Head of Transformation & Projects

• Strategic Portfolio Management: Oversee the bank’s entire project landscape. Prioritize initiatives based on ROI, strategic value, and regulatory deadlines.
• Regulatory Governance: Ensure all project management processes comply with MaRisk (Minimum Requirements for Risk Management) and DORA.
• Methodology Leadership: Standardize and evolve our project management framework, fostering a hybrid environment that integrates traditional Waterfall (for regulatory/legal) and Agile/Scrum (for digital products).
• Financial Oversight: Manage the total project budget, ensuring cost transparency, resource optimization, and strict adherence to financial forecasts.
• Stakeholder Management: Act as a key advisor to the Executive Board. Translate complex project statuses into actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Risk & Quality Management: Implement robust risk identification and mitigation strategies. Ensure "Three Lines of Defense" principles are integrated into project workflows.
• People Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of Senior Project Managers and PMO specialists, promoting a culture of continuous learning and excellence.

Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team.

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Business Informatics, or a Bachelor with related additional trainings in the related fields.
• 10+ years of experience in project/program management, with at least 5 years in a leadership role within a German bank or financial institution.
• Deep expertise in BaFin requirements, specifically MaRisk AT 4.3.2 (Project Management) and DORA.
• Strong negotiation skills to manage conflicting priorities between IT, Business, and Compliance.
• Fluent German language skills (essential for interaction with regulators) and fluent Business English.
• Comfortable working with AI tools, thinking critically about AI outputs, and contributing to a culture of responsible AI use. We expect you to demonstrate comfort with AI-assisted workflows and a willingness to continuously develop their AI capabilities as the technology evolves.
• Ability to dissect complex interdependencies in a highly regulated environment.
• Ability to maintain a "calm hand" during high-pressure regulatory audits or critical system migrations.