Interim Associate Director IT Governance; m​/f​/d

Stellenbezeichnung: Interim Associate Director IT Governance (m/f/d)
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Job Description About the Role

The Associate Director IT Governance leads the Governance function, ensuring transparent, data-driven steering of the IT portfolio, financials, and performance across all domains and functions. The role owns the Governance operating model across Portfolio Management, Performance & Insights, and Financials & Analytics, providing consistent standards and structures for effective IT investment and delivery decisions. Leading a team of 10, the role ensures reliable performance insights, effective governance cycles, and continuous improvement of governance maturity.

Success is reflected in transparent and evidence-based decision-making, consistent governance adoption, and reliable portfolio, financial, and operational performance insights.

About Your Tasks

• Design, own, and continuously improve the Governance operating model across Portfolio Management, Performance & Insights, and Financials & Analytics, so that IT investment and delivery decisions are transparent and consistent.
• Define and maintain governance standards for portfolio steering, performance management, and financial/vendor management, so that domains and functions operate against one consistent framework.
• Establish enterprise-wide KPIs and reporting standards, so that leadership has reliable insight into portfolio, financial, and operational performance.
• Own and chair core governance forums covering demand management, OpEx/Cap Ex reviews, and architecture alignment, so that investment decisions are transparent and evidence-based.
• Drive standardization and automation of governance reporting, so that data quality and efficiency continuously improve.
• Monitor governance maturity and adoption across domains and functions, so that improvement opportunities are identified and acted on.
• Represent Governance in CIO Management Business Reviews, so that leadership has a consolidated view of portfolio, performance, and financial health.

About Stakeholders

• CIO and senior IT leadership: provide consolidated portfolio, performance, and financial insights to support transparent and evidence-based decision-making.
• C-level and board-level stakeholders: align on relevant governance, investment, performance, and financial topics.
• IT domains and functions: establish consistent governance standards, KPIs, reporting, and governance cycles across the organization.
• Architecture stakeholders: coordinate architecture alignment within the wider Governance operating model.
• Governance team: lead and align Portfolio Management, Performance & Insights, and Financials & Analytics.

Qualifications About You

• Master's degree in Business Administration, IT Management, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in IT governance, portfolio management, or financial management, including leadership experience.
• Proven track record of running structured governance cycles in a matrixed organization.

Technical Skills and Competencies

• Strong understanding of IT governance
  , operating models, and organizational design, with experience applying established frameworks (e.g., COBIT, ITIL) where appropriate.
• Experience designing and implementing strategic planning, portfolio management, and performance management capabilities, using approaches such as OKRs, OGSM, or comparable methodologies.
• Understanding of agile operating…