IT-Projectmanager Italy (m/w/d) – Systemintegration International

YOUR MISSION

As a Senior Expert, you will hold strategic responsibility for our international integration projects, with a particular focus on the Italian market. You will independently manage complex rollouts, seamlessly translate technical requirements between trading partners and our product development teams, and actively drive the expansion of our platform infrastructure.

• End-to-End Project Management: The structured planning, management and successful completion of complex system integrations within the international automotive environment will be among your core responsibilities.

• Strategic Interface Design: You will precisely analyse and define technical requirements for REST APIs and middleware solutions and translate them into a well-structured system architecture.

• Confident Stakeholder Management: As the central point of contact, you will coordinate smooth communication between our customers, external DMS providers and our internal product teams.

• International Platform Rollout: You will primarily manage digital implementations remotely. Occasional on-site workshops with major Italian customers will complement the implementation phase.

• Sustainable Quality Assurance: By continuously monitoring data integrity and the performance of implemented interfaces, you will ensure long-term success and proactively eliminate system bottlenecks.

YOUR PROFILE

• 3–5 Years of Solid IT Project Experience: Your foundation is proven experience in successfully managing complex software integration projects or technical rollouts through to go-live.

• In-Depth Understanding of REST APIs: You have a strong fundamental understanding of IT as well as extensive knowledge of modern system structures, data flows and technological processes.

• Excellent Language Skills: Business-fluent English, combined with excellent Italian skills, enables you to communicate and facilitate discussions with our partners effectively and accurately.

• Strong Ownership Mentality: Your fully autonomous approach, clear decision-making ability and high level of resilience enable you to lead projects safely to completion, even when faced with unforeseen challenges.

• Assertive Expectation Management: In conflict situations, you act diplomatically, keep a close eye on the timeline and bring diverse teams together in a focused and effective manner.

WHY US?

• Excellence & Ownership: Take full responsibility for your areas of expertise, with a focus on quality, effectiveness and sustainable impact.

• Purpose & Creative Freedom: Contribute your ideas, shape your area of responsibility and work with us to build the future and long-term success of our company.

• Openness and Collaboration on Equal Terms: We value open communication, direct exchange and collaboration on equal terms at every level.

• Continuous Growth: Whether through professional development opportunities, cross-functional learning formats or individual mentoring, you will continue to grow both professionally and personally.

• Flexible Working and Celebrating Together: We offer benefits that make a difference. Workation options, team and company events, as well as contributions towards lunch, internet and the Deutschlandticket, allow you to focus on what matters most.

• Equal Opportunities: Not just a buzzword, but a principle we live by. We welcome applications from people regardless of their background, identity, sexual orientation or severe disability. Where candidates are equally qualified, applications from people with severe disabilities will be given particular consideration.

ABOUT US

We are Aufinity – one of the fastest-growing FinTech scale-ups in Germany. Together, we are building Europe’s new standard for digital payment management in the automotive sector from the heart of Cologne.

Since 2018, our platform bezahl.de has been optimising payment processes within the automotive industry. bezahl.de automates, digitalises and simplifies the entire accounts receivable process, from invoicing and dunning through to transferring data to financial accounting systems.

At the same time, we provide our customers with a state-of-the-art payment experience featuring various multichannel payment methods designed for high-value transactions. This allows our customers to focus on their core business while we take care of the rest.