Head of Software Engineering (80 – 100%)

About the job

HRM Systems AG is a successful family business with 160 qualified and motivated employees. We offer large companies and corporate groups in Switzerland services and software solutions for handling various HR and BGM processes.

To strengthen our team, we are looking immediately or by arrangement for a committed:

Head of Software Engineering (80 – 100%)

What we offer you

• An interesting activity in a personal and professional environment.
• Attractive and flexible working time models as well as advanced home office options including contribution to home office infrastructure.
• In addition to modern working conditions and good social benefits, you can expect a motivated team that lives the values "Together, Courageous, Enthusiastic and Respectful".
• A workplace in a stable and financially healthy company in the immediate vicinity of Winterthur main station.

What awaits you

Your challenge

In close collaboration with your peers on the product side, you ensure efficient and smooth cooperation between the software development teams and product teams. You accompany and coach your three teams and individual employees in their further development. At the same time, you optimize existing processes, lead pioneering projects, and thus set the course for the successful further development of the company.

Your main tasks are roughly divided as follows:

Leadership (~ 30%)

• Personnel management of three software development teams UKA Solutions, Carema and ValiQ with a total of 13 employees
• Recruitment, support, coaching and further development of individual developers and tech leads
• Ensuring an efficient and future-oriented way of working in the teams
• Support and development of the teams

Process management (~ 30%)

• Responsibility and further development of the Scrum development processes in the teams (coaching & support)
• Support, review and further development of planning processes

Project management (~ 20%)

• Project management of cross-technical projects and architecture topics
• Coordination with external service partners

Strategy, coordination & administration (~ 20%)

• Strategic collaboration in annual planning & implementation of the IT annual plan
• Resource planning and responsibility for achieving product goals
• Support of tech leads in security audits
• Regular reporting to the department management

What you bring

Your profile:

• Completed technical studies (FH/ETH), ideally with further training in leadership & agile methodology
• At least three years of disciplinary leadership experience with a span of control of at least five employees in a technical environment
• Several years of professional experience in software development as well as with agile development methods
• You enjoy helping people progress
• You communicate openly, honestly and also proactively address challenging topics
• You are fluent in German

Do you want to lead and further develop three well-coordinated teams with different dynamics? Are you excited to contribute strategically at the organizational level and set new impulses? And do you appreciate an environment where goals are achieved together at eye level and with a lot of drive?

For recruitment, we work exclusively with the personnel service provider Consult & Pepper AG.

Thomas Lüthi (thomas.luethi@consultandpepper.com / 052 369 20 21) will be happy to answer your questions and receive your application documents via the following link: https://consultandpepper.com/jobs/exclusiv-mandate/3Y7I4M/