75% remote: Technical Project Manager (f/m/d) focus Delivery Management

For our client we are looking for a Technical Project Manager (f/m/d) focus Delivery Management.Start: 20.10.2025Duration: 3 months, + wish for a long-term prolongationCapacity: 80-100%Location: 75% Remote, 25% Berlin (1 week Berlin / 3 weeks remote in rotation), up to 50% onsite in peak timesLanguage: English is a must, German is a plusRole:The Delivery Program Line is responsible for the design, rollout, and continuous optimization of a software delivery function.To accelerate software delivery, the focus lies on optimizing engineering workflows, increasing automation levels, and introducing modern development tools—including AI-assisted capabilities. Development pipelines are structured to support rapid iteration, reliable test automation, and safe deployment, ensuring high-quality outputs with reduced lead times.Architectural and operational oversight is provided to proactively identify and resolve technical delivery risks. This includes performing deep technical analyses, prioritizing issues based on program impact, and implementing structural improvements informed by real-world usage and escalations. Feedback loops are continuously maintained to refine both the platform and the associated development practices, supporting sustainable growth across distributed engineering domains.This function is sitting in a Matrix organization where we influence the product delivery organization.Objectives & Tasks:- Objective: Improve predictability of Product DeliveryTasks:• Define the end-to-end delivery flow (idea ? deploy ? operate) and publish it as a versioned playbook.• Roll it out via short training modules, Q&A video sessions, and office hours; capture FAQs into the playbook.• Instrument predictability metrics (e.g., lead time for changes, throughput, on-time release rate) using CI/CD, Jira, TestRail, and ITSM data.• Establish a delivery scorecard for project stakeholders and a cadence to review trends and blockers with relevant stakeholders- Objective: Improve overall delivery speed by optimizing engineering workflows, increasing automation, and leveraging modern planning technologies and methodologies.- Objective: Own the definition of the delivery processes, release processes, bug processes, enhancements, etc.Skills (must-have):- Experience in leading and thriving of large-scale complex software development projects ideally within matrix organizations- Expert user of JIRA including writing custom reports, automation, query, etc.- Understanding of cloud platform and the building blocks- Understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, DevOps practices, and IAM/RBAC principles and the associated observability solutions- Familiarity with the essentials of CI/CD pipeline management, including build, image registry, vulnerability scanning, and deployment processes.- Understanding of project management processes, including risk and dependency management and quality assurance- Experience in negotiating with different stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives- Deep understanding of software development lifecycle, agile and scrum methodologies,- Strong analytical and problem-solving skillsSkills (should-have):- Certification in the field of project management- Certified in Agile Methodologies e.g. CSM, CSPO, SAFe Agilist, PMI-ACP