Area Sales Lead Data Center & AI Infrastructure (m/f/d)

About the job

Working at Schneider Electric – We are your Energy Technology Partner

Schneider Electric is the place where your work makes a real impact. By electrifying, automating, and digitising the world, we actively drive the energy transition forward. You will become part of inclusive teams working on meaningful challenges and contributing your skills to solutions that make industries, communities, and our planet more sustainable.

Shape the digital future with us.
AI, cloud, and digital platforms are fundamentally changing the demands on modern infrastructure. In Schneider Electric’s Secure Power Business, you support customers in implementing pioneering solutions and unlocking new growth potential in a dynamic market environment.

All the key information at a glance:

• When and where? Starting immediately in the German-speaking part of Switzerland – Zurich region and surroundings
• Duration: Permanent
• Holidays: At least 5 weeks
• Weekly hours: 40 hours
• Your contact person: Larissa Niederberger as Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Our benefits:

• Work with purpose! With us, you can help shape a more sustainable future
• We give you the freedom to make your own decisions and take responsibility
• Thanks to a company car and our flexible working time models, you can easily balance job, leisure, and family
• We offer you an exciting training programme and attractive development prospects within an international corporation
• Our technologies and services are modern, digital, and diverse – dive into a world full of possibilities

Your responsibilities and mission:

• Support and expand customer business in the Commercial & Industrial (C&I) segment for the German-speaking part of Switzerland – focusing on edge infrastructure, AI applications, and data centres
• Sales and positioning of our technologies for data centre solutions as well as development of strategic customer and project potentials
• Advising customers in the areas of UPS, cooling, power, monitoring, and digital services
• End-to-end management of sales opportunities and projects from identification through commercial development to contract conclusion
• Building and maintaining a customer and partner network at engineering and decision-making levels
• Acting as a sparring partner for technology topics as well as interface to various sales teams
• Taking on the professional leadership of the Secure Power Community and being part of the Swiss leadership team – with a perspective on broader leadership responsibilities

Your mindset:

• Technician with a higher technical college diploma or degree in electrical engineering, IT, or similar
• Several years of experience in sales of complex infrastructure, technology, or services, ideally in the data centre, IT infrastructure, cloud, or critical infrastructure environment
• Proven success in business development, pipeline building, and managing sustainable growth
• Experience in cross-departmental collaboration as well as in professional leadership or coordination of teams, communities, or virtual organisations is an advantage
• Understanding of AI market trends, high power densities, and their technical impacts
• Strong skills in consultative and value-based selling, combined with strategic thinking, operational implementation strength, and a pragmatic hands-on mentality.
• Very good language skills in German and English, French is an advantage

Your next step? Apply online, of course!

Please upload your application on our job portal. We look forward to receiving your application