Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)
Villigen PSI
IT Manager
- 06 June 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Villigen PSI
About the job
The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI is the largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences in Switzerland. At PSI, we conduct cutting-edge research in the fields of future technologies, energy and climate, health innovation, as well as the fundamentals of nature. Through basic and applied research, we work on sustainable solutions for central questions from society, science, and the economy. The education of young people is a central concern of PSI. Therefore, about a quarter of our employees are postdoctoral researchers, doctoral candidates, or apprentices. In total, PSI employs around 2300 staff members.
Your mission
The Information Technology department at PSI, abbreviated AIT, supports research and administration by providing reliable and future-oriented services in the field of information and communication technologies. It operates the central infrastructures, information systems, and applications as well as the workplace infrastructure at PSI. In the role of IT Manager, you take overall responsibility for AIT, both strategically and operationally. You lead an organisation of around 65 employees and ensure a high-performance, stable, and future-oriented IT. In doing so, you not only shape the further development of infrastructure, system landscape, and organisation but especially influence the positioning of IT as a reliable and modern partner for research, administration, and external collaborations. As an experienced Transformation Lead, you actively participate in the strategic transformation of the IT organisation within PSI and the ETH domain and drive this transformation forward with foresight and creative power.
Operations & Services
Leadership & Organisation
Your areas of responsibility
Strategy & Transformation
- Development and consistent implementation of the IT strategy
- Further development of IT governance and control models
- Active participation in the IT transformation in the context of a possible harmonisation within the ETH domain
Operations & Services
- Ensuring stable, secure, and efficient IT operations (infrastructure, applications, networks, data centres)
- Definition and further development of the technological target architecture
- Continuous optimisation of processes, services, and service quality
Leadership & Organisation
- Leadership, development, and empowerment of a team of around 65 employees
- Coaching of managers and promotion of a performance-oriented, collaborative culture
- Overall responsibility for budget, resources, and organisational structures
Your profile
- University degree in computer science, business informatics, or comparable, complemented by business management training
- Several years of leadership experience in demanding, complex IT organisations with responsibility for strategy, operations, and transformation
- Solid expertise in IT governance, IT service management, as well as modern organisational and operational models
- Proven success in transforming IT organisations as well as in change management and process optimisation
- Experience with shared services, IT harmonisation, and integrative organisational models
- Knowledge of public procurement is an advantage
- Fluent German and English skills
- Convincing personality with strong communication skills, strategic thinking ability, and high social competence
- Entrepreneurial, structured, and innovation-driven, with an affinity for science and research
What the position offers you
You take on a key role in an internationally leading research environment and are responsible for an established, high-performance IT organisation with great relevance for scientific operations. In a strategically crucial phase, you actively shape its further development and contribute to the future orientation of IT within the ETH domain. This offers you the rare opportunity to sustainably shape an IT landscape of national importance and prospectively take on additional responsibility.
Contact
Have we piqued your interest? Dr Vera de Vries, partner at schillingpartners, looks forward to receiving your complete application documents (reference A004266) by e-mail at: vera.devries@schillingpartners.ch
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