Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, Project, System
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will advance the IT strategy, manage IT projects and service providers, prioritize requirements, and oversee the IT budget in close collaboration with business units and stakeholders.
Your role in the team
- As Head of Strategic IT, you actively shape the digital development of Ruhrbahn.
- You develop the IT strategy in alignment with the company's goals and derive standards, target images, sourcing decisions, and priorities for the IT portfolio from it.
- In addition, you ensure an organized, prioritized, and cost-effective implementation of IT topics at Ruhrbahn - from the requirements of the business units through vendor management to the IT budget, procurement, and contracts.
- In doing so, you keep technical requirements, technical possibilities, costs, risks, dependencies, and decision-making needs in view, and coordinate closely with the department management, the information security officer, the specialist departments, the responsible internal units, and the IT service provider.
- Technical, organizational, and personnel leadership as well as the further development of the team.
- Ensuring clear prioritization within the team and managing tasks, capacities, and responsibilities so that the agreed IT/OT requirements reliably progress.
- Further development of the existing requirements management as well as the control of the structured collection, evaluation, bundling, and traceable prioritization of requirements from the business units.
- Management of the early consideration of requirements from information security, data protection, KRITIS/NIS2, and risk management, as well as coordination with the information security officer and the responsible functions.
- Initiation and support of IT/OT projects and cross-departmental measures from the perspective of Strategic IT, as well as accompanying the implementation of approved requirements with the appropriate stakeholders.
- Preparation of decision-making bases so that priorities, costs, risks, impacts, and next steps are comprehensible.
- Management of IT service providers with regard to performance, quality, deadlines, and cost-effectiveness.
- Responsibility for IT budget, procurement, contract management, and commercial steering.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed degree in Business Informatics, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a comparable field of study.
Qualifications
- Understanding of information security, data protection, IT risk management, and regulatory requirements (e.g., KRITIS/NIS2).
- Commercial understanding of IT budget, procurement, contracts, and controlling.
- Ability to present complex topics understandably, prepare decisions, and make priorities transparent.
- Confident demeanor, strong communication skills, and high decision-making and problem-solving competence in dealing with complex topics and diverse stakeholders.
Experience
- Leadership experience as well as the ability to develop employees, prioritize tasks, and delegate responsibilities purposefully.
- Several years of experience in managing IT topics, IT services, projects, or external service providers.
- Experience in requirements management as well as in collaboration with business units and internal and external interfaces.
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What we offer
- A versatile, challenging field of work in a dynamic environment.
- A secure job in a municipal company with social responsibility.
- Flexible working hours/flexitime.
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About Your Employer
Ruhrbahn GmbH
Ruhrbahn GmbH, the largest mobility service provider in the Ruhr area, offers a comprehensive public transport network and employs around 2,400 staff from over 30 nations. Their focus is on sustainable mobility solutions and the use of innovative technologies.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Public Service, Unions
Head of Strategic IT Department
- Location
- Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
