Head of Strategy - People and Culture

What Makes Us, Us

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp! At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success‑driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people‑centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

About The Role

We are seeking a Head of Strategy to partner with our People & Culture Leadership team and to lead our Leadership & Development team whilst driving the global project portfolio for execution. This is a highly influential role designed for a strategic leader who thrives at the intersection of people strategy, end‑to‑end portfolio project management and organisational impact. Acting as a trusted advisor and right hand to senior People & Culture leaders, you will help shape, prioritise, and accelerate leadership and capability initiatives that drive performance and culture at scale. A sharp lens will be required on our corporate goals and strategies, bringing a change management approach to identified opportunities for transformation across the whole of SimCorp as we work at building and developing effective teams, becoming One SimCorp, selling and delivering SimCorp One.

As Head of Strategy and Transformation, you will bring clarity, rigour, and momentum to complex portfolio management, translating vision into execution, enabling effective decision‑making, and ensuring leadership and development programmes deliver meaningful, measurable outcomes. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence how leaders grow, how culture evolves, and how individuals are developed across the organisation. Included in your duties will be accountability for our Leadership and Development team, guiding our employee value proposition, our approach to portfolio learning and performance management.

Why this role is important to us

The Head of Strategy and Transformation at SimCorp plays a pivotal leadership role in leading the strategic people priorities of the organization. This position works closely with the CPO, senior leadership, and key stakeholders to ensure the efficient execution of SimCorp’s strategic people initiatives and organisational goals. The Head of Strategy and Transformation acts as a strategic advisor, facilitating decision‑making processes, managing cross‑functional collaboration, and overseeing the effective delivery of key projects. The role requires a deep understanding of the business, a high degree of organisational expertise, and the ability to navigate complex strategic people issues to ensure alignment and effective implementation of SimCorp's vision.

What You Will be Responsible For

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CPO and senior leadership, providing strategic counsel and ensuring alignment across the organization.
• Oversee and manage key strategic people initiatives, ensuring effective execution and timely delivery and ongoing prioritization based on capacity and business needs.
• Act as the primary point of contact for senior leadership, managing priorities, tracking progress, and ensuring that strategic projects are on track.
• Lead the planning, execution, and monitoring of high‑priority business initiatives, ensuring alignment with SimCorp long‑term goals.
• Support the CPO and P&C Leadership Team in preparing for executive meetings, executive briefings, and strategic decision‑making sessions.
• Provide oversight for key business functions, ensuring that the people strategy is translated into actionable steps and executed across the organization.
• Lead and mentor teams involved in the execution of strategic initiatives, providing guidance, direction, and promoting a results‑oriented culture.
• Lead members of our Leadership and Development team (7 specialists) in order to help SimCorp deliver as SimCorp One as we look to reach our goals of continuing growth with new and existing clients and improving scalability and margin.

What We Value

• Proven experience in a senior People, Culture, or HR leadership role.
• Demonstrated success operating at a strategic level within People & Culture, ideally in complex or matrixed organisations.
• A people‑centred mindset with high emotional intelligence, resilience, and a commitment to building inclusive, high‑performing teams and cultures with an emphasis on collaboration and communication.
• Solid operational, planning, and governance discipline.
• Skilled in project portfolio management, prioritisation, reporting, and maintaining effective governance across multiple ongoing change initiatives.
• Background in Leadership & Development or organisational capability.
• Deep understanding of leadership frameworks, talent development, succession planning, and capability building at scale.
• Advanced strategic thinking and execution capability.
• Ability to translate strategy into clear priorities, operating rhythms, and measurable outcomes bringing structure and momentum to complex agendas.
• Credibility and confidence partnering with senior leaders.
• Experience serving as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, with the gravitas to lead discussions, offer constructive critique, and navigate sensitive topics.
• Ability to distil complex ideas into clear narratives, prepare high‑impact materials, and align diverse stakeholders around shared goals.

Next steps

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. To make sure you receive our emails please check your junk/spam folder and add SimCorp to the safe list of your e‑mail contacts. Please note: Only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non‑professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavour to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

Who We Are

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,800+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds. SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry‑leading, full, front‑to‑back offering for our clients. SimCorp is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best‑in‑class solutions to our clients.