Head of IT Project Transformation Office (m/f/d)

100077 Fresenius Digital Technology GmbH; Bad Homburg vor der Höhe; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius seeks a seasoned Head of IT Project Transformation Office to establish and lead a group-wide function for a consistent management system for strategic IT programs. You will design the function from inception to sustainable operation, providing transparent reporting, independent quality assurance, and decision-ready portfolio insights.

The role acts as a federated control tower across business segments, IT, and corporate functions to strengthen governance, arbitrate cross-segment

Qualifications

• 15+ years leading programs or enterprise PMOs with group-wide scope.
• Proven experience establishing or transforming an enterprise PMO or transformation office.
• Experience steering complex international, regulated programs with large budgets (EUR > 30 million).
• Ability to design risk- and value-based governance, stage-gate models, and federated organizations.

Responsibilities

• Establish the Project Transformation Office with target model, governance, and operating model.
• Develop a group-wide project management framework with standards and governance.
• Implement cross-segment portfolio governance, reporting, and transparency.
• Translate portfolio performance and risks into decision-ready insights for executives.
• Lead reviews, health checks, and assurance to improve delivery of transformation programs.
• Manage cross-segment risks, resources, and escalation to the Executive Board.
• Partner with Group Project Controlling to integrate financial and operational portfolio steering.
• Build capabilities via methodology development, training, and communities of practice.

Skills

Enterprise PMO leadership

Portfolio governance

Stakeholder management

Leadership and people management

Power BI

Power Platform reporting

ServiceNow Portfolio Management

German/English bilingual

Education

University degree in business administration, engineering, computer science, or natural sciences

Tools

ServiceNow

Power BI

Power Platform

Job description

As Head of IT Project Transformation Office, you will establish and lead a group-wide function that creates a consistent management system for strategic IT programs. You will shape the function from its initial design through to sustainable operation, providing reliable transparency, independent quality assurance, and decision-ready portfolio insights. Operating as a lean, federated control tower, the Project Transformation Office sets minimum standards without assuming operational delivery or local portfolio management. You will work across business segments, IT, and corporate functions to strengthen governance, arbitrate cross-segment questions, and intervene when project outcomes or transformation objectives are at risk.

Responsibilities

• Establish the Project Transformation Office by defining its target model, governance, operating model, roadmap, central team, and federated PMO network.
• Develop the group-wide project management framework, including standards, governance, stage gates, prioritization, and project and portfolio steering.
• Implement consistent portfolio governance, reporting, and transparency standards across all business segments.
• Translate portfolio performance, risks, dependencies, and required actions into integrated, decision-ready insights for executive management.
• Conduct reviews, health checks, and assessments to strengthen the quality and delivery of critical transformation programs.
• Manage cross-segment risks, resource conflicts, and escalations, including escalation of material risks to the Executive Board.
• Partner with Group Project Controlling to integrate financial and operational portfolio steering.
• Build project management capabilities through methodology development, training and development offerings, and communities of practice, supported by a modern portfolio tool landscape, data-driven steering, and AI-based reporting approaches.
• Establish binding project management and reporting standards for external service providers and implementation partners.
• Build strong relationships across business, IT, and corporate functions to support adoption of the Project Transformation Office, and identify structural improvement areas to advance governance, standards, and delivery excellence.
• Lead the Project Transformation Office's strategy, resources, budget, supplier steering, and team development.

Qualifications

• At least 15 years of experience leading programs, portfolios, transformation initiatives, or enterprise PMOs with company-wide responsibility, based on a university degree in business administration, engineering, computer science, natural sciences, or a comparable field.
• Proven experience establishing or transforming an enterprise PMO, transformation office, or portfolio management function.
• Experience steering complex transformation programs in international, regulated corporate environments, including programs with budgets exceeding EUR 30 million.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing risk- and value-based project governance, stage-gate models, portfolio reporting, and forecasting without adding unnecessary complexity.
• Proven people leadership experience, with the ability to lead, develop, and empower teams while creating alignment and setting standards across a federated organization.
• Ability to manage critical dependencies, challenge program leads constructively, elevate material risks with sound judgement, and engage C-level stakeholders with confidence and credibility to drive sustainable change adoption across business segments.
• Experience with ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management or comparable portfolio management solutions, as well as Power BI and Power Platform reporting solutions.
• Business-fluent German and English, with the ability to translate complex portfolio data into clear, decision-ready management information at executive level.

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