Director of IT &Information Security(all genders)

The Hasso Plattner Foundation

Established by SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner, the Hasso Plattner Foundation builds and runs its own long-term philanthropic initiatives. It founds and funds institutions, shaping them over decades, such as the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering, Museum Barberini, and Sabine Plattner African Charities. An in-house Investment Office manages the endowment that makes it all possible.

In this role, you hold end-to-end ownership from strategy through execution, working with short decision paths and direct exposure to Executive Management in a lean, high-ownership environment.

From this position, you shape the technology agenda across a diverse ecosystem of charitable affiliates, relying on exceptional influencing skills and a genuine respect for each institution’s distinct mission, history, and responsibility.

Everything you design and build scales with purpose, serving science and education,art and culture, as well as social and conservation initiatives that are intended to endure.

This role is based in Potsdam, Germany. We work predominantly in-office, by design.It's how we keep decisions fast and collaboration real.

The Role

Join us as Director of IT &Information Security (all genders) in a high-impact leadership role: you own strategy, architecture, and security for the Hasso Plattner Foundation and shape the IT & Security agenda for our entire charitable ecosystem-including the renowned Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI)-spanning across science & education, art & culture, and social & conservation.

This is a mandate to scale and build further, grounded in trust. Our ecosystem is growing, and it needs a secure, scalable, cloud-first backbone: unified standards, strong cybersecurity, a modern SAP core, and AI-enabled processes that scale through automation rather than headcount.

At the same time, you become the steward of what matters most: our data, assets both digital and physical, people, and reputation. You will shape several strategic decisions that come with this mandate: how we structure our infrastructure and tenants, how we govern AI across the ecosystem, and how we set up our CISO/security organization across our ecosystem. You define the target picture,make the calls, and deliver — as a strategic leader, a hands-on operator, and a trusted advisor to Executive Management.