Director Technology & IT Operations (m/f/d)

A11; München; Vor Ort; EUR 140.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A11 is seeking a Director Technology & IT Operations to lead and scale the technology, architecture and operations of its connected-fleet software platform. You’ll own the tech strategy and translate the product roadmap into a scalable technical plan, guiding a team across software development, QA, IoT, and IT operations, with on-site and remote collaboration.

Based in Europe, you will drive 10x growth in connected assets, modernize legacy systems, and interface with the broader mobility group.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of leadership experience in technology/IT across multiple domains.
• Strong software-development background with engineering credibility.
• Proven track record building and operating scalable digital platforms, cloud and IT operations.
• Experience navigating a large corporate environment with stakeholder management.
• Visionary leadership focused on ownership and developing people.
• Fluent German and English.
• Nice to have hands-on IoT/telematics or connectivity platform exposure.

Aufgaben

• Own the tech strategy: architecture, platform and operations aligned to the product roadmap.
• Lead a ~20-person team across software development, architecture, QA, UI/UX, IoT, and IT operations.
• Develop leadership layer and foster an empowerment-driven culture.
• Scale the platform to support significant growth while controlling costs.
• Modernise legacy systems and enable AI-enabled software delivery on the platform.
• Interface with the wider mobility group and align with product and commercial stakeholders.
• Own budgeting, external partners and KPI reporting for your area.

Kenntnisse

Leadership experience

Software-development background

Cloud and IT operations

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional alignment

German language

English language

IoT / telematics awareness

Jobbeschreibung

About The Job

As a key growth accelerator, A11 partners with Europe's most ambitious startups, scaleups, corporates and SMBs to connect them with top-tier talent ready to make an impact. We're looking for an experienced Director Technology & IT Operations (m/f/d) to lead and scale the technology, architecture and operations of a connected-fleet software company entering its most exciting growth phase yet. As Director Technology & IT Operations, you'll own the full tech strategy of a business that is clearing the last of its legacy platforms and shifting fully into scale mode - targeting roughly a 10x increase in connected assets. You'll lead the team, empower the layer beneath you, and turn a market-ready platform into the engine for a wave of new data-driven and AI-powered products.

Join the A11 Ecosystem

Our partner company is a telematics software company and develops a single platform for real-time vehicle tracking, route optimisation, refuelling and fuel-data insights, digital tachograph and fleet analytics. It is the connected-fleet and telematics arm of a leading European B2B mobility group. The group is one of the continent's largest on-the-road payment and mobility platforms - fuel and EV charging, tolls, vehicle services and financial solutions for hundreds of thousands of commercial fleet and logistics customers across Europe. It operates with the autonomy of a scale-up and the backing of a major mobility player - with more than a third of the company made up of engineers, it builds and runs its own platform end to end, in-house. The new platform is live, the last legacy systems are on their way out, and the mandate now is to scale it and unlock the data intelligence that drives real value across the wider group. Freedom to decide, funding to execute, and a product that's ready to grow.

In This Role, You’ll

• Own the tech strategy: technology, architecture, platform and operations, translating the product roadmap into a scalable technical one
• Lead the organization: grow a ~20-person team spanning software development, architecture, QA, UI/UX, IoT, platform and IT operations, across on-site and remote
• Build the leadership layer: develop your team leads into a strong, autonomous next level and shape a modern, empowerment-driven engineering culture
• Scale the platform: support roughly 10x growth in connected assets while keeping platform and operating costs growing slower than the fleet
• Build and modernise: drive the shift from legacy toward new, differentiating capabilities - including AI-enabled software delivery and AI-/data-driven services on top of the platform's vehicle data - while bringing structure to a grown platform, its data governance and the last of its legacy landscape
• Bridge to the group: act as the technology interface to the wider mobility group, aligning closely with product, group tech and commercial stakeholders
• Own the numbers: budget, external partners and KPI reporting for your area

Your Profile

• 5+ years of leadership experience in technology / IT organizations of comparable scope, ideally across multiple domains
• A genuine software-development background - enough technical depth to earn the trust of a strong engineering team
• Proven experience building and operating scalable digital platforms, cloud and IT operations
• Comfortable navigating a larger group or corporate environment: stakeholder management, cross-functional alignment
• A leadership style built on vision, clarity, ownership and developing people
• Fluent German and English required
• A plus, not a must: hands-on experience with IoT, telematics or connectivity platforms

Location: Regular on-site presence (at least 40% of your time) at the company's Austrian HQ is required, flexibly bundled (e.g. alternating weeks).

Benefits And Perks

• Freedom to build & real ownership — end-to-end responsibility for the tech stack of an independently operating software company, where you shape how technology is run rather than following someone else's playbook
• Backing without the treadmill: a long-term growth mandate funded by a major group and its owner family, not a startup chasing the next investment round
• A product ready to scale: the platform is live and the legacy systems are (nearly) gone by the time you start, so your job is to scale and build new capabilities, not rebuild the old
• Real ownership: end-to-end responsibility for the tech stack of an in-house software company with genuine decision-making room

A11 is committed to diverse and equal opportunities hiring for all – applicants, candidates, and employees alike. We value humans – with all our glorious multifaceted backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences – and look forward to your application.