Descripción de la oferta
HARTING stands for strong connections – across the globe. As one of the leading international suppliers of industrial connectivity, we are connecting customers to their digital future. And as an employer? We connect around 6,000 people at our headquarter in Espelkamp and at locations worldwide. Here you’ll find great colleagues, as well as ever new opportunities and innovations revolving around IoT and artificial intelligence. In everything we do, we remain true to our roots: as a regionally connected family business that always stays firmly grounded in spite of our stellar high-tech. Here’s to your unique future with us: Yours!Tasks And ResponsibilitiesLeadership of the IT Business Domain FunctionLead and develop the IT Business Domain department within the overall IT Target Operating Model.Establish the IT Business Domain as the central business-facing IT function for domain-related business-IT topics.Define and continuously improve the operating model, collaboration principles, governance routines and interfaces of the IT Business Domain.Ensure clear roles, responsibilities and decision rights across IT Business Domain Leads, IT Domain Project Managers and IT Domain Solution Architects.Provide leadership, coaching and direction to the IT Business Domain organization.Foster a culture of ownership, transparency, business orientation, collaboration and continuous improvement.Business-IT Alignment and Strategic PartnershipAct as senior IT partner for business leadership on strategic, cross-domain and high-impact IT topics.Ensure that business strategies and priorities are translated into coherent IT domain roadmaps.Drive alignment between business demand, IT strategy, enterprise architecture, portfolio planning, budget and delivery capacity.Ensure that business stakeholders have a clear and structured interface into IT.Strengthen IT’s role as a business enabler and value contributor.Support business and IT leadership in understanding dependencies, trade-offs, risks and investment priorities.Domain Portfolio, Roadmap and PrioritizationOversee the domain roadmaps across all IT Business Domains.Ensure consistent demand intake, structuring, evaluation and prioritization across domains.Establish transparency on business value, urgency, dependencies, risks, capacity needs and architectural implications.Ensure that IT investments are aligned with business priorities and HARTING’s overall IT strategy.Drive cross-domain prioritization and prepare decision proposals for IT and business governance bodies.Resolve or elevate priority conflicts, resource constraints and cross-domain dependencies.Ensure that roadmaps remain realistic, value-oriented and aligned with available delivery capabilities.Governance and Decision PreparationDefine and operate governance mechanisms for domain-related IT demand, roadmap planning, project initiation and decision-making.Ensure that domain-related decisions are prepared in a structured, transparent and decision-ready manner.Drive consistency in portfolio management, project initiation, architecture alignment and business value assessment.Ensure compliance with IT governance, enterprise architecture, security, data governance, compliance and financial steering standards.Represent the IT Business Domain function in relevant IT leadership, portfolio and governance forums.Ensure that escalations are raised with clear options, impact assessments and recommendations.Cross-Domain CoordinationCoordinate dependencies and priorities across all business domains.Ensure alignment between domain roadmaps and shared enterprise platforms, especially SAP, CRM, PLM, data, integration, infrastructure and security.Identify cross-domain synergies, duplication, conflicts and standardization opportunities.Ensure that domain-specific initiatives do not create isolated, redundant or conflicting solutions.Promote enterprise-wide standardization where appropriate while respecting legitimate domain-specific business needs.Ensure that major transformation initiatives are coordinated across affected domains and IT functions.Collaboration with Core / SAP Technology and Technical FunctionsEstablish clear collaboration models between IT Business Domain and Core Technology, SAP Technology, Shared Technology Services, Enterprise Architecture and other technical functions.Ensure that technical functions are involved early in demand assessment, feasibility analysis, estimation, solution design and implementation planning.Ensure that Core / SAP Technology teams receive structured, prioritized and business-validated demand.Align with technical leadership on capacity, standards, delivery dependencies, technical risks and lifecycle topics.Respect and reinforce the technical ownership of the responsible technology functions.Ensure that the IT Business Domain organization does not duplicate or replace technical operations, development, configuration, platform administration or support responsibilities.Architecture and Solution AlignmentEnsure that domain roadmaps and initiatives are aligned with Enterprise Architecture and HARTING’s target IT landscape.Oversee the work of IT Domain Solution Architects from a domain alignment and prioritization perspective.Ensure architectural risks, technical debt, integration dependencies and standardization opportunities are transparent in decision-making.Promote sustainable, scalable, secure and integrated solutions across the business domains.Ensure major architecture conflicts or deviations are escalated to the relevant architecture governance bodies.Support the translation of technology innovation into business-relevant opportunities.Project and Delivery SteeringEnsure that approved domain initiatives are handed over into structured project or delivery execution.Oversee the portfolio of domain-related projects from a business value, priority and dependency perspective.Ensure that IT Domain Project Managers receive clear objectives, scope, governance expectations and stakeholder alignment.Monitor delivery progress of strategic domain initiatives together with project managers, domain leads and IT governance bodies.Support resolution of major delivery conflicts, business escalations and cross-domain dependencies.Ensure that delivered outcomes are reviewed against expected business value and roadmap objectives.Financial and Capacity SteeringSupport budget planning and investment prioritization for domain-related IT initiatives.Ensure transparency on financial implications, cost drivers, resource needs and capacity constraints.Align domain priorities with available internal and external delivery capacity.Support make-or-buy, sourcing and partner decisions together with relevant IT leadership functions.Ensure external partners are used effectively and in line with governance, cost and quality expectations.QualificationsUniversity degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering, Business Informatics or a comparable discipline.Extensive leadership experience in IT, digital transformation, business relationship management, enterprise applications, IT portfolio management or a comparable environment.Strong experience in leading business-facing IT functions or complex IT transformation organizations.Proven ability to align business strategy, IT strategy, portfolio priorities, architecture and delivery capacity.Strong understanding of enterprise IT operating models, application landscapes, IT governance and project delivery.Experience in complex, international and matrix-oriented organizations.Experience with business domains such as Operations, Sales & Marketing, Product Development, Corporate Services or comparable enterprise functions.Strong understanding of SAP, enterprise applications, integration, data and digital platforms at management level.Experience in stakeholder management at senior business and IT leadership level.Fluent English skills.Benefits: Competitive compensation (EMEA), Flexibility (EMEA), HARTING Birthday (EMEA), Informal atmosphere (EMEA), Reimbursement of commutting expenses (EMEA), Social events (EMEA)
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