Director Enterprise IT & Data (m/f/d)

<p><strong>Mission Brief&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Isar Aerospace is building the launch company Europe needs: fast, vertically integrated, technically ambitious, and execution-driven. To scale from a high-performing engineering and production organization into a global space company, we need Enterprise IT &amp; Data to become a true force multiplier, building an AI-first technology landscape where systems, platforms, and data are designed for interoperability, scalability, and long-term sovereignty.</p> <p>As Director Enterprise IT &amp; Data, you lead the function that makes Isar faster, sharper, and more scalable: enterprise IT, core business platforms, architecture, data, AI enablement, and digital demand governance. Your mission is to turn Isar’s vertical integration and the data it generates into an unfair advantage.</p> <p>This is not a maintenance role. Day-to-day operations need to be reliable, but the real mandate is bigger: build the digital backbone that allows the company to move at mission speed. You set direction, create focus, remove noise, make trade-offs, and hold the organization accountable for outcomes. Functional leads own day-to-day execution; you own the operating model, roadmap, priorities, standards, and business impact.</p> <p>You will work in a high-ownership environment with little room for bureaucracy, politics, or theoretical transformation work. We need someone who can think strategically, operate pragmatically, and drive execution relentlessly. Someone who understands that great IT is not about tools — it is about enabling people, processes, data, and decisions to move faster.</p> <p>The role works closely with Information &amp; Cybersecurity as an independent counterpart responsible for security governance, risk, compliance, threat detection, and assurance.</p> <p><strong>Leadership and strategy</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead and develop the Enterprise IT &amp; Data organization and its functional leads.</li> <li>Define the roadmap, priorities, budget, capacity, and performance expectations for Enterprise IT &amp; Data.</li> <li>Own the operating model, governance, vendor landscape, service levels, delivery KPIs, and roadmap reporting.</li> <li>Ensure Enterprise IT &amp; Data provides a secure, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective technology environment that supports business growth and operational excellence.</li> <li>Ensure the enterprise technology and data landscape is designed with AI enablement, interoperability, digital sovereignty, and long-term independence in mind, reducing unnecessary vendor lock-in while maintaining the flexibility to evolve technologies, locations, and operating models as the company scales.</li> <li>Create transparent prioritization for business requests, platform initiatives, data pr