IT Sector Lead for Global Shared Services 100% (f/m/d)

Your challenge

As the IT Sector Lead for Global Shared Services, you will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Actively promote Julius Baer’s core values—Trust, Ambition, Collaboration, and Courage—as well as its purpose, to ensure appropriate, ethical, and compliant behavior and to serve as a role model
• Contribute to the IT department’s technology strategy across all areas and ensure that it aligns with the bank’s strategic direction and governance
• Lead 3 teams to proactively manage and continuously improve technical platforms such as RPA (robotic process automation), business process management, content management, and business rules across various banking domains
• Establish technical delivery teams at various locations; develop a global engineering culture and a model for cross-location collaboration to support a modern, innovative, and efficient platform strategy
• Serve as a key technology partner for architecture and a strategic partner for our business partners to ensure consistent design decisions and platform evolution
• Budgeting and cost management for operations, including vendor and license management, as well as leveraging nearshoring opportunities and cost efficiency
• Ensure high-quality technical delivery through a strong engineering culture and modern development practices to deliver projects and small IT assignments
• Monitor effective risk management and the resolution of architectural or governance issues; prevent and track architectural debt, risk mitigation measures, vulnerabilities, penetration test results, and other issues

Your profile

For this position, we are looking for a person with:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
• Demonstrable ability and experience in managing IT executives, effectively leading employees—including performance management and professional development—and developing leaders
• A visionary mindset for designing and implementing strategic initiatives that align with organizational goals
• Proven technical leadership in platform engineering, platform modernization, or target operating model transformations
• A determined and results-oriented individual who works effectively and efficiently, even under high pressure