IT Project Manager – Production Site Ludesch

You’re a passionate project leader who thrives on turning ideas into impactful results, and you’re ready to take your IT career to the next level. At Red Bull’s Production Site, we’re looking for a dynamic and results-oriented IT Project Manager to drive and deliver key IT initiatives that keep our production plant running at full speed. If you’re excited about planning and executing cross-functional IT projects, coordinating stakeholders, and aligning technology roadmaps with business priorities, we want to hear from you!

Based at Red Bull’s Production Site in Ludesch and reporting directly to the on-site IT Manager, you will lead and contribute to IT projects that ensure a robust, future-ready infrastructure for our production operations. Guided by business needs as well as IT strategies and standards, you manage project lifecycles from planning through implementation, ensuring scope, timelines, budgets, and quality targets are met. Acting as the “face of IT,” you build strong partnerships with business stakeholders and operations teams, translating requirements into clear project plans and deliverables. By steering initiatives, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring compliance with relevant standards, you create a reliable IT foundation that not only supports day-to-day operations but continuously enhances business performance.

ENSURE SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY OF IT INITIATIVES AND LIFECYCLE PROJECTS

As IT Project Manager - Production Site Ludesch, your primary focus is to plan, coordinate, and deliver IT initiatives that ensure the seamless availability and efficient lifecycle management of all IT services at the production site. You will oversee infrastructure-related projects across networks, server infrastructure, workplace services, and specialized client systems, ensuring they are scoped, prioritized, and executed on time, within budget, and to defined quality standards. In collaboration with the IT Area and Global Security teams, you will lead projects to implement and enhance IT security measures, proactively addressing vulnerabilities and ensuring compliance with security policies. By defining and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and service-level agreements (SLAs) within your projects, you ensure sustainable service quality and resilient business operations.

PRIMARY BUSINESS CONTACT FOR IT PROJECTS AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT

You will act as the central liaison between local business operations, IT service owners, external IT partners, and IT area peers for all IT-related initiatives. By driving structured requirements gathering, prioritization, and communication, you will ensure that IT projects and solutions are fully aligned with business needs. As a trusted partner, you translate business demands into clear project scopes and roadmaps that enable successful implementation and measurable business value.

LEAD AND SUPPORT IT PROJECTS

In this role, you will lead and support strategic IT projects following Red Bull’s project management methodology. Your focus will be on planning, steering, and delivering initiatives that maintain and enhance production-critical IT infrastructure. You will manage project lifecycles end-to-end—from initiation and design through implementation and handover—ensuring alignment with Red Bull’s global standards for project management (PM), IT service management (ITSM), and documentation. Your project leadership drives continuous improvement, system optimization, and long-term innovation.

COORDINATE EXTERNAL PARTNERS WITH A PROJECT FOCUS

You will coordinate external IT partners, primarily in the context of projects and change initiatives. This includes defining scopes of work, aligning timelines, monitoring deliverables, and ensuring that all partner activities meet agreed procedures and service-level agreements. You will also manage sourcing, hosting, and housing projects, ensuring they comply with Red Bull standards and support the strategic roadmap of the production site.

DRIVE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND ITSM STANDARDS

You will identify, initiate, and manage improvement projects aimed at optimizing IT processes and aligning them with Red Bull’s latest IT service management (ITSM) standards. By structuring process changes as clear initiatives—with objectives, milestones, and measurable outcomes—you will enhance the efficiency and transparency of local IT operations. Leveraging global and area IT services, you will implement innovative solutions that support the evolving needs of the production site.

BUILD LOCAL AI EXPERTISE AND ENSURE AI COMPLIANCE

You will lead AI-related initiatives that build local expertise and unlock new opportunities for operational efficiency. This includes identifying relevant AI use cases, coordinating pilots and rollouts, and managing stakeholder expectations. You will ensure that all AI projects fully comply with Red Bull’s global AI policies and standards, enabling the responsible and seamless integration of AI-driven solutions into the production environment.

Proven expertise in IT service management (ITSM), ensuring operational excellence through incident, change, and asset management

Solid knowledge of IT infrastructure: networks, virtualization systems, and workplace services

Strong grasp of IT/OT security principles, with experience mitigating vulnerabilities and ensuring compliance

Proven project management and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive small to mid-sized IT projects, prioritizing business needs and aligning with IT standards

Fluent English and German skills

A natural collaborator with excellent stakeholder management and communication skills in German and English, acting as a trusted face of IT and a Go-To Expert

Analytical mindset with a focus on continuous improvement, leveraging KPIs and monitoring tools to optimize performance

Familiarity with AI applications in production environments is a plus

Due to legal reasons we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary according to the collective agreement for this position, which is EUR 2,535 gross per month. However, our attractive compensation package is based on market-oriented salaries and is therefore significantly above the stated minimum salary.

As an employer, we value diversity and support people in developing their potential and strengths, realizing their ideas and seizing opportunities. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, skin colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or origin.