Project Manager

The Company

Star is a global consultancy that connects strategic endgames, strategy, design and engineering services to help companies accelerate product innovation and achieve their business goals. With over a decade of constant compound annual growth, we are rapidly expanding our consulting services, geographic footprint, and industry expertise.

Star works for businesses in a variety of industries, including Automotive & Mobility, Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Financial Services globally. Our clients include BMW Group, SAIC, Lufthansa, Denso, NIO, Panasonic, AppyWay, Zeisås, Walmart and Dolby, Daimler Truck, Hyundai Motor Europe, amongst many others.

We support our clients in every step of their digital journey. Through co-creation, we guide them from ideation and concept crafting to full-stack development. We always remain focused on supporting our clients, whether enterprise customers, investors or start-ups, to win the hearts and minds of their (end) customers.

At Star, we blend strategy, insights, design and engineering into a seamless workflow devised to support our clients - no matter how long or complex their journey. We anchor everything we do in clear and compelling endgames, which in turn enable our multidisciplinary teams to create superior solutions and support impressive commercial returns for our clients.

Star is truly global in its footprint and its outlook. That is why we are the first major consulting company with no single headquarters. Instead, clients have many routes to Star, spanning Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Beijing, London, Frankfurt, Munich, Copenhagen, Kyiv, Wroclaw, and other vibrant design, technology and creative nuclei of the world. Our spirited and growing 700+ strong Star Crew takes great pride in working side by side with their trailblazing counterparts at some of the largest enterprise clients and global brands, with highly profitable mid-market players, as well as the world's most disruptive "unicorn" startups.

Our passion is to make every great person, every great idea and every great company shine. That's why we're called Star.

We are looking for you!

We’re looking for an empathetic and result-oriented Project Manager to join our Project Delivery team. This is a highly visible role that spans multiple global touch-points, including Client Relationship, Process Excellence, and Project Management.

Skills and experience you can bring to this role

Qualifications & experience

Must-have

• Hands-on experience in Agile development methodologies;
• Project Management experience of 3+ years, ideally Web projects;
• Leadership and team motivation skills, plus decision-making abilities;
• An ability to guide others through complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty;
• Consulting skills, such as the ability to elaborate ideas and explain technical concepts in a simple way, and convey technical visions to business people;
• Advanced written and spoken English skills;
• International expertise and perspective; 

Nice-to-have

• Technical expertise;
• Experience managing teams that deliver enterprise AI solutions;
• Active interest in emerging AI tech, LLMs, and generative AI. Following the news, new developments, and academic research. You are excited about its potential impact on product development & enterprise workflows in the upcoming years;
• Understanding of how business value could be generated through the use of AI technologies;
• Being active in the growing AI community, attending webinars, events, and meetups, or are interested in becoming active.

Educational requirements:

• MS/BS degree in Computing Sciences or equivalent is preferred. Credit will be given to candidates who do not have relevant degrees but can demonstrate equivalent work experience.

What impact you’ll make 

• Project management of one or more Scrum teams delivering AI-focused projects for Star and customers;

• Manage customer expectations, hold internal contributors accountable for their commitments & deliverables and proactively follow up with process participants;
• Ensure the quality of the process and deliverables;
• Remove bottlenecks, escalate and resolve issues; and
• People management.

What you’ll get 

Regardless of your position or role, we have in place a wide array of benefits, including flexible working (hybrid/remote models) and generous time off policies (unlimited vacations, sick and parental leaves) to make it easier for all people to thrive and succeed at Star. On top of that, we offer an extensive reward and compensation package, intellectually and creatively stimulating space, health insurance and unique travel opportunities.

Your holistic well-being is central at Star. You'll join a warm and vibrant multinational environment filled with impactful projects, career development opportunities, mentorship and training programs, fun sports activities, workshops, networking and outdoor meet-ups.