Professor and Team Leader Medical Informatics 80 – 100 %

Professor and Team Leader Medical Informatics 80 – 100 %

Pass on your knowledge to young people and innovative companies! You and your team research and teach in the field of processing medical data and information to improve healthcare.

Department: School of Engineering

Start date: 01.08.2026 or by arrangement, application deadline: 28.02.2026

You will build your own research area in the field of medical informatics at the Institute of Computer Science with your team. You and your team work on issues, for example, in areas such as hospital IT, process and system integration, clinical information systems, interoperability, clinical data management, and compliance.

• Leadership: Taking over the strategic, personnel, professional, and financial management of a team in the field of medical informatics. Representing the team and its topics internally and externally.
• Research & Development: Acquisition and management in the mentioned areas within the framework of third-party funded projects (Innosuisse, EU, SNF, etc.), typically in collaboration with industry partners. You publish project results in professional journals and at conferences.
• Teaching: You teach in the medical informatics and computer science degree programs in both basic and advanced modules. You are responsible for the module portfolio in your team’s topics. You supervise students in project, bachelor’s, and master’s theses. You further develop teaching modules and build new teaching modules in the field of medical informatics.
• Collaboration: You shape the strategic development in the field of medical informatics at the institute, in collaboration with other focus areas and other organizational units of ZHAW.
• You have a completed university degree with a doctorate in medical informatics, computer science, or a related field.
• You have proven research and development experience in the field of medical informatics and extensive experience in acquiring and managing research projects, preferably in the medical or health sector and/or related technologies.
• You have comprehensive industry experience of at least 5 years in the sought-after subject areas and have a network, especially in the IT and health sector (e.g., hospitals, authorities), in Switzerland and possibly also in Europe.
• Ideally, you have experience teaching at a university.
• You enjoy and preferably already have experience leading a small to medium-sized team.
• You communicate fluently in both German and English, both spoken and written.
• You have already published in relevant conferences or professional journals.
• You enjoy working both independently and in a team, are quality-conscious, and enjoy scientific and technically demanding tasks.

Part of the work (max. 50%) can be done from home office.

Thanks to your high self-motivation, your willingness to shape, your enthusiasm, and your joy in challenging, current issues, you shape the further development of the medical informatics area at the institute. Teaching is conducted in German and English. You are characterized by your customer- and result-oriented way of working.

The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and over 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

The School of Engineering (SoE), as one of the leading educational and research institutions in Switzerland, focuses on future-relevant topics. Fourteen institutes and centers guarantee high-quality education, research, and development with a focus on energy, mobility, information, and health.

The Institute of Computer Science (InIT) is one of the largest institutes at ZHAW with an excellent reputation in the fields of computer science and data science in Switzerland and internationally. The institute comprises around 100 employees and is divided into five research groups (Distributed Systems, Human-Centered Computing, Information Security, Intelligent Information Systems, Software Engineering).

ZHAW is committed to gender-mixed and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity, and innovation. To increase the proportion of women in leadership positions, applications from women are particularly welcome. We also advocate for a barrier-free university. We encourage people with disabilities to apply.

We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the "Working at ZHAW" website. Here are the main points:

Samy Shalaby

Recruiting Manager