Chief Information Officer (CIO) and University Executive Member for Information Technology

Quick Facts

• Role: Chief Information Officer (CIO) as a university executive board member for Information Technology

• Focus: Holistic IT and digital strategy with future AI applications

• Leadership scope: University’s information and communications center plus cross-university IT steering

Description

Lead the university’s digital future as a full-time CIO executive board member, driving transformation toward a connected, data- and service-oriented organization. Develop and implement the comprehensive IT and digital strategy, with special emphasis on future AI use cases. Strategically plan and steer IT processes for administration, teaching, studies, and research, while leading the university’s information and communications center.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the university-wide, end-to-end IT and digital strategy, particularly for future AI applications

• Plan and govern IT processes across administration, teaching, studies, and research

• Lead the Information and Communications Center of the university (IZUS), including the Technical Information and Communication Services (TIK) and the University Library (UB)

• Collaborate closely with the Stuttgart High Performance Computing Center (HLRS) and leverage shared potential in high-performance computing, data infrastructures, and digital research services

• Chair committees within the business unit and work in trusted collaboration with university status groups

Requirements

• Completed scientific university degree

• Multiple years of professional and leadership experience in IT, digitalization, or information management (preferably with leadership experience in higher education)

• Demonstrated experience building and implementing IT/digitalization/transformation strategies in complex organizations

• Experience implementing Artificial Intelligence in workflows

• Experience managing complex change initiatives and coordinating with diverse stakeholders

• Strong strategic leadership, clear management skills, and affinity for challenges of a modern science organization

• Integrative, respectful, team-oriented leadership style

• Excellent German and English proficiency

Benefits

• Distinguished leadership role with significant scope for shaping strategy and execution

• Innovation-oriented environment with excellent research, highly qualified staff, and engaged students

• Collaboration with recognized researchers and partners from science, industry, and society

• Appointment as a civil servant on a fixed-term basis possible for 6–8 years, with re-election possible if requirements are met (per applicable state law)

• Compensation according to the state pay regulations (W3 plus performance-based function allowances)