What we achieve together

In your role as Head of IT Governance and Services, you will provide strategic leadership for our global IT governance and shared services landscape, ensuring that Vaillant Group’s IT organization operates with excellence, transparency and integrity. You shape a framework that protects our business, enables innovation and ensures sustainable value creation across all IT4IT Supporting Functions.

• Your responsibilities will include shaping and continuously evolving the Group IT governance and services strategy so that policies, operating models and decision rights empower our business and reflect enterprise objectives without complexity
• After analyzing and evaluating business requirements, you define and maintain Group IT policies, control objectives and compliance processes, ensuring that risks are transparent, mitigated and governed in a structured and sustainable way
• By creating financial and asset transparency, you ensure reliable budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation and lifecycle stewardship, enabling the business to make informed and value driven decisions
• You lead the sourcing and vendor management framework, negotiate complex contracts, and ensure that strategic partners deliver measurable performance and contribute to long term value for Vaillant Group
• Together with an international network of experts, you define KPI frameworks, service performance dashboards and governance structures that ensure high data quality and provide actionable insights for senior executives
• You oversee demand management, portfolio steering and high quality delivery governance, making sure that resources, initiatives and benefits are aligned and executed consistently across all Group IT domains

What makes us successful together

• Qualifications: You hold a master’s degree in computer science, engineering, business administration, economics or an equivalent field
• Experience: You bring at least 12 years of global IT leadership responsibility, including 5 years of people leadership with proven capability to develop, motivate and empower teams
• Know-how: You have deep expertise in IT governance, service management, financial stewardship, risk & compliance, and vendor management, supported by strong architectural literacy and alignment to IT4IT, TOGAF, ITIL and COBIT principles
• Nice to have: Certifications such as ITIL 4, COBIT, ISO/IEC 27001, IT4IT, TOGAF, FinOps or ISO/IEC 20000 would further strengthen your profile
• Personality: You are a collaborative and emotionally intelligent leader with strong strategic thinking, persuasive communication skills and the ability to guide organizational change in a complex international environment
• Languages: You communicate fluently in English; additional European languages are an advantage

What you can count on

• Hybrid Work: We offer our employees the opportunity to work on a hybrid basis. There is also the option to temporarily 
  work from a country within the European Union
• Buy vacation days: Whether you need a longer break for a vacation, more time with your family or simply a break 
  from your daily work routine - purchasing additional vacation days gives you the chance to take an extended break
• Onboarding: Our clearly structured onboarding process, including an Onboarding App, enables us to integrate new employees into Vaillant Group quickly and in a targeted manner
• Health management: We offer comprehensive preventive health counseling & measures
• Individual development: Our development programs "GROW, EVOLVE, LEAD and EXCEL" prepare you for the next step in your career