Head of Occupational Pensions / Member of the Executive Board (80-100%)

About the job

ATIOZ, the BVG and Foundation Supervisory Authority for Ticino, Eastern Switzerland and Zurich, is the leading supervisory authority in occupational pensions. It supervises around 900 pension institutions and 2,000 traditional foundations with assets under management of more than 600 billion at the locations Zurich, St. Gallen and Locarno. As a company, we make a significant contribution to the sustainable future of the pension and foundation sector.

As part of succession planning, we are looking for an experienced leader at the Zurich location as

Head of Occupational Pensions / Member of the Executive Board (80-100%)

Your Role

• Strategic, professional and personnel overall responsibility for the Occupational Pensions division
• Assessment and monitoring of financial and non-financial risks as well as clarification of pension law issues in close, interdisciplinary collaboration
• Professional and personnel leadership of experienced and committed employees in Zurich, St. Gallen and Locarno as well as their development within the segments
• Overall portfolio responsibility for Occupational Pensions as well as participation and involvement in case management, negotiation leadership and solution finding in selected strategic transactions and complex issues
• Focus on overall perspective and strategic shaping of ATIOZ’s future within the Executive Board
• Further development of the supervisory strategy and supervisory practice
• Convincing representation of the Occupational Pensions division internally and externally, including public relations, publications and speaking engagements

Your Profile

• Completed university degree at master’s level
• Implementation-strong leadership personality with pronounced social competence who builds trust and wins people over
• Several years of professional experience in occupational pensions at specialist and management level
• Experience and willingness to actively contribute to the five-member Executive Board and to further develop the risk-based supervisory strategy
• Confident navigation between different stakeholder groups
• Analytical, strategic and holistic thinking, quick comprehension
• Ability to find convincing solutions in dialogue with the supervised entities, combined with the necessary assertiveness
• Experienced in dealing with legal, business management and financial issues
• Fluent German in spoken and written form, knowledge of Italian and French is an advantage

Look forward to a varied challenge in a meaningful and highly interesting environment. You can expect a committed, interdisciplinary team, an attractive workplace in a prime location in Zurich, and a corporate culture in which team orientation, short communication paths and reliability are lived daily. Get involved and help shape the future of ATIOZ decisively.

Interested individuals are kindly requested to send their complete application documents by e-mail to Stefanie Zagnoli-Groz, Partner, Amrop Executive Search AG, who is also available for questions: stefanie.zagnoli(at)amrop.ch, telephone +41 44 919 86 86.