IT Project Manager Central Services (m/f/d)

“We! For NRW!”

The NRW.BANK is the development bank of North Rhine-Westphalia. We support individuals, companies, and municipalities in NRW with suitable financing – for instance, for affordable housing, SMEs, start-ups, and improved public infrastructure. In this, digitalisation as well as ecological and social sustainability are particularly important to us.

For our Central IT Infrastructure/Projects department in Düsseldorf, we are looking for you as an IT Project Manager Central Services (m/f/d).

• You manage medium to large projects or sub-projects across multiple departments and areas, including planning and controlling processes, budget and resources, as well as risk management

• You communicate effectively at various management levels and represent the interests of the project

• You support clients and manage service providers in your projects

• You negotiate performance specifications, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and prices

• You conduct architecture design reviews and take on demand and order management to direct the bank's service providers

• In provider management, you assess changes (Change Management) and service delivery to ensure the services are appropriate and cost-effective

• Together with the IT infrastructure provider, you standardise, optimise and develop the central services and network operation further – while representing the interests of NRW.BANK

• You support the development and assessment of new infrastructure technologies and appropriate operating concepts

• You manage, moderate, and support troubleshooting together with the service provider

• Completed degree with an IT focus and at least 5 years of professional experience or a technical education with IT knowledge and at least 8 years of professional experience

• Experience managing the following technologies in your projects: TCP/IP networks, central services like DNS, and client/server environments and architectures based on Windows and Unix servers

• You are familiar with security mechanisms for IT infrastructures and have engaged with BSI Basic Protection

• Certification as MCSE or comparable practical knowledge

• Experience in project management of medium and large infrastructure projects – you have successfully mediated between different viewpoints

• You communicate appropriately with your counterparts and enjoy working in a team

• You find creative and pragmatic solutions and think logically, analytically, and abstractly

3af Diverse, challenging tasks with a lot of responsibility

91d Appreciative team that supports each other

3e0 Flexible working hours – at home or in the office

4da Professional and personal development

686 Germany ticket

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331 Sustainable corporate culture oriented towards employees

4b0 Employer-funded pension plan

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49a Health management

37d00f Very good company restaurant

3c6 Awarded as Top Company on kununu 2026

If you are interested in this exciting role, we look forward to receiving your application.

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