Hybrid: 2 days in the office + 3 days remote We are looking for a Senior Project Manager (French-speaking) to join our Professional Services team in Barcelona and lead complex technology projects in highly regulated, international environments. What will you do? You will take ownership of complex customer projects end-to-end, from requirements analysis and initiation through implementation and successful handover. Your responsibilities will include: Managing complex IT and technology implementation projects within our CBDC ecosystem, including backend applications, mobile apps, digital wallets, smart cards, and integration components. Our customers are typically Central Banks. Leading project teams throughout the full project lifecycle, ensuring scope, timelines, quality, budget, and customer objectives are successfully managed. Establishing strong project governance, including status reporting, steering meetings, escalation management, decision tracking, and stakeholder coordination. Proactively managing risks, dependencies, and change requests, ensuring project continuity across both short-term initiatives and complex multi-year programmes. Working closely with internal teams, customers, partners, and subcontractors in a highly international and multicultural environment. Facilitating customer communication and follow-ups in French and English. Managing subcontractors and ensuring alignment on scope,



quality, dependencies, and timelines. Contributing to tenders and proposals together with our Business Development and Technical teams. And there's an important commercial component to the role: You will also be actively involved in pre-sales activities, helping customers understand our capabilities and demonstrating how Giesecke+Devrient can deliver the right solution and successfully execute their projects. What are we looking for? 8+ years of experience managing complex IT projects for customers. Strong leadership skills and the ability to remain resilient and decisive under pressure. Experience translating requirements into reliable effort estimates and realistic implementation plans. Excellent communication skills in French and English, with the confidence to interact with stakeholders at all levels. Strong multicultural awareness and experience working in international environments. Excellent analytical skills and the ability to quickly understand complex topics. The ability to facilitate and steer business and technical discussions, even when you are not the subject‑matter expert. A strong sense of ownership and the ability to navigate challenging situations while keeping projects on track. Nice to have Experience with economics, Central Banks, digital currencies, or

📌 Project Manager (Barcelona)
🏢 Giesecke+Devrient
📍 Barcelona