Senior Strategy & Transformation Manager (m/f/d)

Purpose of the role

Location: Germany (focus on Hamburg or Wiesbaden), remote-hybrid possible with occasional travel

The Senior Strategy & Transformation Manager is an individual contributor role embedded within a newly established PMO driving and supporting comforte’s growth and transformation ambition. You will be working closely with C-Suite leadership and functional leads. In this role, you will own and support the delivery and design of high-impact strategic and operational programs across our functional units (GTM, Product, Corporate Services). The role ensures that strategic priorities are identified, translated into actionable plans and effectively implemented across the organization.

Key responsibilities and tasks

• Drive, develop and support strategic initiatives in close alignment with the executive board and senior leadership from scoping and planning through to execution and benefit realization while identifying and managing interdependencies across concurrent workstreams
• Lead cross-functional transformation projects including process redesign, operating model changes and organizational effectiveness leveraging technology and AI capabilities
• Establish and maintain a portfolio-level view of strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with company priorities and resource availability while contributing to the maturity of our new PMO through introduction of methodologies, templates, tooling and reporting cadences
• Drive change management activities to ensure sustainable adoption of new ways of working and implement supporting governance structures for executive status reporting
• Act as a trusted partner to the C-Suite, functional leads and external partners on strategic and growth topics

Professional skills and knowledge

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a strategic, project-driven, or consulting-related role or a related PMO / COO function (e.g., Strategy, PMO, Change, Transformation or Management Consulting)
• Proven experience in managing or supporting cross-functional transformation and growth initiatives and programs – experience with M&A processes and exposure to B2B software environment is a plus
• Strong understanding of governance processes and working with senior stakeholders and decision-making processes
• Demonstrable experience with financial modelling, business case development, and investment decision process
• Solid analytical and conceptual thinking; comfortable working with Excel models and translating numbers into narratives

Personal skills

• Ability to bring structure to complex and ambiguous situations while delivering actionable recommendations
• Strong communication and facilitation skills – ability to prepare and present concise executive materials (PowerPoint, written briefs, etc.)
• Collaborative and pragmatic mindset with a team-oriented and professional demeanor allowing you to influence without authority and to build trust across diverse stakeholder groups.
• High level of ownership, accountability, and flexibility paired with the ambition to thrive in a fast-paced scale-up environment

Our values:

Humble

• Ready to listen and to share expertise and best practice across own team
• Open for feedback and flexibility to adapt

Ambitious

• Taking accountability to drive results
• Going the extra mile for great customer experience

Smart

• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and to set focus
• Passionate to find pragmatic solutions and to innovate

Humane

• Caring for others’ well-being in a remote working environment
• Advocates diversity and fairness

Qualification

• University degree (Bachelor’s required; Master’s preferred)
• Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken

About us

Headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, comforte is a fast-growing data security company with around 150 employees working remotely across the globe, helping organizations protect sensitive data and drive secure innovation.