Transformation & Change Management Expert - German Speaking (m/f/d)

About the role

As a Transformation & Change Management Expert you’ll own The DO’s boldest, purpose-led transformation programs—while leveling up our internal expertise. Partnering closely with senior executives, you’ll turn big-picture strategies into real, actionable change journeys that shift mindsets, reboot culture, and deliver clear business impact. Your mission? To make sure change doesn’t just get planned—it sticks, thrives, and powers the future.

You will own…

Partner Impact
Design and deliver complex transformation programs that turn bold strategies into action. You’ll guide executive teams from ambition to implementation—aligning leadership, mobilizing people, and embedding change across entire organizations. Your programs will deliver outcomes that matter—on time, on budget, and built to last.

Elevate Our Craft
You’ll own the continued evolution of The DO’s transformation frameworks and methods—infusing purpose, cultural change, and human-centered design into every engagement. As a mentor and coach, you’ll lead project leads and colleagues to deliver with excellence, consistency, and heart.

Grow Strategic Partnerships
Build and expand trusted, senior-level relationships in your area of expertise—expanding existing partnerships while identifying and developing new opportunities for long-term value and growth.

Be a Thought Leader
Position The DO as a leading voice in purposeful transformation. Represent us in external forums, speak at key industry events, publish bold thinking, and contribute to the wider ecosystem of change-makers.

About You

You are a strategic transformation leader who doesn’t just design change—you make it real. You know how to turn strategies into action, embedding transformation deep within organizations to create lasting impact.

And bring:

• 10+ years of experience in transformation, organizational development, change management, or related fields—either within large organizations or as a trusted external advisor.
• A proven track record of driving strategy to execution —from aligning the C-suite to mobilizing large, complex systems around shared goals
• Deep expertise in purpose-driven and culture-led transformation and change, aligning business strategy with leadership behaviors and organizational culture
• The ability to engage senior executives and translate strategy into compelling narratives, structures, and practices that mobilize action.
• Hands-on experience in program execution, with a focus on delivering measurable outcomes while building ownership and capability within partner teams.
• A coaching mindset and commitment to transformation excellence.
• The presence, empathy, and credibility to build trust and influence across functions and levels.
• Fluent in German and English, with exceptional communication and facilitation skills.

Nice to have:

• Experience linking transformation to innovation, ESG, or leadership development.
• Background in co-creation, design thinking, or participatory change models.
• Track record of shaping new products or offerings that accelerate transformation impact.

Benefits include:

• 30 days of paid leave annually (based on a five-day working week)
• Personal development budget + 2 extra days of paid leave for personal development per year
• Team development budget
• Company pension scheme ("Betriebliche Altersvorsorge")
• Possibility for mobile work (up to 50% of the working time)
• Possibility for remote work, also outside of Germany, for up to six weeks in total annually
• Regular team offsites, team events and parties

This profile draws on our experience of people who have been successful in this role in the past. We warmly encourage you to apply if you feel your experience and skills equip you for this job but are not listed here!

Why join the DO? We are a purposeful organization with a global reach working to make an impact, where purpose, passion and your ideas matter. You will work with an entrepreneurial, creative and international team as well as a global community of purposeful DOers from over 100 countries
We offer a competitive salary, benefits, team-building activities, professional development opportunities and flexible work modalities

The DO is an inclusive organization and explicitly welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, whether that’s ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, disability or alternative professional paths.

This profile draws on our experience of people who have been successful in this role in the past. We warmly encourage you to apply if you feel your experience and skills equip you for this job but are not listed here!