Head of Competence Center, Cloud Engineering

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

📋 Description

• Provide disciplinary and professional leadership for a Cloud Engineering team consisting of 7 members

• Mentor team members, perform performance evaluations, facilitate employee development, and manage personnel reporting

• Oversee recruitment efforts and strategize workforce, capacity, and resource planning

• Cultivate a high-performing engineering culture with an emphasis on service and customer orientation

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

• Ensure sustainable knowledge and competency management within the team

• Define, implement, and uphold professional and methodological standards and best practices

• Encourage innovation while identifying emerging technologies and market trends

• Ensure adherence to normative, regulatory, and strategic requirements

• Contribute to budget planning, investment decisions, and the strategic development of the area of responsibility

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

• Manage escalations that involve complex technical or organizational challenges

• Continuously refine processes, policies, and governance models

• Actively engage in technical solution approaches and serve as a sparring partner for challenging projects

• Take ownership of the reliable operation, ongoing development, and innovation of customer platforms

⛳️ Requirements

• Several years of leadership experience and hands-on expertise in an engineering or infrastructure setting

• Industry experience in IT, preferably within a managed services environment

• Completed higher professional education (HF/FH) in computer science or a comparable qualification

• Comprehensive understanding of modern cloud, platform, and infrastructure services

• Proven experience in leading and developing technical teams and specialist functions

• Experience in knowledge, competency, and talent management is advantageous

• Established track record of leading technical specialists

• Strong inclination towards standardization, quality management, and automation

• Analytical, structured, and solution-oriented work approach

• Proficient in both written and spoken German and English

• Networked, strategic, and entrepreneurial mindset

• Demonstrated sense of ownership and reliability

• Willingness to lead by example and embody the organization’s values, standards, and expectations

• Ability to nurture employee development and promote personal accountability

• Capability to address conflicts transparently, make decisive choices, and enforce them consistently

• Exceptional communication skills across all levels

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working hours within a 40-hour workweek, including part-time options

• Location-independent work, with the possibility to work from home or remotely within Switzerland

• 25 days of annual vacation (increasing to 27 days from age 40 and 30 days from age 50)

• 13 paid public holidays along with the option for additional unpaid leave

• 100% salary continuation during 3 weeks of paternity leave or 16 weeks of maternity leave

• State-of-the-art hardware and a paid mobile phone plan, which includes a contribution toward a smartphone

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

• Private supplementary accident insurance

• Complimentary charging for electric vehicles at the Gerlafingen and Aarau locations

• Discounted access to fitness and physiotherapy center services

• Brands for Employees and Benefits at Work

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