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Senior Project Manager (m/w/d)
all locations | fulltime | 01. August 2026
Organizational Transformation Project | Reports to: Director Enterprise Applications
We are looking for an experienced Project Lead to drive the integration of Brill, Sciendo, and Ubiquity into our existing SAP-based system landscape. This is not an IT or SAP implementation project in the conventional sense - it is an organizational transformation project. Legacy systems will be retired and replaced by SAP, but the more significant shift lies in harmonizing business processes, working methods, and organizational structures across all entities involved.
You, together with your project team, will take full ownership of steering and progress across the entire initiative, acting as the central point of coordination between business units, our publishing structure, external consultancy resources, and senior management.
The success in this role is measured not by the technical implementation of SAP, but by the successful adoption of harmonized business processes and ways of working across all participating entities.
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Your tasks
Hold overall accountability for steering, progress tracking, and successful delivery of the integration project across Brill, Sciendo, and Ubiquity.
Maintain and update project plans and timelines, tracking milestones and dependencies across all workstreams.
Align and monitor project budget against actual effort and spend, flagging deviations early.
Moderate cross-stakeholder decision-making and ensure decisions are properly documented and tracked through to implementation.
Establish and maintain project governance structures, decision processes and reporting mechanisms.
Ensure timely escalation and resolution of project risks and decision requirements.
Act as the main point of contact for stakeholders, providing regular, transparent communication on status, risks and dependencies.
Manage and challenge external consulting partners regarding scope, quality, timelines and delivery commitments.
Ensure transparency of effort, progress, risks and dependencies.
Drive the replacement of legacy systems by SAP while managing the broader organizational and process-related change this entails.
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Your profile
Solid working knowledge of SAP (modules, processes, and integration logic), because you understand how SAP shapes business processes.
Strong business expertise and the ability to understand how solutions and processes interconnect, recognizing the downstream impact of decisions on other teams, processes, and ongoing discussions.
Proven experience leading complex ERP, business transformation or integration projects with multiple stakeholders, external vendors and international teams.
Strong project planning, risk management, dependency management and reporting skills.
Experience working in international and multicultural environments.
Confident communication style, comfortable presenting to, challenging and negotiating with C-level.
A process-oriented mindset with genuine interest in organizational design, not just system delivery.
Experience managing external consultancy partners and coordinating shared resource pools.
Fluency in English
We offer you
An exciting professional challenge for one of the innovation drivers of the publishing industry
Family-friendly working time models, flexitime, and flexible home office arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance, alongside a substantial vacation allowance and additional special leave days
Extensive benefits and allowances for a healthy, balanced life
Development budget and opportunities for training and personal development
Passionate colleagues in diverse, international teams; joint team events and company parties
At De Gruyter Brill, we are dedicated to diversity, equal opportunity, and building an inclusive culture where everyone belongs. We believe in individual potential, so please apply even if you don’t meet every requirement—passion and a willingness to learn matter as much as qualifications. We look forward to hearing from you!
Josephine Hoppe
People + Culture
+49 (0)30 260 05-137
