Location

Berlin

Start Date

01.01.2027

Permanent

Full-time

(40h / week)

Application Deadline

23.10.2026

Project Manager (f/m/d)

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is a private, non-governmental, humanitarian organisation that provides medical aid in over 70 countries worldwide. The headquarter of the German section is in Berlin. Here, you will work with over 300 employees in various departments every day to support people in need. Our organisational culture is based on diversity, progress, and open and respectful cooperation. We evaluate incoming applications solely on the basis of professional qualifications and consider them regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or belief system.

BE PART OF THE TEAM

As a project manager, you drive the successful delivery of headquarter projects at MSF-Germany by coordinating between stakeholders, ensuring efficient use of resources, achieving defined outputs or outcomes.

YOU WILL

As a team member, you will support our projects on site - without actually being there. You will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Plan and execute projects in alignment with the MSF-G project management framework and best practices to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, within budget, within quality requirements.
• Develop project requests and business cases by translating initial ideas into plans to facilitate strategic alignment and decision-making.”Lead and motivate project teams in line with project goals to foster engagement, collaboration, and high performance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Facilitate effective project governance through structured collaboration with the project sponsor and steering committee to ensure timely and informed decision-making.
• Manage stakeholder expectations by maintaining transparent and proactive communication to secure alignment, support, and satisfaction.
• Contribute to the strategic development of the Project Management Office by improving project management practices, tools, and processes to improve the overall maturity and effectiveness of project management practices.
• Responsible for leading cross-functional teams, planning execution, monitoring and closure and ensuring delivery within scope, budget and time.

YOU HAVE

The following professional qualifications and personal qualities are important to us:

• 4 years of professional experience as a project management role, with a proven track record of successfully managing projects from initiation to closure. Experience managing projects within an office environment, specifically focused on digitization, digital transformation, process improvement, organizational change, or IT implementation.
• English and German: You can communicate fluently and effectively in complex professional contexts (C1 level)
• Proficient use of MS Office or comparable IT application skills
• Proficient knowledge in project management software solutions
• Proven ability in applying project management frameworks for project development, planning, execution, and control

OUR OFFER

Hard facts

• From 4.020€ to max. 5.084€ starting salary (for full-time employment) + 13th monthly salary
• 30 days holiday plus days off on 24. and 31.12.

Life Balance

• Flexible working hours and part-time models
• Mobile working with presence in our office depending on work requirements incl. technical equipment
• Work from another European country for up to 6 weeks a year
• Sabbatical

Nice to have

• Office: kitchens, fruit/snacks, drinks, modern equipment
• Job ticket or Deutschlandticket subsidy
• Urban Sports Membership
• Bicycle cellar
• and much more

Trainings

• Choice of various further training opportunities
• Access to e-learning platforms
• Offers/topic weeks on mental health, well-being and EDI
• Coaching

Does that sound good? Then become part of our team. We look forward to receiving your application.