Transformation Manager (m/f/d) – Shape impactful change.

Does transformation mean more to you than just introducing new methods?

Do you want to empower teams, rethink collaboration, and sustainably embed change? Then join us in shaping the evolution of a complex data infrastructure team into a modern, self-organized product team.

The Company / The Client

: We are currently seeking a candidate like you to join our client as a Transformation Manager (m/f/d) in Aalen. This is an internationally operating company in the technology sector with more than 5,000 employees. Exciting tasks and excellent development opportunities await you. Work in an innovative company that is a market leader in its field and personally benefit from its expertise, transparent and open communication culture, strong work-life balance, and flexible working models.

Your tasks

- Actively shape, structure, and implement the transformation of a complex data infrastructure team into an empowered product team

- Support the team in their daily work, further develop working methods, and improve processes so that developers can work more effectively in a multi-requirement environment with many dependencies

- Create clarity about goals, roles, priorities, responsibilities, and decision-making processes together with product ownership, development, architecture, management, and stakeholders

- Introduce changes in a measured, pragmatic, and convincing manner, take resistance seriously, and sustainably embed new working methods within the team

- Win over stakeholders from production, projects, and adjacent organizational units to the necessity of change and strategically strengthen collaboration with the team

- Design and moderate workshops, voting, and communication formats to increase transparency, alignment, and shared responsibility

- Critically examine existing structures, identify obstacles, and develop pragmatic solutions that work in the real organizational context

- Make the progress of the transformation measurable, communicate successes visibly, and sustainably secure the change over a period of two years.

Required qualifications

- Degree in the field of Business psychology (m/f/d), business informatics (m/f/d), industrial engineering (m/f/d) or similar

- A solid understanding of software development, product development, and agile methodologies, as well as the ability to pragmatically strengthen teams in the fundamentals of effective collaboration – particularly through transparency, clear prioritization, a focus on core requirements, meaningful results within limited budgets, and the reduction of single sources.

- Several years of experience in change management, organizational development, agile transformation, or a comparable role in a larger, complex organization.

- Ideally, knowledge of C# backend development or the willingness and ability to delve sufficiently into technical solution designs and source code-related issues when necessary to develop sustainable working methods together with the team.

- Experience in guiding teams through challenging change situations, introducing new ways of working, and embedding them sustainably.

- Excellent communication and persuasion skills, as well as the ability to bring together diverse stakeholders with their perspectives, interests, and dependencies.

- Strong implementation skills, initiative, and drive – you don't just think in terms of concepts, but take action and bring about concrete change. - Resilience, conflict resolution skills, and sensitivity to remain calm and effective

even in stressful situations. Remaining capable of acting despite resistance or within established structures

– A pragmatic, solution-oriented work style and the ability to take responsibility and derive effective next steps even without strict guidelines

– Excellent German and English skills, as well as the ability to communicate complex issues clearly, appropriately, and in a motivating manner.

Has this job offer sparked your interest? Then apply now, quoting the job reference number. Please include a cover letter briefly addressing the job offer and yourself, along with a tabular resume and references from your last two employers. Also, please state your salary expectations and your notice period or availability. We look forward to receiving your application!

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