Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary IT interface for business-IT topics within the assigned domain.
• Translate business priorities, needs and improvement opportunities into structured IT demand.
• Own and maintain the domain IT roadmap in alignment with business priorities, IT strategy, architecture, budget and delivery capacity.
• Prepare prioritization proposals, decision options and roadmap updates for domain-related initiatives.
• Ensure transparency on business value, urgency, risks, dependencies, costs and resource constraints.
• Coordinate demand and dependencies with other domains, Core / SAP Technology, Shared Technology Services and Enterprise Architecture.
• Identify opportunities for business improvement through technology, standardization, automation and process optimization.
• Ensure initiatives follow HARTING’s IT governance, architecture, security, data governance and compliance standards.
• Provide domain-level steering for approved initiatives together with Project Managers, Solution Architects and delivery teams.
• Ensure technical teams receive clear, prioritized and business-validated demand, while technical execution and operations remain with the responsible technology functions.
• Escalate unresolved priority, budget, resource or dependency conflicts to the relevant governance bodies.
• If applicable, lead assigned team members and foster ownership, transparency, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications: 

• University degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering or a comparable discipline.
• Long-standing professional experience in IT, digital transformation, business relationship management, product ownership, portfolio management or a relevant business domain.
• Strong understanding of business processes and IT-enabled business capabilities in the assigned domain.
• Experience in stakeholder management across business and IT leadership levels.
• Experience in demand management, roadmap planning, portfolio prioritization or IT governance.
• Good understanding of enterprise architecture principles, application landscapes and IT delivery models.
• Experience working in complex, international and matrix-oriented organizations.
• Fluent English skills.