Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, Project, System
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Soest
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop innovative IT solutions for digital administration, lead agile projects, identify technological trends, and optimize existing processes to enhance efficiency and user-friendliness.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Do you want to actively develop digital administration and shape innovative IT solutions? Are you passionate about technology, strategic in your thinking, and able to inspire people for change? Then you are the right person for our team!
- As head of the IT Innovation department, you play a key role in digital transformation. You are not only a leader but also a driver for new technologies and agile working methods. Your goal: to make the administration more efficient, citizen-friendly, and technologically future-proof.
- Management of the department with personnel, budget, and resource responsibilities. You assume the personnel, organizational, and financial management tasks defined within the framework of decentralized resource and result responsibility.
- Development and implementation of innovative IT solutions for administrative processes, e.g., expansion of web services, seamless workflows, and automation of administrative procedures.
- Identification and utilization of technological innovations (e.g., RPA, AI, Cloud Computing) for the modernization of administration.
- Organization and management of topic labs using agile methods (Scrum, Kanban) for the development, testing, and evaluation of new solutions.
- Market observation and cross-regional networking to identify best practices for future-proof administrative digitalization.
- Close collaboration with specialist departments and interdisciplinary teams for collaborative project implementation.
- Use of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Business Process Management (BPM) to optimize IT structures.
- Application of ITIL and Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) principles for strategic IT planning.
- Ensuring modern, legally compliant process support to reduce administrative effort for citizens and employees.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed university degree (Bachelor) in Business Informatics or Computer Science and 3 years of professional experience in IT-related tasks.
- Alternatively: a completed university degree (Bachelor) in a comparable technical field with high IT relevance and 3 years of professional experience in areas of information technology.
Qualifications
- Strategic, analytical, and innovative thinking for the development of future-proof IT solutions.
- A high willingness to change in order to convincingly present digital solutions.
- Knowledge in IT architectures, BPM, TOGAF, ITIL, as well as fundamentals in Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM).
- Enjoyment in questioning processes and structures and establishing sustainable improvements.
- High communicative competence as well as the ability to view complex contexts holistically and present them understandably.
- Willingness to change and flexibility to convincingly present digital solutions and successfully establish new technologies and processes.
- Own initiative and self-development skills for continuous optimization of work processes.
- Goal-oriented leadership and motivation of teams.
- Willingness to innovate and a creative approach to challenges.
- Holistic thinking with a focus on the long-term digital strategy of the administration.
Experience
- Several years of experience in IT management, project control, and agile methodologies.
- First leadership experience or a strong ability to motivate and develop teams.
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What we offer
- Flexible working hours & remote work within the framework of our "New Work" approach.
- Exciting projects with significant creative freedom and direct impact.
- Training and professional development opportunities for your technical and personal growth.
- An engaged, interdisciplinary team passionate about digital innovations.
- A modern work environment with flexible workspaces and collaborative working methods.
- Your compensation is based on your qualifications and experience up to pay grade 13 TVöD.
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Kreis Soest
The Kreisverwaltung Soest is a public institution in North Rhine-Westphalia responsible for the political and administrative management of 14 cities and municipalities. The administration promotes the compatibility of work and family life and offers various flexible working models. With approximately 300,000 inhabitants, the Kreis Soest plays a significant role in the Hellweg region of Westphalia.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Public Service, Unions
Head of IT - Innovation
- Location
- Soest
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
