, timely escalations, and well-informed decision-making
• Develop and maintain comprehensive communication plans, ensuring consistent, transparent, and effective updates to senior management and key stakeholders
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executives, providing insights on risks, mitigation strategies, and project health
• Lead all phases of project execution—from initiation and planning to delivery and closure—using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies as appropriate
• Utilize the PPM tool for project reporting, executive dashboards, resource forecasting, and overall governance management
• Build and manage complex project schedules, dependencies, and workstreams, ensuring timely delivery through strong oversight and proactive issue resolution
• Lead structured risk assessment and mitigation planning at both tactical and strategic levels, ensuring early detection and escalation of risks that may impact senior leadership priorities
• Manage the resolution of complex issues requiring coordination across multiple senior teams and business units
• Support and drive organizational change, ensuring adoption of new processes, technologies, and standards across highly visible initiatives
• Partner extensively with cross-functional teams to define requirements, align expectations, and ensure seamless execution across technical and business groups
• Develop, maintain, and promote project management standards and best practices, playing an active role in uplifting PMO maturity across the organization
• Network with senior internal and external stakeholders to support solutioning, governance, and best-practice adoption

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum 7–10 years of IT project management experience (or 5+ years with a master's degree) successfully delivering high-risk, high-visibility initiatives with strong executive involvement
• Demonstrated ability to lead senior stakeholders, resolve conflicts diplomatically, and influence outcomes in a matrixed, senior-level environment
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts clearly to executive audiences
• PMP certification required
• Strong grounding in recognized project management methodologies, planning, and risk management techniques
• Proven experience in operational IT environments and managing large-scale Infrastructure programs (data center, network, server)
• Experience with application development and the software development lifecycle
• Advanced degree preferred
• Scrum Master or similar agile certifications preferred
• Proficiency with ServiceNow PPM is a strong advantage