Frauenfeld
Head of the Office for Economic Development and Marketing
- 11 November 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
- Frauenfeld
About the job
Open, proactive and personal – the city of Frauenfeld brings together what makes a good life. Frauenfeld combines a rural environment with urban comfort. Nestled in a magnificent landscape and optimally connected by transport, the capital of the canton of Thurgau is characterised by a high quality of living and housing. Around 27,000 residents appreciate this.Head of the Office for Economic Development and Marketing
Your responsibilities:
In this versatile leadership role, you take responsibility for the Economic Development and Marketing department and shape its activities in line with objectives and strategy. You combine leadership responsibility, economic development, digitalisation, project management and location development and serve as an important interface between business, administration, politics and other partner organisations.
Specifically:
- Professional and personnel management of the office
- Contact person for companies and economic actors
- Organisational support of the Economic Expert Commission
- Preparation of matters for the executive and legislative bodies as well as handling assigned parliamentary motions
- You are the contact and point of contact for companies as well as for the settlement of industrial, commercial and trade businesses and accompany them from the first contact
- Early identification of trends for the development and implementation of projects and measures in the field of digitalisation for the further development of the city
- Initiation, organisation and support of events and appearances in the field of economic development, for example the Day of Frauenfeld Economy
- Representation of the city in relevant regional and supra-regional organisations and networks of economic development and digitalisation
Your profile:
You have a higher education in economics, business administration, public management, economic development, digitalisation, marketing or a comparable field and have several years of professional experience in a similar role.
Specifically:
- Experience in economic development, location development or in the economic and business environment
- Strong project management and leadership skills
- Interest in and understanding of digital developments and their opportunities for administration and business
- Experience in dealing with politics, administration, companies and various stakeholders
- High communication and negotiation skills
- Independent, structured and solution-oriented working style
- Entrepreneurial thinking and the ability to recognise opportunities and translate them into concrete projects
- Confident and convincing appearance as well as high social competence
What you can look forward to:
- Collegial, open and respectful collaboration
- Flexible working hours and the possibility of home office work
- Personal development, support for further training
- At least 5 weeks of holiday
- Above-average social benefits and extra-mandatory training allowances as well as family allowances
- Various discounts: such as participation in public transport, discounted employee parking, Reka money etc.
- Central workplace with very good transport connections
Your next step:
Please send us your online application. For further information, the following person will be happy to assist you:
Department of Finance and Central Services
Claudio Bernold
Mayor
052 724 52 14
