Head of IT Strategy (all genders welcome)

thyssenkrupp; Essen; Hybrid; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An established industry player is seeking a visionary leader for their IT Strategy role. This pivotal position involves defining and institutionalizing a long-term IT strategy that aligns with business goals and fosters sustainable growth. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in IT governance, enterprise architecture, and strategic planning, coupled with a consultative approach to engage with top management. This role promises a dynamic environment where your insights will shape the future of IT within the organization, ensuring that technology serves as a strategic enabler of innovation and agility.

Leistungen

Attractive compensation package

Flexible company pension plan

Good work-life balance

Free parking

Healthcare offers

In-company child daycare

Training courses via thyssenkrupp Academy

Qualifikationen

• Several years of experience in enterprise-wide IT strategy.
• Strong background in IT governance and policy design.
• Proven success as an agile Product Owner or OKR Champion.

Aufgaben

• Define and drive a comprehensive IT strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Establish governance models for IT investments.
• Lead the evolution of the IT operating model.

Kenntnisse

IT Governance Models

Enterprise Architecture

Strategic IT Planning

Consultative Approach

Agile Methodologies

Performance Management

Ausbildung

University Degree in Computer Science

Information Systems

Business IT

Jobbeschreibung

Your responsibilities

Key responsibilities:

• Enterprise IT Strategy Development: Define and drive a comprehensive IT strategy that aligns with business objectives, digital ambitions, and financial targets.
• Investment & Portfolio Governance: Establish strategic governance models to guide IT investments, enabling data-driven portfolio decisions and maximizing value creation.
• Governance Frameworks & Compliance: Design and oversee IT policies, compliance controls, and risk governance mechanisms that enhance operational resilience.
• Technology Operating Model Leadership: Lead the evolution of the IT operating model, balancing centralized governance with business unit flexibility.
• Performance Management: Develop and implement KPI frameworks and dashboards to track strategic impact, IT maturity, and value realization.
  
  
  

Strategic Impact:

• Business-Driven IT Governance: Shift governance from a controlling role to a strategic enabler of business innovation and agility.
• Enterprise-Wide Strategic Alignment: Ensure that all IT initiatives, investments, and operating models are strategically integrated across segments.
• Informed Decision-Making: Introduce structured steering committees and architecture boards to ensure informed, enterprise-wide prioritization.
• Risk Reduction & Policy Coherence: Promote standardization and compliance to reduce operational inconsistencies and IT-related risks.
  
  
  

Your profile

We are seeking a visionary and conceptual thinker, not just an executor. The ideal candidate brings:

• A university degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business IT, or a related field.
• Several years of experience in defining and operationalizing enterprise-wide IT strategies, not just managing project portfolios or agile transformations.
• Strong background in IT governance models, enterprise architecture alignment, and policy design.
• A consultative, structured approach with the ability to engage at board level and challenge business priorities from a strategic IT perspective.
• Sound understanding of strategic investment governance and long-term IT capability building.
• Proven success as an agile Product Owner, Flight Levels Architect, or OKR Champion.
• Confident and persuasive communication across hierarchies, including top management levels.
  
  
  

Your benefits

• An attractive compensation package commensurate with the importance of the job, comprising a fixed salary, a performance bonus and a long-term incentive
• A modern, flexible company pension plan with high employer contributions that utilizes the opportunities of the capital market (while providing guaranteed minimum interest)
• A good work-life balance due to flexible working time models and the possibility to work from home
• Free parking on the company premises / subsidized parking in the immediate vicinity of the workplace
• Good public transport connections
• Regular healthcare offers through our company physicians / Medical Center, e.g. skin cancer screening, flu vaccinations
• In-company child daycare center on the company premises
• An extensive range of training courses, e.g. via the thyssenkrupp Academy and the Group's further training center at Haus Rheinberg
  
  
  

Collegial cooperation and respect in our dealings with one another - that's what you'll find at our company for over 200 years. If this is as important to you as it is to us, then apply now!

Company

The Head of IT Strategy has a pivotal leadership position within the newly established CIO Office. The role is responsible for defining, shaping, and institutionalizing the strategic IT direction for the enterprise. Rather than executing isolated transformation initiatives, this position focuses on creating a long-term IT strategy and governance framework that enables sustainable, scalable, and business-aligned growth across the entire group.

Contact

thyssenkrupp Services GmbH

Verena Hinse

HR Business Partner

Tel.: [phone]

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