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Global Head of Operations (m/​f/​d)

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • E.ON Drive Infrastructure
  • Full time
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Global Head of Operations (m/f/d)

E.ON Drive Infrastructure

E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI) is a market-leading charging station operator across Europe and part of the E.ON Group. EDRI builds, owns, and operates public charging infrastructure for all types of electric vehicles. The company's goal is to create a sustainable world by providing charging stations for everyone, everywhere.

The team currently employs more than 170 people and operates over 6,600 public charging points in 10 European countries: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary, and Romania. Together with site partners, EDRI will expand its network by installing an additional 1,000 high-power charging points per year.

Global Head of Operations (m/f/d)

Location: Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Job description

Your mission

  • Take full end-to-end responsibility for global operations performance across all markets, ensuring scalable, reliable, and efficient operation of EDRIs EV charging infrastructure
  • Build and scale a high-performing international operations organization, starting with Germany as the foundation and evolving into a globally aligned operating model across 11+ countries
  • Drive the transformation from decentralized country operations toward a more centralized, standardized global operations setup in close alignment with senior leadership
  • Define and implement a scalable Target Operating Model (TOM), including governance structures, clear roles and responsibilities, and standardized processes across markets
  • Ensure operational excellence by balancing network reliability, cost efficiency, and service quality while enabling rapid and sustainable growth of the charging network
  • Lead cross-border transformation initiatives across processes, systems, partners, and organizational structures to enable long-term scalability
  • Foster a strong culture of accountability, safety, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement across all operational teams

Your profile

  • 510+ years of experience in senior operations leadership roles within EV charging, energy, utilities, telecom infrastructure, or other asset-heavy industries
  • Proven track record of scaling and managing distributed, multi-country operations in complex, multi-regulatory environments
  • Strong experience in building, developing, and leading international operations teams, including cross-border stakeholder alignment
  • Demonstrated ability to drive operational transformation, including standardization, centralization, and process optimization
  • Solid understanding of EV charging ecosystems, including OCPP, OCPI, CPO backend systems, grid integration, and field service operations
  • Experience managing external partners and vendors, including SLA negotiation, supplier management, and driving cost efficiencies through consolidation and strategic procurement
  • Strong financial acumen with experience in budgeting, forecasting, and OPEX optimization in operational environments
  • Analytical and data-driven mindset with the ability to leverage data, analytics, and digital tools to improve operational performance and decision-making
  • Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate effectively across cultures and align global and local teams
  • Hands-on, execution-oriented approach combined with strategic thinking and the ability to deliver results in a fast-scaling environment
  • Masters degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Energy Management, or a related field (MBA preferred)

Why us?

  • People take centre stage: Become part of a dynamic, ambitious and agile team that develops solutions for the eMobility market and be part of our EDRI events or the next after-work event
  • With us, you get the best of both worlds - 100% start-up with the support of a large company
  • The freedom you need: We offer you hybrid working with flexible working hours
  • Workation: Enjoy the flexibility to work temporarily from abroad within the EU
  • You will receive a competitive salary with a performance-related bonus
  • A company pension scheme is of course also one of the benefits with us
  • Sustainable learning opportunities: We support you with a training budget of 5,000 euros per year
  • You get everything you need to get started: onboarding with welcome gifts and all the hardware you need

What else you should know:

Employment type:Full time
Work Model:Hybrid
Company:E.ON Drive Infrastructure
Job number:2571391

What makes EDRI stand out as an employer

  • Home office option

  • Flexible working hours

  • Performance-related bonus

  • Standard number of vacation days

  • Personal training budget

  • Teamevents

Recruiter

Recruiting and Employer Branding Manager

Any questions?

Lisa will be happy to answer any questions you may have by e-mail.

lisa.wuerpel@edri.com

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LOVE

TRUST

DO

How we work at EDRI

Sustainability is at the heart of what we do – our EDRI goal is to create a sustainable world by providing charging infrastructure for everyone, everywhere. We plan, install, and operate a network of public charging infrastructure that supplies all electric vehicles with 100% green electricity and contributes to the decarbonization of transport and mobility across Europe. More than 170 amazing employees in 10 different European branches form a motivated team driven by a company culture based on trust and enjoyment. As an employer, we care about your well-being, as well as long-term learning opportunities and professional development, to maintain the maker mentality that we value so much in our team.

1. Love

We LOVE infrastructure and are passionate about what we do. The entire team is intrinsically motivated to achieve our goal of creating a sustainable world by making charging available to everyone, everywhere.

2. Trust

We TRUST our colleagues. Each individual is an expert in what he or she does. Our company's success is the sum of all the valuable contributions of each individual. We cannot and do not want to miss a single team member. That is why we promote a working environment of trust and belonging in which team spirit is the greatest asset.

3. Do

We pursue a doer:in mentality in everything we do, because we want to move forward quickly and get things done. That's why our hierarchies are flat, decisions are made quickly and each individual is fully responsible and authorized to act in his/her area of expertise.