As Senior Project Manager, you will join our central Project Management team in Reinbek, which leads the company's large and complex cross-functional projects and sets the standards for how projects are run across all of arethia's global locations. Join us during a pivotal growth phase and help create the foundations of a team that will drive meaningful transformation across the organisation.
You will independently lead complex projects with senior stakeholders across departments, and you will be the person we turn to when a project has drifted off course and needs to be brought back on track.
This is a delivery role first, and it is also a chance to shape how project management works in a growing, international company: you will contribute to our standards and methods, support colleagues who run their own projects and help build a project management community across our sites. As the team grows, so does the scope of what you can take on.
Senior Project Manager (m/f/d)
Hybrid, Reinbek
Full-time
Permanent employee
Role description
Your Mission
- Project Leadership – Lead large, cross-functional projects independently from initiation to closure, including planning, governance, steering committees and stakeholder management.
- Problem Solving - Facilitate and actively participate in problem-solving sessions to drive project success
- Project Recovery – Take over projects that have drifted off course or lost their lead, diagnose what went wrong and re-establish structure as interim or permanent lead.
- Stakeholder Management – Navigate demanding situations with senior leadership and across departments and prepare well-founded decisions for steering committees.
- Quality and Coaching – Support department-led projects as quality assurance and sparring partner and coach project managers on their deliverables.
- Standards and Methods – Contribute to our project management standards, templates and training formats, and turn project experience into reusable methods.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Several years of experience independently leading complex, cross-functional projects with full ownership from initiation to closure.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders and navigating conflicting interests across departments.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Experience taking over or stabilising projects already in progress.
- Ability to work independently, propose solutions and make decisions within your remit.
- Business-level communication skills in German and English (C1).
- Experience in applying common project management tools, e.g. for task and milestone tracking.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with an ERP or comparable large-scale system implementation.
- IPMA Level C or equivalent. A higher level is a plus.
- Experience in a manufacturing or regulated production environment.
- Experience developing project management standards, templates or training formats.
- Experience with Jira and Confluence.
- Experience working in an international, multi-site organisation.
Why you'll love working here
- Attraktive Aufgaben in einem international agierenden, wachsenden Familienunternehmen mit flachen Hierarchien
- Flexible Arbeitszeiten und Homeoffice-Möglichkeiten
- 4 Wochen Remote Work aus dem EU Ausland
- 30 Tage bezahlter Urlaub pro Jahr
- Gehaltsbänder für eine gerechte Unternehmenskultur
- Monatlicher Zuschuss von 50€ für deine BAV
- Teilnahme an jährlichen 360° Feedback-Loops mit klaren Aufstiegskriterien und einem individuellen Karrierepfad
- Verantwortung ab dem ersten Tag in einem Unternehmen, das Eigenverantwortung und persönliches Wachstum fördert
- Im Bedarfsfall können Umzugskosten anteilig erstattet werden
- Regelmäßige Firmenevents wie Sommerfest, Weihnachtsfeier
- Zwei Mal im Jahr bezahlte Teamdinner oder -aktivitäten für jedes Team
- Kostenloser Parkplatz direkt vor der Tür
- Vergünstigungen und Benefits: JobRad, subventioniertes Mittagessen, Zuschuss zum Deutschlandticket, kostenlose Sprachkurse, sowie attraktive Konditionen für Mitgliedschaften in Fitnessstudios und dem Wellpass
- Frisches Obst, kostenlose Getränke und Snacks im Büro
About us
At Arethia, we fuse our long-standing reputation with a continual push for progress. A rapidly expanding player in the flavour industry, Arethia specialises in delivering innovative taste solutions and co-creating products that consumers love. For more than 70 years, Arethia has been known for its close collaboration with customers and the highest quality standards. With over 350 employees spread across Germany, Switzerland, Dubai, and Indonesia, we aim to shape the future of flavours with a culture that values agility, transparency, and talent.