ICT Project Leader e-Justice - 80-100%

Work rate

80-100%

Location

Givisiez, CH, Sarine

Application deadline

30.09.2026

Start date

01.11.2026 or to be agreed

Contract type

Permanent

Who are we?

The Information and Telecommunications Service (SITel) ensures the availability of the IT and telecommunications resources necessary for the smooth running of the cantonal administration. 

Why join us?

We rely on the complementarity of skills and the variety of perspectives because it is the diversity of backgrounds and profiles that makes the strength of the State of Fribourg. We promote work-life balance and flexible working conditions. For more information, follow this link .

Your missions

Reporting to the head of the "Justice and Security" sector, you lead the IT component of the e-Justice programme of the State of Fribourg and actively contribute to the digital transformation of the judicial authorities. Heading a portfolio composed of several projects run in parallel, you ensure the achievement of objectives, the coherence of solutions, risk management, and alignment with the State's IT strategy. In a demanding, complex environment highly exposed to institutional challenges, you play a central role as leader, facilitator, and trusted partner with various stakeholders.

The e-Justice programme includes several projects conducted simultaneously, involving multidisciplinary teams made up of project managers, architects, developers, business representatives, and external partners.

Strategic management of the programme

• Manage the e-Justice programme and implement its multi-year roadmap in close collaboration with the business programme manager
• Coordinate the projects composing the programme ensuring their overall coherence
• Ensure alignment of projects with the cantonal strategy, legal framework, and standards of the State of Fribourg
• Prepare decision-making files and elements necessary for programme governance

Governance and programme management

• Supervise all IT projects within the programme
• Manage and coordinate project managers responsible for different programme components, as well as IT teams (ICT architects and ICT software engineers)
• Ensure consistency of methods, deliverables, and governance processes
• Ensure application of current project management methodologies, notably HERMES metro
• Define management indicators and ensure reporting to hierarchy and governance bodies
• Maintain a consolidated view of programme risks and ensure their management with governance bodies
• Ensure compliance with commitments regarding costs, deadlines, quality, and security
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement

Stakeholder management

• Ensure communication with judicial authorities, cantonal administration services, suppliers, and institutional partners
• Build and maintain trustful relationships with all stakeholders
• Prepare and conduct negotiations necessary for programme success
• Anticipate and manage expectations, conflicts of interest, and sensitive situations

Desired profile

Education

• Completed higher education (university, university of applied sciences or equivalent qualification)
• Specialised training in managing complex projects and programmes
• Project or programme management certifications (HERMES, IPMA, PMP, MSP or equivalent) preferred

Experience

• More than 10 years of experience in managing complex IT projects and programmes
• Proven experience in managing multiple interdependent projects simultaneously
• Confirmed experience in coordinating multidisciplinary teams composed of internal and external resources
• Significant experience in managing suppliers and contractors
• Experience with Agile environments applied to software development
• Experience in public or judicial administration: an advantage

Key skills

• Knowledge of Agile approach and Scrum methodology
• Recognised skills in communication, negotiation, and conflict management
• Excellent ability to operate in a complex institutional environment
• Strong analytical, synthesis, and decision-making skills
• Excellent writing skills
• Autonomous and responsible
• Possesses natural and unifying leadership
• Capable of making decisions and asserting oneself
• Loyal and respectful of the State's institutional framework
• Results-oriented while considering human and institutional issues

Languages

• Excellent command of French, spoken and written
• Good knowledge of technical English
• Knowledge of German is an asset

Contact details

Alexandre Bramaz, alexandre.bramaz@fr.ch, T +41 26 304 20 15 Michaël Studer, michael.studer@fr.ch, T +41 26 305 31 62