Director IT Practice (m/f/d)

Due to the growth in our portfolio, we are strengthening our Operations Team in the USA.

AURELIUS’ Task Force is a close-knit team of advisors with deep functional expertise and long-standing management experience. They support value generation in portfolio companies through effective and hands-on project and change management in the areas of Procurement, Operations, Sales/Marketing, IT, and Finance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the IT due diligence process in connection with the acquisition of companies, particularly the creation of IT carve-out scenarios, red-flag reports, and estimation of the associated costs.
• Coordinate implementation of IT carve-out projects after the acquisition of new company investments.
• Coordinate IT transformation projects during or holding time, ERP modernization.
• Coach business and IT stakeholders of the portfolio companies to optimize IT processes as well as project methodology, roles, and deliverables.
• Analyse poorly defined problems, moderate solution finding process, and suggest solution alternatives.
• Support software license transfer agreements.
• Build a network of internal and external project staff and service providers, staff projects, and oversee deliverables of external and internal team members.
• Build a local IT Practice team with 1-2 (Senior) Managers.

Prerequisites

• You are an experienced IT all-rounder with knowledge in several IT areas, IT Strategy and Governance, application and infrastructure management, service delivery, or IT-security.
• Successfully completed studies in computer science, natural sciences, engineering, or economics.
• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience, ideally in the context of an IT consulting, IT company, or as IT Lead in the Industry.
• Experience in IT project management in the field of IT carve-out, M&A, IT transformation, or development of IT landscapes or applications as stream lead or sub-project lead.
• You work in a consulting-oriented manner and are able to use your broad knowledge in a wide variety of situations.
• Excellent communication combined with strong analytical skills.
• Entrepreneurial thinking and acting, implementation strength, and business/commercial acumen.
• Ability to travel on a weekly basis (3-4 days on site).
• Fluent in English, other language skills are welcome.

Our offer

• An attractive and performance-related remuneration package.
• The opportunity to implement your own ideas and create real entrepreneurial added value.
• Flat hierarchies with very fast decision making.
• End-to-end view of the portfolio companies through their Aurelius lifecycle from due diligence to divestment.
• Dynamic career development in a very successful and rapidly growing investment company.

Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.