Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, System, DevOps
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Salary
- 69.131 to 87.695€ gross/year
- Location
- Wiesbaden
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you lead Group C3, develop modern IT solutions for statistical production, and optimize IT procedures in collaboration with departments and external service providers.
Your role in the team
- You lead Group C3 in the Digitalization and Information Technology Department, which provides technical solutions for statistical production.
- In close collaboration with the specialist departments, the current IT landscape must be further developed and modernized.
- In the future, software from different providers will play a role alongside custom developments that jointly support the specialized statistical processing.
- You are responsible here for the technical conception, the technical further development, and the provision of IT products for statistical production and result delivery that are 'state-of-the-art'.
- In close collaboration with ITZBund, the central IT service provider of the federal government, you ensure the availability, stability, performance, and future viability of these IT processes, taking into account the often very high security requirements.
- The department is currently undergoing a transformation process.
- The exact composition of the groups has not yet been finalized.
- The full-time position is at middle management level and will be responsible for a key area of technical products.
- In the future, the group will consist of 5 departments with approximately 70 employees at the Wiesbaden and Bonn locations.
- You have the opportunity to actively shape the reorganization and transformation of the department as well as your team here.
- Your place of work is Wiesbaden; flexibility regarding occasional on-site presence in Bonn is expected.
- Establishment, management, and development of the group as well as advising the department and office management with professional expertise within the scope of the aforementioned focal points.
- Ensuring the timely and proper provision of standard components and IT processes 'state of the art' within the scope of responsibility according to portfolio planning.
- Ensuring the availability, stability, and performance of IT systems.
- Evaluation and integration of new methods and technologies.
- Representation of the group within the organization as well as towards national and international stakeholders from politics, business, and science.
- Leadership, promotion, and personnel development of employees, taking into account gender-sensitive aspects.
- Goal-oriented and forward-looking planning and management of resource deployment.
- Management and resolution of goal conflicts as well as identification of risks.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Eligible to apply are: individuals who hold a master's degree or an equivalent qualification (e.g., Magister, Dipl.-Univ.) in the STEM field with a focus on information technology, or civil servants who have been promoted to higher service within the framework of training or practical advancement according to § 33a, 33b BLV (old version) and hold at least a position of pay grade A 15 BBesO or are in a comparable tariff classification (as long as they are employed in the public sector).
Qualifications
- We expect a committed and responsible leader with the following personal and professional expertise:
- Proven successful management of complex software development or integration projects through to completion.
- In-depth knowledge of modern architecture patterns, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms.
- Strong commitment, high resilience, as well as good self-management and negotiation skills in dealing with service providers, (internal) clients, and partners.
- Strong social and gender competence, as well as the ability to lead, motivate, and manage employees—even across geographical distances.
- Judgment, decision-making, and persuasive skills.
- Cultural openness and empathy.
Experience
- Several years of experience in managing IT departments and/or other IT organizational units above the level of individual departments.
- Extensive experience in implementing agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) as well as in managing DevOps teams.
- Experience with the use of AI-powered coding is an advantage.
- Several years of experience in managing IT service providers.
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What we offer
- The Federal Statistical Office promotes gender equality in the workplace.
- Women are underrepresented in the advertised position.
- We especially welcome applications from women.
- Women will be given preference if they have the same qualifications.
- The function is suitable for filling positions with part-time employees.
- An appointment as a civil servant is possible in accordance with civil service law regulations.
- We give preference to severely disabled people when they have equal suitability and capability.
- Only a minimum level of physical fitness is required.
- We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications—regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion/belief, disability, age, as well as sexual orientation and identity.
- We therefore welcome applicants of all nationalities and encourage applications from people with a migration background.
- We offer our employees flexible working hours and see ourselves as a family-friendly employer.
- The Federal Statistical Office also supports the reconciliation of work and family through a variety of programs.
- We stand out through responsible and varied activities within the framework of flexible working models, of course also for part-time employees.
- We consider further training to be a matter of course and offer you a wide range of options, for example on IT- and subject-specific topics, languages, health, and much more.
- Employees of the Federal Statistical Office have access to their own training program, which is launched annually.
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About Your Employer
Statistisches Bundesamt
The Statistical Federal Office is a German federal authority in the portfolio of the Ministry of Interior. It collects, aggregates and examines statistical data on economy, society and environment.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Public Service, Unions
IT management
- Salary
- 69.131 to 87.695€ gross/yearEstimated net salary based on the gross salary in the job ad using tax class I.42.138 to 52.062 € net/year · Tax class I
- Location
- Wiesbaden
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
