Head of Digitalization; m​/f​/d

Job Description

As Head of Digitalization, you will be the founding leader within our newly created CTO unit — an efficient, business-embedded team operating alongside our existing IT department. Your mandate is to drive digital transformation across the organization: from data infrastructure and process intelligence to smart factory enablement. You will work closely with existing IT functions — treating IT as a key enabler for digitalization, leveraging their infrastructure, systems expertise, and operational stability as the foundation on which digital initiatives are built.

At the same time, you will be deeply embedded in business processes and the day-to-day realities of our operational departments — from Production and Quality to Procurement, Logistics, and Finance. You will report directly to the CTO and have the freedom — and responsibility — to shape the unit's direction, structure, and talent from day one. This is a true greenfield opportunity: the function does not yet exist and will need to be built from scratch, making this role ideal for someone who thrives on creating structure, processes, and teams where none existed before.

As Head of Digitalization, you will be the founding leader within our newly created CTO unit — an efficient, business-embedded team operating alongside our existing IT department. Your mandate is to drive digital transformation across the organization: from data infrastructure and process intelligence to smart factory enablement. You will work closely with existing IT functions — treating IT as a key enabler for digitalization, leveraging their infrastructure, systems expertise, and operational stability as the foundation on which digital initiatives are built.

At the same time, you will be deeply embedded in business processes and the day-to-day realities of our operational departments — from Production and Quality to Procurement, Logistics, and Finance. You will report directly to the CTO and have the freedom — and responsibility — to shape the unit's direction, structure, and talent from day one. This is a true greenfield opportunity: the function does not yet exist and will need to be built from scratch, making this role ideal for someone who thrives on creating structure, processes, and teams where none existed before.

• Develop and execute the company's digital strategy, with clear priorities for Phase 1 and a roadmap for the years ahead
• Build and lead the Digitalization unit (target: 20+ people), including hiring, onboarding, and developing the team
• Integrate existing Digital Teams into new Digitalization area
• Partner with business functions to identify, evaluate, and prioritize digitalization use cases — ensuring efforts are grounded in operational reality and deliver measurable value
• Define and manage interfaces with the existing IT department and all business functions
• Own the budget, vendor relationships, and external partnerships for the unit
• Report progress, value, and strategic direction to the executive team

• Drive process intelligence initiatives — process mining, RPA, and low-code automation — in close collaboration with respective business departments
• Establish the OT/IT integration foundation, connecting shop floor data to business intelligence

• Own the data platform agenda: architecture, governance, and the first analytics use cases
• Lead the digitalization of primary business processes — Production, Logistics, Quality, R&D, Sales, and Procurement — translating manual or fragmented workflows into scalable digital solutions
• Drive the digitalization of indirect process areas — including Finance, HR, Legal, and administrative functions — identifying efficiency gains and automation potential…