Head of AI & Data Switzerland (w/m/d) 80%-100 %
Summary
Leads T-Systems' Swiss AI & Data practice: owns strategy, P&L and new business for AI, GenAI, Agentic AI, data and automation solutions, and manages and develops the existing team end-to-end from architecture to delivery. Requires deep AI/cloud architecture plus consulting and leadership experience.
Head of AI & Data Switzerland (w/m/d) 80%-100 %
Zollikofen, Zurich
- You will strategically develop our AI & data practice, sharpen the portfolio and market positioning and, together with Sales, develop new customers and business potential
- You are responsible for the economic development of your division with a focus on pipeline, order entry, turnover, margin and capacity utilization and position our solutions at management and C-level
- You shape the technological orientation around AI, GenAI, Agentic AI, Data and Automation and develop innovative, scalable and economically viable customer solutions together with your team
- You support customers in their AI and data transformation and ensure that governance, security, compliance and integration into existing IT landscapes are taken into account
- You are responsible for the successful implementation and quality of our AI & data projects — from strategy and architecture to engineering and integration to operation
- You establish technical standards and best practices and use T-Systems' international expertise, assets and delivery structures specifically for the Swiss market
- You will take over the professional and disciplinary management of our existing AI & Data team, promote talent and further develop competencies and organization in line with future market requirements
- You create an efficient, collaborative team culture, provide strategic and technological orientation and develop a sustainable practice together with the leadership team
- A completed university degree (FH/Uni/ETH) in computer science, engineering, business informatics or a comparable technical field forms your basis
- You have at least 8 years of professional experience in AI, data, technology consulting, software engineering or architecture
- A deep understanding of modern AI, data, cloud and software architectures as well as current developments around GenAI, Agentic AI and automation sets you apart. You can translate technological potential into economically viable customer solutions
- Experience in technology consulting, sales and business development as well as entrepreneurial thinking and a good understanding of turnover, margin, pipeline and workload complete your business profile
- With initial management experience or distinctive leadership expertise, you will impress at management and C-level, develop teams and use international expertise specifically for the Swiss market
- Analytical thinking, decisiveness and pragmatic action characterize you even in a dynamic technological environment
- With your excellent German and English skills, you communicate confidently with customers, management and international teams
- Willingness to travel throughout Switzerland and the willingness to work regularly at our locations in Zurich and Bern and with local customers round off your profile
- Access to global technologies, competencies and delivery structures of T-Systems and Deutsche Telekom
- Direct influence on business development
- Great creative leeway
- Freedom to drive new ideas and business areas in the Swiss market
- Strategic responsibility for AI & Data practice