Head of Operational System Control Business Unit (m/f/d)
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)
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Head of Strategic Corporate Management Unit
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Lead
About the role
- You will report directly to the Executive Board, assume (personnel) responsibility and actively shape the future business unit and its associated change and transformation processes — with a clear focus on stability in Berlin's public transport (ÖPNV).
- You inspire your leadership team and employees with your leadership style.
- You are responsible for BVG's strategic direction — including a forward-looking mobility vision for Berlin and oversight of sustainability, innovation and responsible corporate governance.
- You develop and pilot integrated urban mobility concepts — for example through the use of autonomous vehicles and data-driven analyses of mobility behaviour.
- You shape the company-wide data, analytics and AI strategies — including building suitable systems, developing standards and generating impact-oriented management insights.
- You manage the strategic project portfolio — focusing on impact, cost-effectiveness and sustainability, as well as defining project management standards and advising decentralized units.
- You coordinate central committee processes (e.g., Executive Board, Supervisory Board) and chair the Strategy and Investment Boards — including responsibility for strategic investments and close coordination with political and municipal stakeholders.
Requirements
- A professionally skilled and committed leader with relevant professional and extensive managerial experience in senior strategic and operational roles and demonstrable successes in a similar position.
- A completed academic degree (Master/Diploma) in a relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Economics, etc.).
- Alternatively: equivalent knowledge and skills acquired through several years of professional experience.
- Willingness to undergo the extended security clearance level Ü2 under the Berlin Security Clearance Act (BSÜG) is a mandatory requirement.
- We welcome a creative and courageous leader experienced in accompanying change and transformation processes, who works in an inclusive and appreciative manner and demonstrates a high degree of motivation and enthusiasm.
- Experience managing complex corporate structures and working with employee representatives, plus the ability to quickly and confidently grasp complex issues and relationships as well as strategic, entrepreneurial and innovative thinking and actions.
- Strong affinity for public transport and a broad understanding of the relevant strategic issues of a municipal service company.
- Clear future-oriented visions for urban and rural mobility.
- Confident stakeholder communication, decisiveness and excellent persuasion and communication skills, authoritative presence, conflict management ability and intercultural competence.
Benefits
- Diverse, challenging responsibilities and forward-looking projects
- Flexible working hours, possibility to work remotely
- 30 days of vacation
- Tailored health offering including an individual health check (every 2 years)
- Wide-ranging training and development opportunities
- Personal public transport pass
- Personal budget for arranging an individual company pension plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
data-driven analysisproject managementstrategic directionurban mobility conceptssustainability strategiesAI strategieschange managementcorporate governanceimpact-oriented managementautonomous vehicles
Soft skills
leadershipcommunication skillsdecisivenesspersuasionconflict managementintercultural competencestrategic thinkingentrepreneurial thinkingcreativitymotivation
Certifications
Master's degreeDiplomaBerlin Security Clearance Act (BSÜG)
