Job
- Level
- Lead
- Ort
- Potsdam
- Arbeitsmodell
- Onsite
- Job Feld
- IT, DevOps, Security
- Anstellung
- Vollzeit
- Vertragsart
- Unbefristetes Dienstverhältnis
Job Zusammenfassung
In dieser Rolle verantwortest du strategisch und operativ die IT-Architektur und Sicherheitsstandards, entwickelst KI-gestützte Prozesse und optimierst die Cybersecurity im gesamten Ökosystem der Stiftung.
Job Technologien
Deine Rolle im Team
- In this role, you hold end-to-end ownership from strategy through execution, working with short decision paths and direct exposure to Executive Management in a lean, high-ownership environment.
- From this position, you shape the technology agenda across a diverse ecosystem of charitable affiliates, relying on exceptional influencing skills and a genuine respect for each institution's distinct mission, history, and responsibility.
- Everything you design and build scales with purpose, serving science and education, art and culture, as well as social and conservation initiatives that are intended to endure.
- Join us as Director of IT & Information Security (all genders) in a high-impact leadership role: you own strategy, architecture, and security for the Hasso Plattner Foundation and shape the IT & Security agenda for our entire charitable ecosystem - including the renowned Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) - spanning across science & education, art & culture, and social & conservation.
- This is a mandate to scale and build further, grounded in trust.
- Our ecosystem is growing, and it needs a secure, scalable, cloud-first backbone: unified standards, strong cybersecurity, a modern SAP core, and AI-enabled processes that scale through automation rather than headcount.
- At the same time, you become the steward of what matters most: our data, assets both digital and physical, people, and reputation.
- You will shape several strategic decisions that come with this mandate: how we structure our infrastructure and tenants, how we govern AI across the ecosystem, and how we set up our CISO/security organization across our ecosystem.
- You define the target picture, make the calls, and deliver - as a strategic leader, a hands-on operator, and a trusted advisor to Executive Management.
- You will also collaborate with the family's private and investment office on selected technology and security topics.
- If you want broad ownership, direct executive access, and the freedom to build things properly - with cybersecurity and AI innovation as your twin priorities - this is your platform.
- Own IT & Security end-to-end: strategy, architecture, operations, and budget for the Foundation, and the agenda for the wider ecosystem.
- Be a trusted advisor to our Executive Management and senior ecosystem leadership on technology, security, and risk - with the discretion senior stakeholders expect.
- Develop and harden our cybersecurity posture - security architecture, endpoint and identity management, incident response, and vendor security - keeping our data, assets, people, and associates safe across a cloud-first landscape.
- Position IT infrastructure and support as a trusted, AI-enabled service: you optimize the service machine - satisfaction tracked, resolution fast, experience user-centric - with AI handling routine requests so your team can focus on what matters.
- Institutionalize the ecosystem governance model - standards, tier-based guidelines, and Centers of Expertise - to scale innovation across the ecosystem and drive cloud-first standardization and digitalization, including data governance and responsible data use across entities.
- The CoE approach starts with our established SAP CoE (S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, Concur); your role is to expand it to other areas.
- Drive AI enablement across all departments and within our ecosystem: shared AI skills, approved tooling, responsible governance - and automate core business processes end to end.
- Lead and grow a capable team; govern external partners with clear accountability.
Unsere Erwartungen an dich
Ausbildung
- University degree in computer science, engineering, or comparable qualification; an additional commercial qualification is a plus.
- Energized by working predominantly on-site in Potsdam in a lean, expert environment, where decisions are fast, expectations are high, and the impact of your work on science, education, art, and conservation is tangible.
Qualifikationen
- Proven end-to-end ownership of IT and information security - architecture, operations, and budget - in a cloud-first Microsoft environment (predominantly M365, Entra, Azure), with hybrid and multi-cloud components.
- Strong cybersecurity foundation: risk management, incident response, security operations, and pragmatic application of frameworks (ISO 27001, BSI, GDPR, EU AI Act, NIS2).
- A practitioner's record on AI and automation: you have shipped AI-enabled processes and tooling, with the governance to match.
- A commercial grasp of IT cost: you can assess whether IT spend is reasonable and value-justified, with a working grasp of cost allocation and recharging in a multi-entity setup.
- A track record of excellent feedback on your leadership from previous roles - teams, peers, and superiors who vouch for how you lead.
- Decisive, calm under pressure, and absolutely discreet - you build trust with senior stakeholders and deliver on your commitments.
- A strategic IT and security leader who is comfortable owning architecture, operations, and budget end to end, and who thrives on turning complex mandates into clear, executable roadmaps.
- Well-connected in your peer group: an active member of senior, merit-based IT leadership communities and networks, so you bring in outside best practices and fresh perspectives - and keep our thinking current.
- Fluent in English; German a plus.
Erfahrung
- 15+ years of progressive IT and security leadership, ideally including scale-up or high-growth environments where you helped build and scale, not just maintain.
- Experience with SAP landscapes (S/4HANA, SuccessFactors) is a strong plus.
Unser Angebot
- This role is based in Potsdam, Germany.
- We work predominantly in-office, by design.
- It's how we keep decisions fast and collaboration real.
- A lean team with short reporting lines and fast decisions: your work is visible to leadership from day one.
- The entrepreneurial pace and ownership of a high-ambition organization, backed by the stability of a well-funded endowment.
- AI tools in active use (n8n, Asana AI Studio); we're early in the journey, building seriously; we see AI as a means to an end, not a headline.
- Competitive compensation, state-of-the-art IT, public transport ticket, free lunch, excellent coffee, outdoor sports, and a beautiful lakeside office in Potsdam.
Benefits
Gesundheit, Fitness & Fun
Work-Life-Integration
Themen mit denen du dich im Job beschäftigst
Job Standorte
Das ist dein Arbeitgeber
Hasso-Plattner-Institute
Das Hasso-Plattner-Institut ist ein privat finanziertes IT-Institut und bildet gemeinsam mit der Universität Potsdam die Digital Engineering Fakultät. Es ist in Potsdam-Babelsberg angesiedelt und erforscht praktische und angewandte Themen digitaler Technologien.
Description
- Gründungsjahr
- 1998
- Unternehmenstyp
- Etablierte Firma
- Arbeitsmodell
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Branche
- Wissenschaft, Forschung
Director of IT & Information Security
- Ort
- Potsdam
- Arbeitsmodell
- Onsite
- Diversität
- Für alle Personen geeignet (m/w/d)
