[Hiring] PMO Manager @AURELIUS Beteiligungsberatungs AG

Role Description

The PMO Manager will play a central role in the transformation of the portfolio company by driving program visibility, consistency, and delivery discipline across the organization. As a key partner to the management team and AURELIUS, the PMO ensures structure, transparency, and effective progress tracking across high-impact projects.

This is a hands-on, business-driven role combining classic project management with strong change management capabilities and serves as a strategic sparring partner to senior leadership. The role involves intensive travel. Relocation is not needed for the role, but a home base in Germany is preferable and presence on site in the portfolio company on 4 days/week is a prerequisite.

Your tasks in detail:

• Program Governance & Structure
  • Establish and maintain a robust PMO framework including reporting standards, progress tracking, and performance KPIs
  • Support leadership in prioritizing and sequencing strategic initiatives
  • Define and manage the cadence of steering committees and progress reviews
• Performance Tracking & Reporting
  • Oversee and coordinate key transformation projects
  • Develop and maintain dashboards, status reports, and KPIs to monitor milestones, risks, and interdependencies across workstreams
  • Prepare progress updates for management and AURELIUS
• Stakeholder Management & Communication
  • Act as central liaison between executive leadership, functional heads, external partners, and AURELIUS
  • Ensure transparent communication of progress, risks, and outcomes across the organization and AURELIUS
• Change Management
  • Drive the people side of transformation by anticipating change implications, supporting communication plans, and fostering ownership among stakeholders
  • Help the leadership team translate strategic goals into actionable change narratives and embed new ways of working into the organization
• Content & Strategic Sparring
  • Act as a thought partner to the CEO, CFO, and project leads in structuring initiatives, challenging assumptions, and shaping project content
  • Support preparation of management and AURELIUS board materials by synthesizing complex topics into clear messages and actionable insights
• Continuous Improvement
  • Identify opportunities to enhance project effectiveness and institutionalize best practices across the organization

Qualifications

• Experience & Background
  • 5+ years of relevant experiences, ideally a mix of consulting and industry experiences
  • Prior experience in a PE-backed or transformation-intensive environment preferred
  • Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional projects in an international context
• Skills & Competencies
  • Strong project management and organizational skills with a structured, detail-oriented approach
  • Analytical mindset with ability to interpret business data and translate into actionable insights
  • Hands-on, pragmatic, and execution-focused; comfortable operating in fast-changing environments
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across all levels of the organization
  • Proficiency in MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel; experience with ERP or BI tools advantageous
• Education & Languages
  • Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field
  • Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, etc.) preferred
  • Fluency in German and English required
• Personal Characteristics
  • Results-driven and analytically rigorous
  • Pragmatic “doer” with a bias for action and measurable impact
  • Entrepreneurial and comfortable in fast-changing environments
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability
  • Collaborative, yet assertive when driving accountability
  • Comfortable balancing strategic oversight with operational detail