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About the Role

As a Senior Associate, GovTech Scouting, you will play a key role at the intersection of administration and the GovTech scene. You will identify specific digitalization needs in administration together with responsible parties from federal and state governments, and scout for suitable GovTech solutions on the market. You will translate needs into concrete projects, evaluate suitable solutions, and support initiatives from the initial idea to implementation. You will understand both the functional and technical requirements of our partners and act as the central point of contact at the interface between architecture, project implementation, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

Needs assessment in administration: Exchange with digitalization managers in federal, state, and local governments to identify, evaluate, and consolidate specific needs for new technologies; analysis and translation into technical and functional requirements.
Market scouting & technical pre-selection: Exchange with startups, scaleups, and technology providers from the GovTech ecosystem; research, screening, and evaluation of market-available GovTech products; preliminary technical assessment.
Matching & testing: Connecting needs carriers from administration and technology providers; planning and implementation of innovative (testing) formats, support in procurement and introduction of market-available GovTech solutions.
Conducting evaluation projects (“pilot projects”): Conducting requirements analyses, developing product visions, conducting market explorations, developing high-level target architectures, supporting procurement processes.
Evaluation: Evaluation of projects & development of concepts for the reuse of solutions across administrative organizations, development of reuse scenarios for validated solutions and support in integration into existing administrative landscapes.

Requirements

Technologically affine, communicative, and structured personality.
Academic background: Completed university degree (at least Bachelor's) in a relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Public Administration, or Computer Science, IT Management, or related disciplines).
Professional experience: Minimum 2-3 years of professional experience in a technology-oriented environment or in the public sector, ideally with experience in IT project management or technology deployment in administration.
Technical knowledge: Good understanding of modern technology architectures (e.g., Cloud, AI, interfaces, data architectures, Open Source), ability to conceptually evaluate technical solutions, and an interest in the digital transformation of state and administration.
Administrative knowledge: Familiarity with administrative processes at different federal levels, ideally knowledge of procurement processes and tendering in public administration.
Communication and networking skills: Strong communication skills and confident demeanor towards stakeholders from administration, technology, research, and civil society, as well as experience in building and maintaining networks and partnerships.
Teamwork: High degree of personal responsibility and teamwork, strong analytical and conceptual skills, and a solution-oriented approach.

Skills

Modern technology architectures (e.g., Cloud, AI, interfaces, data architectures, Open Source)
Conceptual evaluation of technical solutions
Digital transformation of state and administration
Administrative processes at different federal levels
Procurement processes and tendering in public administration
Building and maintaining networks and partnerships
Analytical and conceptual skills
Solution-oriented approach

Location

Berlin

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Mid-level

Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Benefits

Opportunity to develop personal potential and succeed in tasks and goals.
Open and friendly culture of mutual support.
Part of a growing team building the first federal and state-driven development environment for modernizing state and administration.
Dynamic, multifaceted, and future-oriented work environment.
Position with significant design and development opportunities in an independent and entrepreneurial organization.
Entrepreneurial and technology-enthusiastic work environment.
Close collaboration with experts from technology and administration, as well as top decision-makers from federal, state, and local governments.
Opportunity to build important contacts with pioneers in the modernization of state and administration.
Modern office with a campus atmosphere in the heart of Berlin.

About the Company

Our mission is to enable the state of tomorrow through technology.
We are at the beginning of the Government Technology (“GovTech”) era. New technologies are rapidly transforming the state and administration. The scale of this change will be more profound than any previous phase of administrative transformation.
It is the shared responsibility of administration and the tech scene to leverage the potential of these technologies to address the major challenges of our time and make our state technologically capable.
GovTech Deutschland is a joint initiative of the federal government, federal states, and the GovTech scene.
We shape the responsible use of innovative technologies and develop modern solutions and platforms – together with the best technology partners.
We strengthen the state's capacity to act in dealing with the central challenges of our time.
We orchestrate a strong tech ecosystem for the state that strengthens the administrative capacity and sovereignty of its government.
Our selected members contribute innovation, expertise, and implementation strength.
Our GovTech ecosystem includes over 150 renowned organizations and institutions from (tech) business, administration, research, and civil society as supporting members, in addition to the federal government and federal states.
The GovTech Campus in Berlin.

Equal Opportunity

GovTech Deutschland e. V. ensures gender equality and promotes diversity among its employees (m/f/d).