Leadership IT Department (m/w/d), Full-time, Part-time possible; Job Ref. No. 338

We are looking for a leadership position in the IT department (m/w/d) on a full-time or part-time basis, starting from December 1st, 2026 or later.

Tasks

• Leadership and development of the IT department team with currently five employees
• Responsibility for the operation, development, and support of applications and IT infrastructure (on-premises and cloud environments)
• Strategic and operational consulting to management and departments on technology and digitalization topics
• Coordination and possibly leadership and participation in internal and organization-wide IT and digitalization projects
• Shared responsibility for IT security, data protection, and business continuity
• Collaboration with external partners and stakeholder groups (e.g. IT service providers, university computing centers, students)

Qualification

Essential Requirements:

• Degree in computer science, business informatics or a comparable field with a clear IT focus (at least Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent)
• Multiple years of relevant work experience in the IT sector
• In-depth knowledge in at least one of the areas IT management, IT administration or IT project management
• Very good analytical thinking and structured working style
• Excellent communication skills in German and English on an academic level
• Able to take up leadership, coordination and advisory tasks in word and writing

Deseable Qualities:

• Multiple years of experience in leading IT teams with professional and possibly also personal economic responsibility
• Experience in system administration (e.g. Windows environments, virtualization solutions like Proxmox, databases, open-source software and tooling, system integration)
• In-depth and up-to-date knowledge in IT security, data protection and business continuity management
• Experience in supporting and qualifying users
• Outstanding competence and experience in change management and promoting and developing employees

Benefits

• A challenging and varied job assignment
• Collaboration in a friendly and motivated team
• Fair remuneration according to E13 TV-L with annual special payment
• Pensionable benefits and occupational pension scheme
• Subsidy for the Deutschlandticket as a job ticket
• 30 days of annual leave and additional free time on December 24th and 31st
• After familiarization and agreement, possibility to work mobile
• Flexible working hours

The position is initially limited according to the part-time and fixed-term employment act (TzBfG). A permanent appointment is planned. Disabled people will be given priority in hiring if they are equally qualified, capable and proficient.

Please send your application via our online form by August 2nd, 2026 at the latest.

Telephone inquiries can be made to Herr Lüke under the phone number 0173 6823902.

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