Implementation Consultant (12-month fixed term employment)

Planview Incorporated
Germany
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English, French, German
Job source

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Software as a Service System Configuration PRINCE2 Power BI SAP (Applications) Product Software Implementation Methods Enterprise Software Applications Planview Servicenow

Job description

Customer Engagement & Delivery

  • Lead end-to-end implementation projects for Planview ProjectAdvantage, guiding customers through discovery, design, configuration, testing, and go-live phases.
  • Facilitate workshops and working sessions with customer leadership, PMO, and IT stakeholders to understand current-state challenges and define the desired PPM architecture.
  • Translate business requirements into scalable platform configurations, workflows, and stage-gate processes aligned to customer objectives.
  • Manage customer expectations, proactively identify risks, and escalate blockers with appropriate mitigation strategies.
  • Support change management activities to drive user adoption and ensure customers realise measurable value from their ProjectAdvantage investment.

Solution Configuration & Technical Delivery

  • Configure Planview ProjectAdvantage to address portfolio management, resource capacity planning, project scheduling, financial tracking, and reporting requirements.

  • Design and implement standardized project templates, lifecycle workflows, and demand intake processes tailored to the customer’s delivery methodology.
  • Configure role-based dashboards, KPIs, and reports to provide stakeholders with real-time visibility into portfolio health and delivery performance.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert, responding to customer questions and providing best-practice guidance throughout the implementation engagement.

Internal Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

  • Collaborate with Solution Architects, Project Managers, and Customer Success Managers to ensure seamless handover and long-term customer success.

  • Contribute to the evolution of Planview’s implementation methodology, tools, templates, and best-practice documentation.
  • Share knowledge and lessons learned across the Professional Services team to support continuous improvement and practice development.

Requirements

Do you have experience in ServiceNow?, * 3+ years of experience in a software implementation, consulting, or business analysis role, ideally within a SaaS or enterprise software environment.

  • Demonstrated experience implementing Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Work Management, or ERP solutions for mid-to-large enterprises.
  • Strong understanding of project management principles, frameworks, and methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Stage-Gate, hybrid).

  • Proven ability to facilitate workshops, gather requirements, and build consensus among diverse stakeholder groups.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present confidently to executive and technical audiences alike.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured, outcomes-focused approach to delivery.
  • Professional-level proficiency in English and either German or French, both written and verbal, isrequired

Preferred

  • Hands-on experience with Planview ProjectAdvantage (formerly Sciforma) or other Planview products such as Planview Portfolios, PPM Pro, or AdaptiveWork.
  • Experience with portfolio governance, resource capacity planning, and financial management within a PPM context.
  • Familiarity with BI, ERP, or ITSM integration scenarios (e.g., ServiceNow, SAP, Power BI)
  • PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, or equivalent project management certification.

Benefits & conditions

  • We offer highly competitive benefits packages for every lifestyle.
  • No one likes working in a box, right? That’s why in our office locations we have open work environments with optional standing desks, soft drinks, gourmet coffee machines and fresh fruit to get your day going! Oh, and a patio balcony with BBQ’s for those days when the weather is behaving.
  • We believe in regular fun office events and monthly happy hours!
  • We offer flexible work hours and we are family friendly.

Planview is an Equal Opportunity Employer

About the company

As the global leader in work and resource management, Planview helps organizations accelerate the achievement of what matters most, supporting our customers from need to speed, from passion to progress, and from overhead to optimization. We provide the industry’s most comprehensive solutions designed for strategic planning, portfolio and resource management, Lean and Agile delivery, product portfolio management, capability, and technology management (enterprise architecture), innovation management, and collaborative work and project management. Our connected platform of solutions underpins the business and digital transformations of more than 4,500 customers globally, including 59 of the Fortune 100. At Planview, our people connections drive our innovation and success. Our global team of 1400+ work remotely and across our offices including Austin, Vancouver, Hod Hasharon, Bangalore, Sydney, and Stockholm. We’re proud of our world-class, connected culture built on our shared values, that supports our teams to be successful from anywhere. Learn more about our portfolio at planview.com, and connect with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter. #LI-CG1 #LI-Remote

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