Head (f/m/d) of Governance, Risk and Compliance

Job ID: J000010488
Pay Grade: BGr. A14 BayBesG or EGr. 14 TVöD
Application Deadline: 12.08.2026
To be filled from: 01.09.2026
Working Hours: Full-time or Part-time
Limitation: Permanent
Published: 23.07.2026
https://online-service.nuernberg.de/jobs/index.php?ac=application&jobad_id=10488

The Nuremberg City Administration is a modern service provider for more than half a million people. As one of the largest employers in the region, we rely on the skills and abilities of our approximately 12,500 employees, who shape and make the city of Nuremberg special with commitment and vitality.

As a competent partner of municipal offices and independent municipal enterprises, the Office for Information Technology (IT) makes a significant contribution to the digital transformation of the city of Nuremberg. In its role as an innovation driver, IT develops solutions to utilize the opportunities of digitalization in the interest of the city's society. IT operates the central IT infrastructure of the city administration and supports departments and municipal enterprises in all IT matters.

These are your tasks

• Leadership of the Governance, Risk, and Compliance unit in functional and personnel terms with 10 employees
• Establishing general standards and the direction of the IT architecture, structuring the architecture levels and the IT strategy for the Nuremberg City Group under a holistic approach
• Creating and updating a service management roadmap
• Creating and updating the interaction of business processes and IT services in the city of Nuremberg, creating a strategic, conceptual, and organizational framework for the design of IT services and the IT service portfolio
• Validation and continuous review of the provision of IT services to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements, with special consideration of public sector procurement
• Creating, developing, and updating IT governance, policies, and standards for the use of IT in the city administration

This is your profile

For this role, you require:

• A completed relevant scientific university degree (Diploma [Univ.], Master, Magister) in Computer Science/Business Informatics, E-Government, Business Administration, or
• Other qualifications with comprehensive relevant skills and experience and at least three years of relevant professional experience, or
• Civil service qualification for the fourth qualification level of the Administration and Finance career path with equivalent skills and experience, or the Natural Sciences and Technology career path, focusing on Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computer Science

In each case with at least five years of professional and leadership experience (disciplinary or within project management) in a comparable position.

In addition, you possess:

• Comprehensive and deep knowledge as well as many years of experience in information technology, particularly technical infrastructures, process modeling (BPML tools), and technical and organizational process workflows (ITIL)
• Strategic and conceptual networked thinking beyond the existing IT structures of the city of Nuremberg
• Experience in leading and motivating employees against the backdrop of digital transformation and the resulting requirements
• Management competence and solution-oriented behavior
• Experience in project management and controlling as well as in leading agile teams
• High resilience and commitment (if applicable, on-call duty and weekend work), sense of responsibility, goal-oriented negotiation skills, teamwork skills, high communication competence, and very good oral and written communication skills

We look forward to meeting you and offer you

• Pleasant working environment in a dedicated, dynamic team with exciting topics and challenges
• Varied and meaningful activities to help shape the city of Nuremberg
• A balanced mix of daily operations and challenging IT projects
• Extensive training and further education opportunities
• A future-proof job with a permanent position and location guarantee
• Meaningful onboarding concept including onboarding plan and mentor guidance
• Work-life balance: 30 days of vacation, part-time options, and flexible working hours to combine work and family life with the option of mobile working
• Attractive company pension scheme
• Support in finding childcare options
• Subsidy for the Deutschlandticket Job (VAG)
• Attractive offer for bicycle and e-bike leasing
• Access to employee discounts with over 3,000 partners

Our Benefits

• Employer-financed company pension scheme
• Subsidy for the Deutschlandticket
• Bicycle leasing
• Training and further education opportunities
• Health offers
• Annual bonus payment
• Performance-related pay
• Employee discounts
• Professional onboarding
• Collective agreement pay
• Home office / Mobile working
• Flexible working hours

Employer-financed company pension scheme; Subsidy for the Deutschlandticket; Bicycle leasing; Training and further education opportunities; Health offers; Annual bonus payment; Performance-related pay; Employee discounts; Professional onboarding; Collective agreement pay; Home office / Mobile working; Flexible working hours

https://online-service.nuernberg.de/jobs/index.php?ac=application&jobad_id=10488

Contact

Ms. Koerfgen, Tel.: 0911 / 231 - 7 80 69 (for questions about the application)

Mr. Roesch, Tel.: 0911 / 231 - 51 73 (for technical questions)

City of Nuremberg – One employer, many opportunities

Further information can be found at it-fachkraefte.nuernberg.de

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