Senior IT Manager

At Highberg, we are seeking a Senior IT Manager to strengthen our growing organization. Highberg is a consulting firm with best-in-class expertise in organizational, digital, and sustainable transformations. With more than 450 professionals across the Netherlands and Germany, Highberg continues to expand through an active M&A strategy — bringing multiple entities together under one unified brand and infrastructure. 

As Senior IT Manager, you will play a central role in driving the operational integration of IT across our group entities. Highberg is building a unified, scalable and professional IT landscape that supports our rapid growth; international expansion, and ongoing harmonization efforts across all group entities. You play a pivotal role in translating business requirements into effective technology solutions, leading group-wide process harmonization, and ensuring our applications and infrastructure are reliable, secure and future-proof. 

Your focus will be on building and documenting clear business and IT processes (covering areas such as Sales, CRM, HR, and data flows), coordinating projects that bring together diverse stakeholder needs, and ensuring a consistent and high-quality IT landscape across the organization.

• Lead IT integration projects across multiple entities, aligning systems, processes, and stakeholders toward unified, group-wide standards.

• Map, analyze, and document business and IT processes to identify gaps and improvement opportunities in collaboration with functional teams.

• Manage and coordinate external IT providers and service partners, translating business needs into clear technical requirements, monitoring performance, and selecting new vendors where needed.

• Drive continuous improvement of the IT landscape, including license management, security, compliance, and harmonization of applications and infrastructure.

• Plan and deliver user training and communication to ensure adoption and effective use of IT systems.

• Support the development of a scalable IT environment that enables Highberg’s growth and operational excellence.

• Work closely with business stakeholders, project managers, and the leadership team to prioritize and execute IT initiatives.

• Create an IT department with the director that delivers operations excellence and offers a valuable asset to Highberg.

• High visibility and accessibility: You have established yourself as a trusted and recognizable point of contact across Highberg. Colleagues know how to reach you for guidance on IT processes, applications, and improvements.

• Structured and scalable IT function: The IT department operates with clear processes, governance, and documentation. You have laid the foundation for a scalable IT organization that can support Highberg’s growth and multi-entity structure.

• Operational excellence enabled by IT: The IT function acts as a reliable enabler of smooth daily operations. Systems run effectively, stakeholders experience fewer friction points, and IT supports the broader business in working smarter and more efficiently.

Even though the role requires a well-qualified and experienced professional, we also want to provide space for continued growth. At Highberg, development is not an afterthought — it’s part of how we help our people stay sharp, engaged, and future-ready.

• Professional Development: Access to training and certifications in areas such as cloud architectures, security frameworks, IT governance, and vendor management.

• Leadership Development: Opportunities to grow into a broader IT leadership role, including managing a larger IT function as Highberg continues to scale.

• Project Ownership: Lead strategic, high-impact initiatives across entities, including mergers and acquisitions integrations, process harmonization, and system rollouts.

• Innovation & Strategy: Contribute to the development of Highberg’s long-term digital and IT strategy, advising leadership on emerging technologies and best practices.

• Cross-Functional Exposure: Work closely with teams in HR, Finance, Sales, Operations, and Digital — gaining deep insights into the business while shaping the systems that support it.

As soon as we’re excited about your application, we’ll quickly get in touch to schedule an initial interview with one of our recruiters. If we’re both still enthusiastic after this conversation, the next step is a second interview with our HR Business Partner. In the third round, you’ll meet our COO and an IT-colleague. If we’re still a match after that, we’ll be happy to make you an offer.