Zürich

Head of Business Applications (m/f/d) 100%

11 November 2026
100%
Permanent position
8008 Zürich

About the job

Employer Children’s Hospital Zurich

The Children’s Hospital Zurich, with around 3,000 employees, is the largest university children’s hospital in Switzerland and one of the leading centres for paediatrics and adolescent medicine in Europe. The greatest asset of the "Kispi" are the little ones: up to 100,000 patients are cared for annually, and in 47 specialist departments we do everything for their well-being. Not only are the most modern devices and the highest quality in treatment paramount at Kispi, but also a good sense for interpersonal matters. In addition to the entire spectrum of paediatric medicine and paediatric surgery, the Children’s Hospital also offers a unique rehabilitation centre and a research centre.

Your Tasks

Digital core systems ensure patient care at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich. While we are renewing KIS and ERP, the legacy landscape must function stably. We are looking for an experienced leader who understands clinical processes, masters technology, and shapes transformation economically.

Leadership & Responsibility: You lead and develop 23 employees empathetically and clearly via an established team leader organisation, manage resources, budget and partners, and promote personal responsibility.
Clinical Processes & BPR: You analyse outpatient and inpatient care processes (admission, diagnostics, treatment, nursing, medication and discharge) end-to-end and design safe, efficient target workflows with the specialist departments.
24/7 Operation & Cost-effectiveness: You ensure availability, quality and cost-efficient operation of clinical and administrative core systems including service, incident, change and release management.
Legacy & Modernisation: You are responsible for existing applications (including KIS, PDMS, LIS, RIS/PACS, archive and ERP), reduce technical risks and plan low-risk replacements.
KIS & ERP Transformation: You translate care requirements into future-proof process and system designs and accompany architecture, integration, migration, testing, go-live and operational takeover.
Architecture & Security: Together with ICT architecture, security and specialist departments, you strengthen interoperability, cyber resilience and recoverability of the core systems.
Process Owner Demand Management: You are responsible for requirements gathering, business analysis, evaluation and prioritisation up to decision preparation and implementation through projects or agile product teams.
AI, RPA & Automation: You simplify processes before their digitalisation and realise measurable benefits with AI, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and intelligent workflows.

Your Profile

Leadership & Education: Several years of leadership experience in application management; degree in computer science, business or medical informatics (FH/Uni) or comparable qualification.
Hospital & Care Competence: Deep understanding of clinical, nursing and administrative processes as well as interprofessional treatment pathways is a particularly great advantage.
Business Analysis & BPMN 2.0: Confident in end-to-end process analysis, requirements engineering, business process reengineering (BPR) as well as as-is/to-be modelling according to BPMN 2.0; cross-industry experience is welcome.
Architecture & Operation: Sound knowledge in application, data and integration architecture, legacy, ITSM and cybersecurity as well as in highly available operation; HL7/FHIR or DICOM advantageous.
KIS/ERP & Transformation: Experience with demanding projects, migrations, go-lives and secure transition to regular operation.
AI & Automation: Practical experience with AI, RPA, intelligent workflows and their secure, data protection-compliant use.
Project Methods & SAFe: Proficient in project and portfolio management, Scrum and Kanban; SAFe, product organisations and Agile Release Trains are advantageous.
Personality with Attitude: Analytical, systematic, empathetic and resilient; decisive and hands-on, with a sense for patient safety and cost-effectiveness.

Matthias Bryner
Head of IT / CIO
+41 44 249 24 01

Children’s Hospital Zurich
8008 Zurich

Categories:

Information Technology / Telecom., Consultancy / Business Informatics