Project Manager - Legal Representation & Governance (m/f/diverse) - Executive - REF98423V

Continental is a leading tire manufacturer and industry specialist. Founded in 1871, the company generated sales of €19.7 billion in 2025 and currently employs around 76,000 people in 54 countries and markets.

Tire solutions from the Tires group sector make mobility safer, smarter, and more sustainable. Its premium portfolio encompasses car, truck, bus, two-wheel, and specialty tires as well as smart solutions and services for fleets and tire retailers. Continental has been delivering top performance for more than 150 years and is one of the world’s largest tire manufacturers. In fiscal 2025, the Tires group sector generated sales of 13.8 billion euros. Continental's tire division currently employs around 53,000 people worldwide and has 19 production and 16 development sites.

Lead the redesign of the former P20.1 / Sign-off Authority and External Representation framework to establish a lean, transparent and future-oriented authorization and representation governance model for Continental AG as a future standalone Tires organization, including scope definition, ownership clarification and target-state implementation roadmap.

Applications from severely handicapped people are welcome.

Responsibilities

Assess the current governance landscape, including policies, manuals, decision rights, approval mechanisms and legal governance structures, and identify required adaptations for the future organization.; Develop and align the target-state governance and steering model, including the assessment of management-based, legal-entity-based and hybrid governance approaches.; Evaluate whether Sign-off Authority (internal decision-making) and External Representation (legal authority towards third parties) should remain integrated or evolve into separate governance frameworks.; Define governance principles, ownership structures, decision-rights architecture, escalation paths, roles and responsibilities, ensuring clear accountability and effective organizational control.; Design authorization concepts, approval limits, delegation principles and control mechanisms that ensure simplicity, transparency, compliance, auditability and business effectiveness.; Assess governance interfaces, dependencies and accountabilities across Legal, Tax, Compliance, Risk Management, Finance, Purchasing, HR, IT and other key functions.; Conduct external benchmarking and leverage insights from comparable organizations and external advisors to develop decision-ready governance options and recommendations.; Drive simplification, standardization, digitalization and automation opportunities, ensuring alignment with eSR processes, approval workflows and supporting technologies.; Develop the target-state concept, implementation roadmap and management decision proposals, including recommendations for future ownership, governance and sustainable operational deployment.

Requirements

University degree in Business, Law, IT or comparable are preferred, but not mandatory; Several years of relevant professional experience in international organizations; Proven leadership of global, cross-functional transformation programs with high business impact; Extensive experience engaging and influencing senior executives and board-level stakeholders; Fluency in English and German (written and spoken) mandatory; Willingness to travel occasionally; Strong international and intercultural experience