Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG | Germany | 71xxx Winnenden | Permanent position | Full time / Home office | Published since: 09.01.2026 on stepstone.de
Head of Enterprise Technology Enablement (m/f/d)
As the world's leading supplier of cleaning technology, we stand for quality, innovation and sustainability. We owe this success to our employees and the unique Kärcher-WOW feeling. At Kärcher, a 15.330-strong team in 80 countries is working together to make the world clean. As a sustainable family business, we are convinced that we need to maintain important things, so that it exists in the long term and that its value is maintained in the future. This applies to our own home as well as to our environment, our coexistence, our business environment, our historical heritage or our tradition. We are looking for doers and preservers and go to work with passion. Because we want to make a difference in the world, we are always looking for new solutions. Every WOW, whether huge or tiny, is exceptional and unique - just like you! We also want to create and maintain values: for our employees, our customers and the company. In our Kärcher campus we teach practical know-how. We offer WOW solutions worldwide for cleaning and care. And for our (future) employees we offer WOW-tastic career prospects, a trusting working environment and great colleagues. So if you are willing to introduce your real strengths and your enthusiasm if you want to live out your now-let'-ees-us-doch-one-simplified-testing thing - then you are ready to go the “way of WOW” at Kärcher. Together we can provide more WOW and make the world a little cleaner. We are the Kärchers. Wanna WOW with us? Together towards a clean world. .
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Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer
In this leadership position with high design potential, you are responsible for the Enterprise Technology Enablement department. Your core task is to develop an AI-first strategy that integrates Generative AI deeply into the DNA of our work processes. Together with your four group leaders and teams (>40 employees) The foundation for the future, establish robust data governance and ensure that our data platforms serve as a reliable knowledge base for AI models and agents.
On this basis, you drive the scaling of AI and automation and at the same time you are responsible for the topic LCNC in order to enable our employees through modern co-operation forms.
With Google Workspace, Gemini and other solutions, you provide an intuitive and reliable technological foundation that allows all employees a consistent and high-quality experience across all end devices and collaboration platforms, making it an “AI-Ready” infrastructure that reduces administrative burden.
In addition, you will arrange for the necessary “AI-Ready” hardware infrastructure, so that AI becomes a proactive partner, the administrative burden will decrease.
In your role as a strategic business partner, you also work closely with the department management and the Executive Board, puts decisive impulses and makes a significant contribution to future-oriented decisions.
A completed study of Computer Science, Business Informatics, AI / Data Science or a comparable qualification. Long-standing leadership and management experience in a comparable position (e.g. Head of Digital Workplace, AI Strategy or Enterprise Architecture) with a detectable track record in the introduction of Generative AI strategies. Including proven experience in managing executives (‘leading leaders’).
You bring expertise in technology behind LLMs and RAG and know exactly how Agentic workflows are implemented in a complex structure in a value-creating manner. Deep understanding of the Google Cloud & Workspace ecosystem (Gemini) is a strong plus.
With your strategic vision, you can see the difference between hype and real business value. You can sketch a roadmap that uses our high Gemini option as a springboard for deep process automation.
You communicate in German and English to the C-level level - and you can convincingly convey the vision of an AI-empowered ''Workforce'.
Flexible design of everyday life: confidence work time and the possibility to work day by day in the home office. Enough time to see family, friends and the world: up to 32 days vacation. On Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, you're free.
WOW = Job + Family: We support you in re-entry after parental leave, in the care of children and relatives - also with grants to the care costs and many other possibilities.
Personal car - or do you prefer to take the bike or the ÖPNV? We'll grant that.
In order to look into a secure WOW future, we will pay an annual contribution to the company pension scheme for all employees, which you can additionally increase by individual own contributions.
The right people, at the right time, in the right place, with the right perspective: Sounds complicated? Not for us. We support you in your individual development with our talent management process and an extensive training offer.
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Location
 | Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG | |
| 71364 Winnenden | ||
| Germany |
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