Team Leader Project Management and Deputy Head of IT & Technology Department (80% - 100%)
Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie METAS
Key information
- Publication date:29 December 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
Job summary
Join METAS as a Team Leader in Project Management, shaping precision! Enjoy a dynamic work environment and opportunities for growth.
Tasks
- Lead decision-making in the absence of the department head.
- Manage project portfolios and implement project management standards.
- Oversee large interdisciplinary projects in technology and measurement.
Skills
- University degree in IT, business informatics, or equivalent; proven leadership training.
- Extensive experience in portfolio and project management.
- Strong knowledge of project planning and transformational leadership.
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Team Leader Project Management and Deputy Head of IT & Technology Department (80% - 100%)
IT and Technology | from February 1, 2026 or by arrangement
The Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology METAS is the reference institute for measurements and measuring instruments in Switzerland. To ensure that a liter is always a liter (e.g., when refueling), METAS performs calibrations, conformity assessments, and consulting for business, research, and administration. Measurement accuracy creates trust, especially at the societal and political level, and is indispensable in many areas: road traffic, electricity billing, time transfer, measurements in environmental and health sectors, etc. At METAS, various disciplines come together and complement each other – and this has been the case since 1862.
Your new challenge
- Taking on leadership and decision-making tasks in the absence of the department head as well as supporting strategic and technical issues and cross-departmental projects
- Taking on leadership and decision-making tasks in the absence of the department head as well as supporting strategic and technical issues and cross-departmental projects
- Responsibility for portfolio management as well as defining and implementing standards, methods, and processes in project management
- Leading large interdisciplinary projects such as measuring instrument development, ICT, business software projects
- Close collaboration with internal and external partners as well as
- Ensuring transparent communication and reporting
Your profile
- Completed university degree (e.g., computer science, business informatics, engineering) or equivalent qualification and proven further training in project management and leadership
- Many years of experience in portfolio and project management and/or personnel management, in applying project management methods (e.g., Hermes agile, classic, hybrid) as well as successful implementation of digital transformation projects
- Solid knowledge in project planning, controlling, and project management as well as transformational leadership
- Enthusiasm for interdisciplinary issues, combined with strategic thinking, decisiveness, and assertiveness
- Active knowledge of two official languages and English
We offer
- a varied activity at the interface between industry and research and attractive working conditions.
- METAS respects the different needs and life experiences of its employees and promotes their diversity. Equal treatment is a top priority.
Your applicationFor professional information, please contact Mr. Stefan Brand, Head of IT and Technology Department (+41 58 387 05 30).
We look forward to receiving your complete application documents.
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