Head of IS / Lead ICT Applications
Page Executive
- Zurich
- Fr. 180'000-181'000 par an
- CDI
- Temps-plein
He/she ensures that ICT Applications quickly and sustainably delivers its critical contribution to the strategy to the satisfaction of users and management.Responsibilities and Duties:To pilot the group-wide deployment of ICT Applications as a contribution to the value creation of the Group by:
- Formulating the ICT Applications strategy with the assistance of the Information Managers of MD/PLM and direct subordinates, obtaining approval from the GL, and implementing it.
- Defining and implementing the ICT Applications architecture (applications, data, and infrastructure).
- Capturing and prioritizing ICT Applications demand (services, projects, orders) from MD/PLM.
- Effectively and efficiently delivering ICT Applications supply.
- Periodically assessing ICT Applications risks, deriving the necessary security level (service levels, ICT continuity levels [RTO/RPO]), and necessary measures in dialogue with the business.
- Ensuring group-wide financial control of ICT Applications services provided centrally by ICT or decentrally by MD/PLM, in coordination with Controlling.
- Ensuring group-wide procurement of ICT Applications services (software and services) with Purchasing
- Ensuring adequate, audience-targeted open communication.
- Lead the ICT Applications department
- Plan the deployment of the ICT Applications department in terms of people and finances, and manages projects and orders.
- Streamline or transforms redundant applications aligned with the former decentralized strategy to achieve benchmark cost levels.
- Develop new group-wide consistent applications enabling the strategy.
- Procure necessary infrastructure from ICT Infrastructure, primarily sourced from the cloud.
- Deliver agreed-upon, cost-effective, and secure ICT Applications services, further developing them.
- Deliver agreed-upon and approved ICT Applications projects and orders - either provided by ICT Applications itself or externally procured - in scope, time, functionality, and within budget.
- Ensures appropriate organization and seamless processes between ICT Applications and Business in coordination with MD/PLM by coaching the jointly responsible Scrum teams for Core Applications and continuously developing them.
- University degree in technology or technical field
- 10 to 15 years of experience with management experience
- Experience in defence industry a clear plus. Experience in transport, aviation, chemical, heavy industry will be considered
- Experience in leading program deployment / transformation at a global or regional scale
- English fluent. German a real advantage
- Good communicator
- Strong leadership, experience in managing a team remotely
- Only candidates with Swiss or EU work permit can be considered
- International company
- Interesting conditions