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Head of IT

Job

  • Level
    Lead
  • Job Field
    IT, Project, System
  • Employment Type
    Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment
  • Location
    Würzburg, Frankfurt
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Job Summary

    In this role, you will lead the IT department strategically and operationally, optimize the system landscape, and automate processes while steering digital transformations and developing teams.

    Your role in the team

    • Strategic and operational management of the IT department, ensuring a stable, secure, and high-performance IT operation.
    • Further development of the Atruvia system landscape as the technological core foundation of the bank - including modernization, integration, and process optimization.
    • Implementation of the IT strategy in close collaboration with the executive board, supervisory board, and business units.
    • Management of digital transformation and responsibility for all IT-related transformation initiatives.
    • Automation and optimization of core processes with a focus on efficiency, customer benefit, and regulatory requirements.
    • KPI-driven management, budget responsibility, and involvement in medium-term planning.
    • Leadership and development of the 14-member team, including role development, coaching, and training.
    • Promotion of a modern organizational culture that enhances transparency, accountability, and agility.

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    Our expectations of you

    Qualifications

    • You work in a structured manner, think analytically, and maintain an overview even in complex situations.
    • A strong sense of responsibility, execution strength, and a high quality standard characterize you just as much as communication skills, integrative ability, and strategic thinking.
    • You actively support change, drive innovation, and communicate appropriately to the audience — from the executive board and supervisory board to the team.
    • Successes in transformation or modernization projects.
    • In-depth Atruvia expertise as a key success factor for the further development of our system landscape.
    • Strong program management skills.
    • Very good understanding of banking organizations and key processes.
    • Hands-on mentality, analytical strength, and confident demeanor.
    • High commitment, flexibility, and customer service orientation.
    • Very good stakeholder management as well as assertiveness and perseverance.

    Experience

    • You bring extensive finance and leadership experience in the banking or financial sector and possess a strong understanding of business-related contexts.
    • At least 10 years of experience in the banking or financial services sector.
    • Proven leadership experience.
    • Experience in Lean Management and Agile Methodologies.

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    What we offer

    • You will assume a key position with direct proximity to the management and significantly influence the financial orientation of our bank.
    • You are reshaping banking, setting your own impulses, and working in an environment that fosters your ideas and allows you genuine independence.
    • You can look forward to an above-average, performance-oriented salary with a bonus component that rewards your qualifications and your contribution to the company's success.
    • Additionally, you will benefit from a company pension scheme, exclusive employee discounts, and other attractive benefits.
    • You enjoy 30 days of vacation, flexible working hours, and the option to work remotely — all to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
    • You utilize a variety of opportunities for personal and professional development.
    • We actively support you in expanding your expertise and further developing your leadership role.
    • You work in a dedicated, competent team and in a respectful working environment.
    • In a company with around 210 employees, you are more than just a number: from day one, you are wanted, needed, and welcomed.
    • We foster a culture where collaboration matters — here, everyone knows the person behind the name on the screen.

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    Job Locations

    • Location Würzburg

      Bayern

      Germany

    • Location Frankfurt

      Hessen

      Germany

    This is your employer

    Fürstlich Castell'sche Bank

    Fürstlich Castell'sche Bank

    The Fürstlich Castell'sche Bank is a traditional, family-owned private bank with around 200 employees at various locations in Germany. It combines classic private banking with modern digital services and places great importance on a consistent customer focus as well as value-based decisions. With managed assets of approximately 1.1 billion EUR, the bank focuses on sustainable investment strategies.

    Description

  • Company Type
    Established Company
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Industry
    Banking, Finance, Insurance
  • Location
    Würzburg, Frankfurt
    Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
    Diversity
    Open for all genders

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