Business Unit Manager

Reply specialises in designing and implementing solutions based on new communication channels and digital media. Structured as a network of highly specialised companies, Reply supports leading European industrial groups in sectors such as Telco & Media, Industry and Services, Banking and Insurance, and Public Administration, helping define and develop business models enabled by new paradigms such as AI, Cloud Computing, Digital Media, and the Internet of Things. Reply’s services include Consulting, System Integration, and Digital Services.

• Completed university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a comparable field
• Several years of professional experience including prior experience leading and managing a team, ideally within consulting or professional services
• Comfortable with dual mandate of people leadership and active project involvement
• Entrepreneurial mindset motivated to build a new unit and team from scratch
• Solid commercial project management skills including planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting in a billable, multi-project environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills operating confidently with local team members, international leadership and clients
• Strong communication skills in English and Polish
• Willingness to travel occasionally to Germany (mainly Düsseldorf) and client sites

Nice to have:

• Experience in Identity and Access Management and familiarity with IAM platforms such as One Identity Manager, Okta, Auth0, Keycloak, Oracle, Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint, Ping Identity
• Experience scaling a team from the ground up
• Experience working in international or matrix organizations
• ITIL certification
• Project or program management certification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master)
• Awareness of compliance and audit frameworks (e.g. GDPR, SOX, ISO 27001)
• German language skills

• Build up and head a new Business Unit in Poland, growing the team to up to 10 IAM consultants and engineers over the coming 12-month period
• Take on professional and disciplinary leadership of the team including recruitment, onboarding, mentoring and career development
• Build IAM competencies in the team by developing existing members and recruiting missing skills
• Take responsibility for budget, timeline, and successful delivery including staffing plans, utilization, forecasts and monthly reporting
• Plan and steer assignments across multiple parallel client engagements, balancing delivery commitments against team capacity
• Flag risks early and supervise project delivery, reporting on KPIs against the business plan
• Work in an agile mode together with an international team
• Support proposal and bid work with realistic effort estimates and staffing concepts
• Stay hands-on in client engagements, supporting projects across the full IAM lifecycle from solution assessments, technology scouting to integration, implementation, data migration and operations
• Support the operational run of IAM platforms for clients, helping the team troubleshoot, maintain and improve solutions already in production
• Work closely with Düsseldorf project leads and architects ensuring clear handoffs, shared tooling (Jira, Confluence), and transparent status reporting