Head of Business Unit: Software Engineering & Software Development (ref. 3605)

  • Full Time
  • Zürich
  • 180 - 260

Wirz & Partners Management Consulting AG

Ref. 3605

Head of Business Unit: Software Engineering & Software Development

Entrepreneur at a leading software engineering company. We are looking for an entrepreneurial personality to lead and grow the software development business.

How you can benefit from talking to us:

  • Salary comparison, current salary to market salary
  • Understanding your career options
  • Identification of development and promotion potential
  • 65% of candidates will be making a career move within the next 12 to 24 months

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Our client’s position in the Swiss market

  • Our client is one of the market leaders in Switzerland in the field of software engineering
  • Clear positioning in innovative, cutting-edge technology topics
  • Examples of client projects: Cloud, Industry 4.0, IoT, predictive analytics, deep learning, machine learning, security, usability, mobile solutions, enterprise applications
  • Attractive target markets: Digitisation in industries such as medical technology, manufacturing, smart buildings and mobility

Why this position is interesting for you

  • Closeness to technology and implementation in software development
  • Because the position offers a healthy balance between cutting-edge software engineering, team leadership and customer acquisition
  • Not a corporate environment
  • You become an “entrepreneur” in the company and can develop fully
  • Respect and accountability, as well as realistic goals and top management support, are what you can expect here
  • Making mistakes is encouraged, “Doing” is the motto, go for the big fish

Why are we recruiting

  • Replacement recruitment, strategic expansion of software engineering team

Who is our client

  • Our client is a Swiss company with a top brand in both the client and candidate markets, a market leader with a solid financial base and independent
  • Swiss values are lived

USP against the market

  • Institutionalised career path that allows for performance-based development up to executive level
  • A unique entrepreneurial culture where people can thrive in a shared environment
  • Working in Switzerland, involved in international projects with cutting-edge technology topics

Main tasks and focus

  • Build and expand the client portfolio
  • Develop the software engineering portfolio
  • Grow the team through strategic recruitment
  • Employee development, fostering the growth of the team and individual team members
  • Hands on software development(depending on project and profile characteristics)
  • Hands-on involvement in project definition, execution, both technical and administrative, and quality management

Requirements Profile

Role/Task:

  • Experience of client management in software projects
  • Winning follow-up projects and identifying & winning new projects based on qualified leads
  • Leadership experience in software engineering
  • Project management experience in software development projects

Technological:

  • Ideally skilled in .Net or Java EE, open source frameworks

Soft skills

  • Innovative entrepreneurial mindset
  • Proactive attitude
  • Enjoyment of work and people
  • Motivational leadership, willing and able to be a flag bearer
  • Customer focused mindset
  • “Say what you do and do what you say
  • Ability to challenge and develop others

Supervisor

  • Head of Software Engineering, Member of the Executive Board

Conditions

  • Location: Easily accessible from Zurich and Bern
  • Modern offices
  • Competitive benefits package
  • Participative and federal corporate culture with a modern, flat management structure
  • No international travel required

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