Head of Top Leadership Development d/f/m

RWE AG
To start as soon as possible, full time / part time, permanent

Top Leadership Development within the Group Leadership department at RWE AG is responsible for developing the Top Leadership Team (including RWE Board Members) into one team which has a shared understanding of objectives, leadership, and collaboration. The team supports the growth of our top executives in line with RWE’s targeted leadership behaviours, enabling them to act as catalysts for transformation and cultural evolvement. Through tailored and innovative C-level and team development formats, top executives are empowered to stay curious, think creatively, and enhance their individual and collective leadership effectiveness. By exploring emerging megatrends and designing forward-thinking leadership initiatives, the team inspires our top executives to embrace future-ready leadership and out-of-the-box thinking across RWE. 

About the role

• You and your team are responsible for coaching the Top Executives of our Group to develop them further on an individual basis concerning their personal impact as well as on our desired leadership behaviour based on RWE`s Leadership Principles.
• You leverage advanced psychometric tools and demonstrate deep expertise in conducting impactful feedback sessions and coaching at both the individual and team level. Through insightful development dialogues, you skilfully select, design, and implement highly effective and tailored leadership development initiatives for our Top Executives, ensuring measurable impact and sustainable growth.
• In addition to individual development formats, you enjoy designing and implementing customer-centric group leadership and empowerment programs for Top Executives, collaborating closely with other departments and key stakeholders. You actively strengthen internal and cross-company networks, bringing valuable insights to your Top Leadership development team and fostering a strong group perspective across the organization.
• You introduce innovative ideas in leadership development and team building, actively supporting the design and facilitation of TLT offsite sessions to foster team bonding and collective leadership responsibility. By understanding team dynamics, you provide targeted support to enhance team development and ensure effective collaboration aligned with business objectives.
• You inspire Top Executives by identifying relevant thought leaders and offering a platform for dynamic discussions among top leaders on contemporary topics, megatrends, and emerging leadership themes, fostering forward-thinking and collaborative exchange. You continuously enhance your portfolio and quality of delivery by actively seeking executive feedback, measuring impact, and integrating insights from emerging trends and tools to ensure innovative and future-ready leadership.

Job requirements and experience

• Excellent completed university degree (Master) in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, or equivalent relevant field.
• Significant professional experience (more than 5 years) in executive development (especially top leadership development) in an enterprise-wide role.
• Proven leadership experience in leading and coaching teams and individuals in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in conceptualising, designing, and implementing competence development programs for Top Executives (preferably C-Levels), including personalised coaching.
• Strong customer focus, including the ability to accurately assessing the future skill requirements of Top Executives and developing innovative, tailored solutions to address their needs.
• Profound organizational skills, expertise in organizational development with high degree of business acumen.
• Strong network and experience in identifying and partnering with external cooperation partners.
• A high level of seniority, with gravitas and excellent experience in handling of Top Executives.
• Excellent listening, verbal communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Bring a strategic, creative, and systems-based mindset, with a commitment to ethical AI promotion and a passion for taking action in complex environment and ensuring accountability.
• Coaching education and team coaching skills as well as proven expertise in facilitating workshops is desirable.
• Fluent in English and German. 

Your Benefits

• Independent work on exciting and responsible tasks.
• Close collaboration in a motivated team with an open feedback culture that promotes your personal and professional development.
• Insights into a global energy company.
• Free access to the Health Center, modern open workspaces, free parking, e-charging stations and much more.
• Structured and digitized pre- and onboarding process supported by the web-based app RWE+You.

Apply with just a few clicks: ad code 92170, application period: 30.04.2026
Any questions? Contact HR: HR Service Core, Recruiting Team, +49 201 5179-9050

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For over 125 years, RWE has been reliably supplying electricity. Our team of around 20,000 people is shaping the energy world of tomorrow. Today, RWE is one of the world's leading renewable energy companies. With our growth strategy we are setting the pace and investing billions of euros every year – above all in the expansion of offshore and onshore wind, solar energy and battery storage. Our diverse portfolio is perfectly complemented by our global energy trading business. With our mix of renewable and flexible generation, as well as a broad pipeline of new-build projects across all technologies and core markets, we are well positioned to meet the growing global energy demand, especially as electrification and artificial intelligence gain momentum. At the same time, we are contributing to the decarbonisation of the energy system. The reduction of our carbon emissions is in line with the 1.5°C climate goal of the Paris Agreement, and we are phasing out coal responsibly by 2030. By 2040, RWE aims to achieve net-zero, fully embracing our purpose ‘Our energy for a sustainable life’.