ICT Project Leader

80-100%

Givisiez, CH, Sarine

13.11.2026

01.01.2027 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. It is also responsible for the security and development of the State’s information systems and those of all its partners.

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 "Health, Social Affairs, Territory, Environment and Economy" sector, the main mission will be to manage various application projects in collaboration with beneficiaries and external partners. Leading a portfolio composed of several projects to be carried out 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 a leader, facilitator, and trusted partner with the various stakeholders. The "Territory, Environment, Economy, Health, Social Affairs" sector includes several projects involving multidisciplinary teams made up of project managers, architects, application managers, developers, beneficiary representatives, and external partners.

Activities

Project management
• Qualify new project requests in terms of feasibility, profitability, success factors, and financial estimation
• Manage projects, their budgets, objectives, scopes, schedules, and resources
• Validate project mandates and document deliverables according to the HERMES methodology
• Implement actions leading to the effective success of projects or carry them out
• Prepare and conduct negotiations necessary for project success
• Anticipate and manage expectations, conflicts of interest, and sensitive situations
• Support the planning and implementation of major and minor business changes
• Ensure communication and maintain trustful relationships between cantonal administration services, suppliers, and institutional partners
• Ensure quality, acceptance, and validation of project results

Education
• Completed higher education (university, university of applied sciences, or equivalent qualification)
• Project or programme management certifications (HERMES, IPMA, PMP or equivalent) preferred

Experience
• More than 10 years of experience in managing complex IT projects
• Proven experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Confirmed experience in coordinating multidisciplinary teams composed of internal and external resources
• Significant experience in managing suppliers and service providers
• Experience in public procurement and contract establishment
• Experience in public administration is a plus

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
• Very good analytical, synthesis, and decision-making skills
• Excellent writing skills
• Autonomous and responsible
• Possess natural and unifying leadership
• Able to make decisions and assert oneself
• Loyal and respectful of the State’s institutional framework
• Results-oriented while considering human and institutional issues

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

James Muntwyler, james.muntwyler.sitel@fr.ch, T +41 26 304 19 57, Michaël Studer, michael.studer@fr.ch, T +41 26 305 31 62