Oertli-Instrumente AG
Berneck
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Head of IT & Digitalization
- Publication date:29 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Berneck
Job summary
Join Oertli Instrumente AG as Head of IT & Digitalisierung! Lead innovative digital transformation efforts.
Tasks
- Oversee group-wide IT strategy, architecture, and infrastructure.
- Guide management on strategic IT and digitalization matters.
- Lead and develop a 5-member IT team for efficiency and growth.
Skills
- Degree in (Business) Informatics or Engineering; leadership experience.
- Strong understanding of ERP systems, IT security, and business processes.
- Excellent communication skills with a team-oriented leadership style.
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About the job
Shape the digital future of Oertli Instrumente AG with us
As Head of IT & Digitalization, you take overall responsibility for the IT strategy, architecture, and infrastructure of our corporate group.
You ensure a stable, secure, and modern IT operation – making digitalization tangible across all locations.
You think strategically, act pragmatically, and maintain calm, clarity, and humor even in challenging moments.
With foresight, leadership strength, and technological intuition, you connect people, processes, and systems. Together with your team, you lay the digital foundation on which AI deployment and innovation can thrive in our company. In doing so, you make our IT a driver that carries our value creation, processes, and workplace digitally and securely into the future.
What you can achieve
- Overall responsibility for the group-wide IT strategy, architecture, and infrastructure
- Advising management on strategic IT and digitalization issues
- Leading, developing, and empowering the IT team (5 employees)
- Ensuring a stable, secure, and efficient IT operation (Run) as well as initiating and managing IT and digitalization projects (Change)
- Building modern IT and innovation architectures (Cloud, API-first, DevOps)
- Further developing data governance, IT security, and software validation in regulated environments (Medtech/Industry)
- Promoting AI and automation initiatives to increase efficiency and support decision-making
- Building data-driven decision structures and reporting systems
- Close collaboration with all business areas – acting as a bridge builder between business and IT and enabler of various stakeholders
- Responsibility for budget, IT risk management, data protection, and information security (ISMS)
What distinguishes you
- Completed studies in (business) informatics, engineering, or business administration at HF or FH level
- Several years of experience in a comparable, leading IT role – ideally in an industrial or manufacturing environment
- Deep understanding of modern business processes, ERP systems (preferably D365), and IT security
- Experience in project management, change management, and complex system landscapes
- Good understanding of regulatory requirements (e.g., in the Medtech environment)
- Entrepreneurial, solution-oriented mindset with a strong cost-benefit awareness based on solid business knowledge
- Great enthusiasm for digitalization, AI, and modern technologies
- Communicative, team-oriented leadership personality with a doer mentality: You lead with clarity, trust, and curiosity
- Very good German and good English skills
What to expect from us
- An open "du" culture and a family-like atmosphere
- Comprehensive onboarding and an individually designed introduction program with insights into various departments
- Meaningful work that improves the lives of others
- At least 5 weeks of vacation plus compensatory days
- Flexible working hours and the possibility to work partly comfortably from home
- Support for professional development through targeted training and further education
- Coverage of daily sickness allowance premium
- Free parking spaces as well as charging options for electric vehicles
- Free coffee, tea, and fresh fruit as well as 15 minutes of paid break time
