Lead Reporting Manager (w/m/d)

Job Description Summary

• The Lead Reporting Manager is primarily responsible for the strategic management and continuous development of the reporting landscape across multiple HVDC megaprojects at portfolio level.
• This role serves as a key interface between technical teams, project and program leadership, and external stakeholders.
• The focus is on proactive analysis, maintaining transparency on project performance, and ensuring a high-quality standard in reporting across the entire portfolio.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• •Lead and continuously improve the reporting framework across several HVDC megaprojects at a portfolio level.
• •Ensure the preparation, consistency, and quality of reports, dashboards, and presentations for senior management, program leadership, and steering committees.
• •Analyze complex project data to identify key trends and deviations, and develop data-driven recommendations.
• •Coordinate cross-project data inputs to deliver accurate, comparable, and timely monthly progress reporting, including all key KPIs at the project level according to customer requirements.
• •Work closely with project and program managers to monitor progress, support strategic decisions, and communicate key insights.
• •Facilitate management and stakeholder meetings with well-structured reporting presentations.
• •Support risk identification and mitigation efforts through KPI and variance analysis.
• •Provide guidance and onboarding support to other reporting leads and new team members.
• •Promote a high-performance, ownership-driven culture in line with the principle: “Run it like you own it.”

Administrative Support:

• •Supporting the project team with administrative tasks.
• •Organizing and managing project management documents, including plans, contracts, and reports.
• •Preparing meetings and taking minutes.
• •Reviewing and continuously improving project execution (existing processes, practices, behaviors, and culture).
• •Managing and auditing team communication documents such as team lists, distribution lists, and organizational charts.

Qualifications :

• •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent qualification in Project Management, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• •Solid experience in reporting, data analysis, or controlling for complex infrastructure programs or multiple major projects.
• •Ideally having project management certification (e.g., PMP, IPMA, PRINCE2).
• •Proficiency in reporting tools such as Excel and Smartsheet.
• •Strong initiative, a sense of responsibility, and a strategic thinking mindset.
• •Proven experience in stakeholder management at various organizational levels.
• •Excellent communication skills in both English and German.
• •Experience working in interdisciplinary and international project environments.
• •Familiarity with HVDC systems, offshore infrastructure, and relevant regulatory frameworks.

We offer:

• •Attractive, performance-based compensation in line with the collective bargaining agreement
• •Targeted training programs and competency development
• •Flexible working environment and hybrid working mode

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No