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# Senior Program Lead Transfer

- **Company:** Hasso Plattner Stiftung
- **Location:** Potsdam, Germany (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Technology, Information Technology
- **Published:** July 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ae04a6f803411ed8

## About the Role

* Master's degree (or equivalent), preferably in design, digital technology, innovation, social sciences, or a related field
 * Substantial experience making or shaping consequential real-world decisions, ideally with or for external partners in business, public, civic, academic, or organizational settings
 * Curiosity about translating that experience into repeatable, teachable formats for computer science, interdisciplinary and intercultural students, and the conceptual strength to do so in a still-evolving field
 * Solid grounding in design practice, ideally with design responsibility for products, services, or processes
 * Confidence coordinating projects and diverse stakeholders, including across institutions and internationally
 * Experience building partner-based or project-based formats is an advantage
 * Familiarity with AI applications is an advantage
 * Experience building and leading a team is an advantage
 * Work experience in different industries, sectors, cultures, or ecosystems is an advantage
 * Professional fluency in English; German desired, with willingness to develop it welcomed

## Description

* Build a team over time: You take on leadership of the transfer area as it grows. A Program Manager who executes the formats joins in a later hiring round, and you help define and select them. From the start, you own the format work and collaborate closely with our team
 * Work with partners: You define what a format needs from a partner and set the standard for which partners fit. Together with our team, you bring project and content partners into your formats; and shape how they engage with students
 * Coordinate within and beyond HPI: You work closely with the d-school and other HPI teams to realise formats inside an academic institution, and you run our international collaborations with partner universities


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