ICT Project Leader e-Justice

80-100%

Givisiez, CH, Sarine

30.09.2026

01.11.2026 or to be agreed

Permanent contract

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

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 .

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 the 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 comprising 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 the 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 treatment 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 the programme’s success
• Anticipate and manage expectations, conflicts of interest and sensitive situations

Education

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

Experience

• More than 10 years’ 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
• 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 challenges

Languages

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

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