Phorms Education SE | Germany | 1xxx Berlin | Permanent position | Full time / Home office | Published since: 25.06.2026 on stepstone.de
Head of IT (m/f/d)
Do you not just want to manage IT, but to develop an educational group strategically digitally? At Phorms Education, you connect IT leadership with a sensory environment: We operate a broad educational network with bilingual German-English children's workshops and schools, an educational academy as well as international schools in free institutions at nine locations in Germany. Every day, our educational teams accompany about 8,000 children and young people on their educational path – internationally, value-oriented and with high quality standards. Head of IT (all genders) (Phorms Education SE | Full time | Mobile work possible) As Head of IT / Head of IT, you take the group-wide responsibility for our IT organization and shape the digital infrastructure for our kitas, schools and administrative areas. In this leadership role, you lead the central IT team (currently eight MA), coordinate the cooperation with IT support at our locations, develop our IT strategy and ensure that our nine educational sites have a secure, efficient and forward-looking IT landscape. You are part of the management team and report directly to the management. We do not expect an IT job “somewhere”, but a responsible leadership task with real purpose: your work supports people who shape education, promote children and enable the future. From our headquarters in Berlin-Mitte, we support our locations with around 1,600 employees and students in all major administrative areas. IT plays a central role: from stable IT services to modern cloud and workplace solutions to digitalization, data, AI and information security. We want to occupy this exciting position at the next possible time. .
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Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer
Leadership and organisation: You guide the central IT team professionally and disciplinefully, develop structures, processes and responsibilities, strengthen a service-oriented and efficient IT organization and tax external service providers as well as technology partners, and are a business partner for executives IT operation and infrastructure: You are responsible for the stable operation of the IT infrastructure at all Phorms locations, ensure availability, performance and support quality, control network, cloud, terminal and workplace services and continuously develop IT service management IT Security and Compliance: You develop information security and cyber resilience, ensure compliance with relevant data protection and compliance requirements and control risk and security measures Digitalization and Innovation: Developing and realising the group-wide IT strategy, identifying digitalization potentials, driving cloud, data and AI initiatives and supporting the disciplines in the introduction of modern technologies to improve learning, administration and support processes Governance and Budget: You are responsible for IT budgets, investment planning and cost control, develop IT roadmaps as well as architecture principles and build transparent control and reporting structures on
Complete study of computer science, business informatics or a comparable qualification Multiannual leadership experience in an IT leadership function, for example as head of IT, IT manager or CIO-close role profile Experience in the strategic development and operation of modern, multi-site IT environments Knowledge of cloud, IT infrastructure, IT security, IT service management and modern workplace solutions Detectional successes in managing IT projects, service providers, budgets and change processes Strategic thinking, decision-making strength and a high degree of design will Impressed communication skills and joy in cooperation with different stakeholders Very good knowledge of German and English
A responsible leadership role with real design space to actively shape the strategic orientation of our group-wide IT organization Short pathways of decision in an international and meaningful environment in education An unlimited full-time position in the middle of Berlin with professional structures and modern resources Flexible working time models with the possibility of mobile work, home office and workation 30 days of holiday and additionally free on 24 and 31 December Five additional fully paid child-kick days for better reconciliation of family and work Individual further development options for your professional and personal development Attractive additional services, including Germany ticket or Edenred City map, Urban Sports Club and company pensions Personnel discount when using a kita or school place at Phorms Relocation cost package for a change of residence at the beginning of the contract
Location
![]() | Phorms Education SE | |
| 13355 Berlin | ||
| Germany |
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