Project Lead (m/w/x)

As a Project Lead, you are responsible for the successful coordination and execution of customer-specific projects within the Rail-Flow Transport Management Platform – from planning and implementation to rollout and support. Thereby you actively make use of modern AI-powered tools for documentation, task planning, status reporting, and user communication. 

• Management of implementation projects: Overseeing, coordinating, and supervising multiple customer-specific projects within the Rail-Flow Transport Management Platform .
• Planning and rollout management: Creating and maintaining project and rollout plans; coordinating role assignments with management.
• Project management standards: Ensuring project execution in line with Rail-Flow standards, including setup and maintenance in Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, and Atlas- – while also applying AI-enhanced functions (e.g. auto-generated reports, smart linking of Confluence content).
• Requirements and change management: Managing requirements, bugs, and change requests in collaboration with the Implementation Manager, while considering contractual agreements.
• Client and project communication: Organizing and moderating client status meetings, steering committees, and release meetings.
• Risk management: Identifying project risks, initiating mitigation measures, and escalating critical issues when necessary.
• Invoice management: Ensuring correct and timely invoices for project services via our finance team.

• Degree in industrial engineering, supply chain management, logistics, project management, business administration, IT or similar 
• Several years of experience in multi-project management, ideally in a logistics environment 
• Sound knowledge of project management tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Atlas) 
• Hands-on mindset when working with AI productivity tools (e.g. ChatGPT, AI assistants in Jira/Confluence, automated reporting) as an integral part of your daily work 
• Interest in learning about and applying AI-supported best practices in project rollout, communication, and documentation 
• The ability to keep track of several projects at the same time 
• Strong organizational skills, high level of initiative, ability to work under pressure, willingness to travel and ability to work in a team 
• Very good communication skills in German and English 

• Shape the future by shifting transportation from road to rail. Work on cutting-edge marketplace and software solutions that impact the entire logistics industry
• Become part of a dynamic, international team where senior management brings extensive experience from the business and startup world
• Use AI not just as a tool, but as a strategic enabler of project success – and help establish best practices for its adoption across the company
• Enjoy a high degree of creative freedom and decision-making authority, supported by an attractive overall package that includes:
  • Hybrid Work: Work in our modern offices with Home Office days
  • Subsidized “Deutschlandticket” or Givve Card
  • Bike leasing programs through Leasing-Center or BusinessBike
  • Training budget for your professional development
  • High-Quality IT Equipment
  • Two Great Team Events per Year

The freight tech scale-up Rail-Flow, with over 100 employees, is revolutionising efficiency and access to rail freight and intermodal transport. The innovative Rail-Flow-platform offers customised solutions such as marketplace, collaboration, CRM and transport management tools that optimise all processes along the rail logistics value chain.

By speeding up processes and increasing the competitiveness of rail transport, Rail-Flow makes a decisive contribution to shifting transport from road to rail and thus to reducing CO2 emissions. Over 500 companies - which include rail freight companies, rail freight forwarders, intermodal operators and shippers - already rely on Rail-Flow's solutions.