Head of Banking Business Unit

🕒 July 31

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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cognitivo AG

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2013

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Insurance • Logistics

cognitivo AG is a consulting company specializing in software and analytics for banks, insurance companies, and financial service providers. They offer intelligent IT and industry solutions with strategic consulting to optimize processes and develop new business models. With expertise in payment solutions, provisions systems, and analytics, they have been a trusted partner to major companies for nearly two decades, assisting in the modernization of financial and compensation systems.

📋 Description

• Entrepreneurial responsibility & further development of the Business Unit • Autonomous management and development of the Banking Business Unit with full responsibility for revenue, profitability, growth and strategic target achievement • Develop and implement a sustainable growth strategy to strengthen the unit’s market position, customer retention and competitiveness • Identify new business areas, trends and market opportunities and actively develop resulting sales and service offerings • Build and maintain a visible market presence through active networking, client events, thought leadership contributions, partnerships and strategic contacts • Sales and client responsibility including Key Account Management (cross- and upselling with customers) • Establish long-term client partnerships at management level • Manage the entire sales process from opportunity identification through proposal preparation to successful contract closure • Responsibility for revenue, results and KPIs • Accountable for achieving and further developing core business metrics such as revenue, profitability and utilization • Develop and implement concrete measures for continuous improvement of the Business Unit’s financial performance • Operational leadership & project responsibility • Responsible for the operational management of the Banking Business Unit and ensuring efficient, customer-focused service delivery • Plan, lead and oversee IT projects from concept through successful implementation • Lead, motivate and develop a team of IT project managers and consultants with a focus on ownership, performance and growth • Promote the professional and personal development of employees and deliberately build expert competencies • Recruit and integrate new talent to sustainably strengthen the Business Unit

🎯 Requirements

• University degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, Financial Mathematics or a comparable qualification • At least 5 years of professional experience in disciplinary team leadership and a confident, persuasive presence • Experience in B2B sales — from planning through solution presentations to contract negotiations • Enjoy building and developing customer relationships and leveraging them as sales opportunities • Broad network in the payments/banking industry • Structured working style, confident demeanor and strong presentation skills • Strong communication skills — fluent in German and English • Full responsibility for the development of the Business Unit with high initiative, decisiveness and pronounced entrepreneurial thinking • Willingness to travel and flexibility in working hours

🏖️ Benefits

• Collegial, family-like atmosphere • Work where you are needed — directly on client site, in one of our offices, or partly remote • Flat hierarchies with short decision-making paths • Benefits (Edenred card, company bike, company pension plan, etc.) • Extensive training and development offerings • Personal mentoring and structured onboarding • Events where successes are celebrated together • Permanent employment contract with attractive compensation and 30 + 2 vacation days per year, increasing with company tenure