Food, machinery or T-shirts: Hapag-Lloyd moves goods around the globe with over 250 container ships. We connect more than 600 ports on all continents and are one of the largest liner shipping companies. More than 13,000 employees work on board, ashore or in one of our 350 offices. Together, we transport around 12 million containers per year. Our corporate values "We care. We move. We deliver" serve as coordinates on our way. They guide our collaboration with each other as colleagues and with our customers to achieve the best possible quality. In the long run, we are committed to climate and environmental protection as well as human rights and many other social issues.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

At Hapag-Lloyd we know that digital product offerings and IT capabilities are one of the most critical success factors for delivering customer value in container shipping. As a leading part of our IT Program Management Team, you will steer the transformation and innovation portfolio of our Core IT System to be “Number 1 in Quality”. For that we are facilitating a program culture of success that builds on people empowerment & transparency to channel the work of hundreds of IT developers and business experts towards a common goal: The leading IT system in the shipping industry.

 

This is including following tasks and responsibilities:

  • Create a positive and performance-driven program culture that builds on overall transparency and empowerment of IT product teams
  • Guide the implementation of effective Program Governance Structures which provide control over the Program Status and its critical path
  • Develop and implement practices to execute IT Product development in an agile way at scale
  • Manage interdependencies of the different IT Products and reduce complexities
  • Close collaboration with business departments to assure a strategic fit of business strategy and IT product developments
  • Guide the prioritization of features by business criticality & value in case of limited resources or contradicting targets
  • Implement efficient escalation processes, clear responsibilities, follow-ups and decision taking to meet targeted milestones and remove any roadblocks
  • Implement Change Management practices to successfully deliver IT product innovations towards our organization and our customers
  • Preparation of management presentations to summarize the program progress and measures required to be taken
  • Moderation of regular program meetings, calls & workshops

Requirements and Qualifications:

  • Profound knowledge and application of program management methods; experiences in scaled agile practices are an advantage
  • Proven Experiences in managing large size programs, ideally in the context of cloud migration or IT product development
  • Analytical mindset with a highly structured way of working
  • Excellent communicational skills verbally and in writing
  • Fluent in English
  • Strong negotiation and presentation skills
  • Reliable and motivated team player and leader
  • Ability to work independently and take over responsibility
  • Understanding of container shipping business is an advantage
  • Understanding of IT Architecture is an advantage

German language expectations: We expect all international candidates to be willing to learn at least the basics of the German language in case they are accepted for the position. This will enable you to participate in social and community life in Germany and at our company premises in the best possible way.

What we offer:

  • Dynamic and modern working atmosphere in a newly renovated, modern office in the heart of Hamburg’s city center
  • At least 28 days of vacation, flextime, capital-forming benefits, hybrid work model
  • Subsidy for public transportation
  • Bike leasing for all positions
  • Restaurant and coffee bar
  • Health and company sports programs (e.g., yoga, sailing, fitness courses, and much more)
  • Corporate volunteering cooperation with purpozed

 

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Contact person

Kristin Peters Managerin Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding