IT Project Lead / Business Analyst - Production Software (m/f/d)

Role Focus: Interface between Production, IT, and Software Development
Location: On-site

About the Role

We are seeking a personality who understands practical requirements and can translate them into robust software solutions in collaboration with a development team. This position is ideal for candidates with experience at the intersection of business departments, IT, production, logistics, or project management.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will guide the further development of a production-oriented software solution. You will engage with users, understand operational processes, gather requirements, and ensure clear tasks are created for the development team.

Your tasks in detail:

• Gather and structure requirements from production, logistics, IT, and other business departments.
• Translate business requirements into understandable user stories, task descriptions, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog in collaboration with the Scrum team.
• Coordinate with users, developers, IT, production, and product management.
• Facilitate planning, refinements, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Support user-centric functional testing, acceptance, and releases.
• Continuously improve processes, requirements, and development workflows.

Qualifications

Your Profile:

• Experience at the interface between business departments and IT, for example, as a Business Analyst, Product Owner, Project Coordinator, Process Manager, or an IT-savvy employee from production, logistics, or quality.
• Understanding of operational processes, ideally in production, industry, manufacturing, warehousing, or logistics.
• Experience using relevant planning software (ERP/PPS/Jira) in German.
• Ability to gather, organize, and clearly document practical requirements.
• Structured working style and strong prioritization skills.
• Communication strength in exchanges with users, IT, and development.
• User knowledge of agile management methods.
• Proficient German language skills (B2 level or higher) in speaking and writing.

We look forward to receiving your comprehensive application documents, preferably sent as a consolidated PDF file via email.