Head of IT

• Lead our Stuttgart IT team, both professionally and as line manager, set priorities, and support each team member's development.
• Ensure the secure, reliable, and efficient operation of our heterogeneous IT infrastructure, including networks, servers, storage, backup, virtualization, identity management, and Linux, Windows, and macOS clients.
• Lead cross-unit planning and coordination of future IT requirements, ensuring alignment with scientific, organizational, and security needs.
• Organize IT support, including our internal ticketing system, for researchers and central staff.
• Advise researchers on IT solutions, scientific computing, and research data management.
• Plan and carry out IT projects, plan the IT budget, and oversee procurement and license management.
• Coordinate with the IT team in Tübingen, our campus partners, and central Max Planck IT services such as MaxIT, GWDG, and MPCDF.

• You will join a highly qualified, international team of about seven core IT staff plus several affiliated IT administrators on a lively research campus in Stuttgart.
• We offer flexible working hours, the option to work remotely, potential annual performance-based bonuses, opportunities for further education and training, an on-campus daycare center, a subsidy for the Deutschlandticket (public transport), and many other benefits.
• We are offering an initial two-year contract with the possibility of becoming permanent at the end of that fixed term.
• Based on your qualifications and previous professional experience, a salary of up to EG 12 (TVöD Bund) is possible according to the Public Service Wage Agreement.
• All social benefits of public service apply.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity:

The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and encourages applications from qualified candidates with disabilities. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in its workforce in areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. At MPI-IS, we celebrate diversity and believe that bringing together different perspectives and backgrounds is key to advancing science. We look for a wide range of skills and abilities, so even if you do not meet every listed requirement, we would still love to hear from you.