Chief Information Officer, CIO

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for all IT services, systems and platforms and ensuring their consistent alignment with the company and product strategy
• Define and drive a holistic IT and business-systems strategy including Enterprise Architecture (infrastructure, cloud, data, applications)
• Ensure a stable, secure and scalable IT operation (availability, performance, incident management)
• Establish effective governance structures (budget, PMO, compliance, security, data protection)
• Drive modernization, automation and AI-enabled transformation
• End-to-end responsibility for business applications to ensure efficiency, standardization and business fit
• Manage IT finances, vendor management and cost optimization
• Close collaboration with the CISO to integrate operations, security and compliance
• Build and further develop a high-performing global IT organization
• Ensure transparency, controllability and the IT value contribution through an effective CIO Office

Requirements

• More than 10 years of leadership experience in IT organizations with global responsibility
• Proven success in operating and transforming complex, distributed IT and system landscapes
• Broad technical expertise in infrastructure, cloud platforms (AWS), the Microsoft ecosystem and enterprise applications
• Deep understanding of IT security, compliance and enterprise architecture
• Strong stakeholder-management skills at the C-level, as well as excellent communication and the ability to drive decisions
• Experience in vendor management, contract negotiation and cost control
• Fluent written and spoken German and English