Chief Information Officer – CIO – (m/f/d)

The Technical University of Dortmund is a dynamic research-oriented university with 17 faculties in the natural and engineering sciences as well as social and cultural sciences. At our international campus, around 6,700 employees contribute daily to solve urgent questions of the present and the future. Openness and diversity not only shape the coexistence in research and teaching, but also in technology and administration.

Chief Information Officer – CIO – (m/w/d)

Design the digital future of our university! As a CIO, you will have the unique opportunity to build a key position in close connection with the Rectorate with innovative ideas and strategic vision and to put sustainable impulses for teaching, research and administration.

This position shall be set up as the Rectorate's office and shall be fixed indefinitely at the next possible time. In the event of the conditions of the runway law, the insolvency is carried out according to Bes.-Gr. A 16 LBesG NRW. In the absence of the conditions laid down by civil law, a private employment relationship is established. It is a full-time job. structural and human development and management of CIO as a strategic interface between Rectorate, IT and University Development and implementation of a future-oriented IT and digital strategy Control of the high-level IT and digitization portfolio Responsibility for IT governance, IT security and digital standards Leading digital transformation with focus on efficient, user-oriented management processes integrative cooperation with internal stakeholders and external partners (e.g. DH.NRW, other universities)

a completed academic degree in IT or a completed university degree in IT and at least five years of relevant professional experience or the qualification for the category 2, second entry office as well as sound, deepened IT skills proven leadership skills and multi-year leadership experience in the IT environment Experience in digitalization processes and project management

This ideally brings you with: good knowledge of the science system and university structures an integrative personality structure with high enforcement strength a high design will and a pronounced communication capability professional and sovereign appearance paired with a service-oriented setting strategic thinking and action very good English knowledge of word and writing

a position with a lot of responsibility and the possibility to significantly shape the future of our university attractive working conditions, e.g. in the context of mobile work and flexible working time models diverse possibilities for personal development on an international campus structuring the space, your task and setting priorities – including the participation in the selection and deployment planning of the team members