Senior Project Turnaround Manager (Freelance, Hybrid)

<p>For a complex and business-critical transformation project, we are looking for an experienced Senior Project Turnaround Manager on a freelance basis.</p> <p>The role is intended to provide hands-on support during an intensive project stabilisation and recovery phase. This is not a purely advisory or moderating assignment. The Project Recovery Manager will actively develop, document and implement the structures required to stabilise the project.</p> <p>The primary focus will be on establishing effective project governance, clarifying roles and responsibilities, resolving existing organisational ambiguities and defining a reliable collaboration model between the involved internal and external parties.</p> <p>The Project Recovery Manager will work closely with the Senior IT Project Manager, the PMO, the Solution Architect and the responsible stakeholders.</p> <p><strong>Key Facts / Framework Conditions</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Contract type:</strong> Freelance assignment</li> <li><strong>Start:</strong> As soon as possible</li> <li><strong>Initial duration:</strong> At least six weeks</li> <li><strong>Extension:</strong> Possible depending on project status and recovery progress</li> <li><strong>Workload:</strong> 100%</li> <li><strong>Working model:</strong> Hybrid</li> <li><strong>Onsite presence:</strong> Regular/weekly onsite presence will be required during the recovery and stabilisation phase</li> <li><strong>Languages:</strong> Fluent German and English are mandatory</li> <li><strong>Location requirement</strong>: Only candidates based in the EU can be considered for this assignment.</li> </ul> <h2>Tasks</h2> <ul> <li>Conduct a structured assessment of the current project organisation, governance and delivery setup</li> <li>Identify organisational gaps, unclear responsibilities, ineffective decision paths and critical dependencies</li> <li>Develop and implement an effective project governance model</li> <li>Clarify project roles, responsibilities and accountabilities</li> <li>Review existing RACI models and resolve overlaps, gaps and ambiguities</li> <li>Document agreed roles, responsibilities and decision-making authorities</li> <li>Define clear decision-making and escalation processes</li> <li>Establish an effective collaboration model between internal teams, external partners and other involved parties</li> <li>Clarify interfaces and responsibilities between the different project organisations</li> <li>Define and document project meeting structures, governance bodies and reporting requirements</li> <li>Prepare and facilitate focused recovery workshops</li> <li>Translate workshop outcomes into concrete structures, decisions, actions and deliverables</li> <li>Develop a structured recovery plan with clear priorities, owners, milestones and target dates</li> <li>Support the resolution of critical organisational and delivery-related issues</li> <li>Challenge existing assumptions, structures and ways of working where necessary</li> <li>Ensure that agreed recovery measures are implemented and embedded in the project organisation</li> <li>Track the effectiveness and progress of recovery activities</li> <li>Support the assessment of project feasibility and go-live readiness</li> <li>Prepare a structured handover of established governance and recovery mechanisms to the Senior IT Project Manager and PMO</li> </ul> <h2>Requirements</h2> <ul> <li>Several years of experience in leading project recovery, project turnaround or the stabilisation of complex transformation programmes</li> <li>Proven hands-on experience in designing and implementing project governance structures</li> <li>Strong experience in clarifying and documenting roles, responsibilities and decision-making authorities</li> <li>Practical experience in reviewing, redesigning and implementing RACI models</li> <li>Experience in defining collaboration and delivery models across internal teams and external partners</li> <li>Ability to assess critical project situations, identify structural weaknesses and develop executable recovery measures</li> <li>Strong workshop facilitation skills combined with the ability to translate outcomes into concrete structures, documentation and actions</li> <li>Excellent stakeholder, conflict-management and escalation capabilities</li> <li>Confidence in challenging existing structures, assumptions and ways of working</li> <li>Strong analytical and conceptual skills combined with a pragmatic implementation approach</li> <li>Ability to work independently and deliver tangible results within a short and intensive assignment period</li> <li>Fluent German and English</li> </ul> <p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>