Head of Competence Center, Cloud Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Switzerland.

📋 Description

• Provide disciplinary and functional leadership to the Cloud Engineering team, which consists of seven members.

• Engage in coaching, conduct performance reviews, support employee development, and manage personnel reporting.

• Oversee recruitment efforts and strategic planning for workforce capacity and resource allocation.

• Cultivate a high-performing engineering culture that prioritizes strong service and customer orientation.

• Collaborate with the Business Line to enhance the service and performance portfolio.

• Ensure the dependable operation, ongoing development, and innovation of customer platforms.

• Promote sustainable knowledge sharing and competency management within the team.

• Define, implement, and uphold professional and methodological standards, as well as best practices.

• Encourage innovation and stay abreast of new technologies and market trends.

• Ensure adherence to normative, regulatory, and strategic requirements.

• Contribute to budget planning, investment choices, and the strategic evolution of the area of responsibility.

• Foster cross-functional collaboration and facilitate organization-wide knowledge transfer.

• Manage escalations related to complex technical or organizational issues.

• Continuously refine processes, policies, and governance models.

• Actively participate in devising technical solutions and serve as a sparring partner for challenging projects.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive leadership and hands-on experience within an engineering or infrastructure context.

• Relevant industry experience in IT, preferably within a managed services setting.

• Completed higher professional education (HF/FH) in Computer Science or a similar qualification.

• Profound understanding of contemporary cloud, platform, and infrastructure services.

• Proven experience in leading and nurturing technical teams and specialized functions.

• Background in knowledge, competency, and talent management is advantageous.

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical experts effectively.

• Strong inclination towards standardization, quality management, and automation.

• Analytical, structured, and solution-oriented work approach.

• Excellent proficiency in both written and spoken German and English.

• Connected, strategic, and entrepreneurial mindset.

• Capability to assume visible responsibility and build trust through reliability.

• Ability to nurture employee development and encourage ownership.

• Competence in addressing conflicts openly, making clear decisions, and executing them consistently.

• Outstanding communication skills at all organizational levels.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working hours based on a 40-hour workweek, with part-time options available.

• Location-independent work arrangements, including the option to work from home or remotely from Switzerland.

• 25 days of annual vacation (increases to 27 days at age 40 and 30 days at age 50).

• 13 paid public holidays and the option to take additional unpaid leave.

• Full salary continuation during three weeks of paternity leave and 16 weeks of maternity leave.

• Access to state-of-the-art hardware and a paid mobile phone plan, including a contribution toward a smartphone.

• Above-average pension fund benefits, with the employer covering 60% and the employee 40%.

• Private supplementary accident insurance.

• Free electric vehicle charging at the Gerlafingen and Aarau locations.

• Discounted access to fitness and physiotherapy center services.

• Employee benefits and perks at work.

• Wellbeing@Work initiatives including Mario Kart racing, a quiet room, foosball, aperitifs, and team events.