Head of Information Security Center of Excellence Germany (m/f/x)Kirchdorf/Oberopfingen

At Liebherr-IT Services GmbH, we value the development of individual and entrepreneurial needs and therefore live the flex office: We work in a hybrid model with flexible working hours - both on site and mobile.

We are expanding our Corporate Information Security Team and looking forward to welcoming new colleagues and leaders. To strengthen our global Corporate Information Security (CIS) organization and provide an effective local environment for our teams, we are looking for a Head of Information Security Centre of Excellence (m/f/x).

Reporting directly to the Global CISO, the Head of Information Security Centre of Excellence (m/f/x) provides local disciplinary leadership for CIS employees and ensures the organizational and operational conditions required for global CIS teams to work effectively, while supporting functional leaders who retain accountability for global capabilities, priorities, delivery, capacity and skills. The role also supports the continued development and transformation of the global CIS organization.

Creating passion: your responsibilities

People leadership and local line management:

• Provide disciplinary leadership for locally assigned CIS employees, including performance management, development, coaching and recognition, in close alignment with functional managers.
• Ensure clear accountability between local disciplinary leadership and global functional leadership, escalating unresolved conflicts to the Global CISO.
• Build an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing local CIS community while reinforcing the values, leadership principles and strategic direction of the global CIS organization.
• Ensure local people-management practices comply with applicable employment, co-determination and Works Council requirements in collaboration with HR and Legal.
• Coordinate local succession planning, talent development and leadership coverage with the Global CISO, functional managers and HR, while functional leaders retain accountability for global capability, capacity and skills planning.

Workforce growth and people enablement:

• Lead local recruitment, onboarding and retention activities for CIS employees in alignment with functional leaders and HR.
• Act as the key CIS interface with local HR and the global HR function supporting CIS, ensuring effective coordination of recruitment, compensation, development, mobility, performance and employee-relations topics.
• Monitor local people-related trends and risks and provide CIS Leadership with recommendations on retention, employee matters and local organizational needs.

Local governance, wellbeing, health and safety:

• Ensure that CIS employees in the local entity understand and adhere to applicable local policies, rules, employment practices and administrative requirements.
• Promote employee wellbeing and a safe, healthy and respectful working environment, coordinating with the responsible local functions on health, safety and workplace matters.
• Serve as the local escalation point for matters affecting CIS employees, addressing issues promptly and involving HR, Legal, employee representative bodies, functional managers or the Global CISO as appropriate.
• Ensure appropriate onboarding, offboarding and local employee administration in collaboration with HR and other accountable functions.

Local entity enablement and operational support:

• Ensure the workplace, services, infrastructure and local support required for effective CIS operations are available and reliable.
• Ensure operational continuity of the local Centre of Excellence, including appropriate local leadership coverage and management of critical workplace and support dependencies.
• Coordinate with local IT, workplace, finance, procurement, legal, HR and other support functions to resolve constraints and maintain reliable local support for CIS operations.
• Represent CIS in relevant local management and governance forums and represent local needs and constraints within global CIS decision-making.
• Support the Global CISO and Finance in implementing centrally managed financial structures, cost allocation and related local administrative arrangements.
• Define and report KPIs covering local workforce, employee matters and operational effectiveness of the Centre of Excellence.

Global CIS transformation and organizational development:

• Lead selected organizational initiatives supporting the transformation and effectiveness of the global CIS organization.
• Contribute to the development of the CIS operating model, organizational capabilities, leadership practices and global ways of working.
• Enable collaboration across CIS organization, locations and teams, helping remove organizational barriers and improving alignment between global functional leadership and local disciplinary management.

Contributing your strengths: your qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in cybersecurity, information technology or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Proven people-leadership experience in an international matrix organization, including disciplinary management, performance management and talent development.
• Proven ability to build trusted partnerships with HR, senior leaders, support functions and geographically distributed teams.
• Experience supporting centrally managed financial and administrative processes in an international organization.
• Experience leading organizational transformation, operating-model development or cross-functional strategic initiatives.
• Strong judgement, integrity and discretion when handling confidential employee and organizational matters.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder-management and conflict-resolution skills, with the ability to influence across organizational and cultural boundaries.
• Fluent English and German are required; additional languages are advantageous.
• Practical knowledge of applicable employment law, co-determination requirements and collaboration with Works Councils or equivalent employee representative bodies is required.
• Willingness to travel internationally as required.

Our commitment to you: your benefits

As an internationally successful family business, the Liebherr Group offers you a secure job, a unique variety of tasks and exciting development opportunities. Become part of our strong team today and get to know the Liebherr Group as a reliable partner. Profit from these benefits:

• Attractive remuneration and social benefits
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Freedom for creative work
• Company pension scheme
• Crisis-proof workplace
• Individual development and training opportunities
• Employee benefits & discounts
• Bicycle leasing through salary conversion
• Healthy & regional catering in the company restaurant
• Company health management programme
• EGYM Wellpass

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Please only use the online application option.

Have we awoken your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your online application. If you have any questions, please contact Verena Maucher.

One Passion. Many Opportunities.