Could German headquarters direct surface raiders like U-boats?

Could Kriegsmarine headquarters divert convoys and direct the surface raiders in the same way it coordinated U-boats?

No; headquarters provided information, but Lütjens made the operational hunting decisions under his prior instructions.

German naval headquarters could pass intelligence and broad instructions to the surface force. Lütjens then decided where to hunt under his standing orders. This was not the continuous centralized vectoring associated with U-boat operations. The distinction matters because a capital-ship admiral at sea carried more responsibility for route and target decisions than a submarine group responding to headquarters direction.