Director Strategy & Innovation (f/m/x)

Your mission

IONITY is building the backbone of electric mobility in Europe.

Founded by leading automotive manufacturers, we operate Europe’s largest high-power charging network across 24 countries, enabling seamless long-distance travel for EV drivers. With thousands of charging points already in operation and significant expansion ahead, IONITY is evolving beyond charging infrastructure into a broader mobility, energy and digital platform.

As EV adoption accelerates, new opportunities emerge at the intersection of mobility, energy markets, technology and customer experience. We are uniquely positioned to shape how people, vehicles and energy systems interact across Europe.

This is where you come in.

About the Role
As Director Strategy & Innovation, you own IONITY’s strategic agenda from development through execution.
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will help define the next chapter of the company and ensure strategy translates into measurable business outcomes. You will lead a multidisciplinary team spanning Strategy, Market & Business Intelligence, M&A, Governmental Affairs, Public Funding and Shareholder Relations.

This role combines strategic vision, analytical rigor and execution excellence. You will identify where IONITY can create value next, evaluate new business models, lead strategic transactions and drive company-wide transformation initiatives.

You will work on some of the most important questions shaping the future of mobility, energy and digital services in Europe.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy Development & Identification of Strategic Playing Fields

• Continuously  identify ,  analyze  and evaluate strategic playing fields for IONITY,  reading  market trends and business  opportunities  and  translating  them into clear strategic options and recommendations for the  business.
• Explore and assess opportunities across key domains, including:
• Energy strategy: analyze and define how a CPO can integrate more deeply into the energy market, develop new business  models  and turn them into related commercial models.
• Mobility sector:  analyze  how IONITY can position itself in emerging mobility segments and translate these trends into new business opportunities.
• Digital  Platform  Services: Define  how  IONITY  can  leverage  its  network,  customer  base , operational  data  and  software  capabilities  to  create  new  digital  revenue  streams .  Identify  recurring- revenue  business  models  that  extend  IONITY’s  role  from  infrastructure  provider  to  mobility  and  energy  platform .
• Act as a strategic thought partner and sparring partner to the CEO and senior leadership, challenging assumptions and ensuring strategic coherence across topics.

Market & Business Intelligence

• Lead the  “ Market & Business Intelligence team ” ,  responsible for the analysis of internal revenue,  network  and energy data.
• Own all major company forecasts, including market  development  forecast , revenue  forecast  and energy  forecast .
• Oversee  competitive analyses , as well as analyses supporting M&A activities and special projects.
• Translate complex data into clear insights and decision-ready recommendations for executive stakeholders.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Take ownership of M&A projects within the department.
• Lead and structure transactions ,  including business case development,  valuation  and  purchase  price negotiation s .

Governmental Affairs & Public Funding

• Steer governmental affairs activities and represent the company's interests toward relevant public and regulatory stakeholders.
• Identify ,  secure  and manage opportunities.

Shareholder Relations

• Manage shareholder relations, ensuring transparent communication and strong alignment with shareholder expectations.

Your profile

• A visionary strategic leader with 10+  years of leadership experience in strategy consulting,  corporate strategy,  transformation  or a comparable senior role.
• Proven  M&A experience, with  strength  in purchase price / valuation negotiations.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; confident working with revenue, network and energy data and complex forecasting models.
• Experience in ,  or strong affinity for  t he energy, mobility,  infrastructure  or technology sectors.
• A track record  of not only designing  strategy but  driving its implementation to tangible results.
• Excellent stakeholder management across executives,  shareholders  and public / governmental bodies.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to build,  develop  and inspire a multidisciplinary team.
• Fluent in English