Director IT Practice (m/f/d)

AURELIUS’ Task Force is a close-knit team of advisors with deep functional expertise and long-standing management experience. They support value generation in portfolio companies through effective and hands-on project and change management in the areas of Procurement, Operations, Commercial, IT, Finance and People & Organisation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate large scale IT programs e.g. IT Carve-outs, IT Transformations, ERP modernization as part of the Project Management Office
• Manage project status, key tasks and risks to ensure program success
• As part of an IT expert team execute IT due diligence on potential large size target companies
• Create red-flag reports, draft carve-out scenarios and estimate associated costs
• Coach business and IT stakeholder of the portfolio companies to understand standard IT terms and processes as well as project methodology, roles, and deliverables
• Analyze poorly defined problems, moderate solution finding process and suggest alternative solutions
• Willingness to regularly take on the role as a “Head of IT” on an interim basis at an AURELIUS portfolio company

Prerequisites

• You are an experienced IT all-rounder with knowledge in several IT areas e.g. IT Strategy and Governance, application and infrastructure management, service delivery or IT-security

• Experience in IT projects management in the field of IT carve-out, M&A, IT transformation or development of IT landscapes or applications as stream lead or sub-project lead

• Successfully completed studies in computer science, natural sciences, engineering, or economics

• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience, ideally in the context of an IT consulting, IT company or as IT Lead in the Industry, preferably a combined background in consulting AND an industry IT role

• You work in a consulting-oriented manner and are able to use your broad knowledge in a wide variety of situations

• Excellent communication combined with strong analytical skills

• Entrepreneurial thinking and acting, implementation strength and business/commercial acumen

• Fluent in English, other language skills are welcome

• Intensive travel required, since you will spend 4 days / week in the portfolio company on site

Our Offer

• An attractive and performance-related remuneration package

• The opportunity to implement your own ideas and create real entrepreneurial added value

• Flat hierarchy with very fast decision making

• End-to-end view of the portfolio companies through their Aurelius lifecycle from due diligence to divestment

• Dynamic career development in a very successful and rapidly growing investment company

• Flexible place of work in the UK, provided you can travel regularly to portfolio companies and occasionally to our London office.