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

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together. We are looking for a dynamic and technically strong Sector Lead to join the IT Application Management CH department in Zurich. In this role, you will be responsible for shaping and extending the platform provisioning and line management of 3 teams that deliver IT services utilizing both self-developed applications (.Net and Java) and global platforms (Business Process Management, Business Rules, Content Management). You will work closely with business and IT stakeholders to provide sustainable solutions and fulfil mandated and strategic goals. A key mission of this role is to transform today’s technical platforms into global Target Operating Models (TOM) with workforce in different countries or managed services, ensuring future-proof, innovative platform services for our business. YOUR CHALLENGE Actively promote the COO core values Trust, Ambition, Collaboration and Courage and purpose of Julius Baer to ensure appropriate, ethical and compliant behavior and act as a role model Contribute to the Technology Strategy of the IT Division in all its building and ensure alignment with the bank’s strategic direction and Governance. This especially with driving the technical transformation roadmap to evolve today’s platforms toward a global TOM, aligning architecture, processes, platform lifecycle and workforce distribution Leading 3 teams to proactively steer and continuously improve technical platforms like RPA (Robotics), Business Process Management, Content Management, Business Rules over various banking domains and deliver as well as operate business applications running on these platforms Establish and develop technical delivery teams across different locations, building a global engineering culture and cross-site collaboration model for a modern, innovative and efficient platform strategy Act as the key technical counterpart to Architecture and a strategic partner to our business stakeholders to ensure coherent design decisions and platform evolution Budgeting and cost management of Operations including Vendor and License Management as well as leveraging near-shoring opportunities and drive for cost-efficiency Ensure high-quality technical delivery with strong engineering culture and modern development practices to deliver projects and small IT orders Oversee effective risk management and resolution of architecture or governance exceptions. Avoiding and tracking of architectural debts, risk mitigation measures, vulnerabilities, PenTest findings and other exceptions YOUR PROFILE Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field Demonstrated ability and experience in leading leaders within the IT domain, effective leadership to employees including performance management and people development and fostering leadership talent A visionary mind-set to shape and implement strategic initiatives aligned to the organizational goals Proven technical leadership in platform engineering, platform modernization or Target Operating Model transformations Strongly decisive and result-oriented person with effective and efficient working style also under high pressure Deep hands-on understanding of modern platform technologies (with the maturity being e.g. .Net, Java, Automation Platforms, Business Process Management, Content Management), cloud-native principles and engineering best practices Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business‑aligned strategies Ability to work in an agile manner and adapt to new situation, ability to motivate others and to work across teams and cultures We are looking forward to receiving your full job application through our online application tool. Further interesting job opportunities can be found on our Career site. Is this not quite what you are looking for? Set up a job alert by creating a candidate account here. The international reference in wealth management Julius Baer is the leading Swiss wealth management group. We focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients from around the world, taking into account what truly matters to them – in their business and personal life, today and for future generations. Headquartered in Zurich, we are present in around 60 locations worldwide, including Bangkok, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, Monaco, Mumbai, Santiago de Chile, Shanghai, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and Tokyo. Why join Julius Baer? At Julius Baer our employees enjoy the benefits of a global company with the support and collegiality of a much smaller one. We are growing quickly, but we remain dedicated to maintaining our accessible structure with flat hierarchies, and approachable and supportive leaders. With offices around the world, we offer an international and stimulating work environment and the opportunity to work with a diverse team of highly motivated colleagues, bringing the best of the bank to our clients. Our core values of Care, Passion, and Excellence define the tone of how we interact with each other and our partners. Committed to your success Whether nurturing young talent with our renowned apprentice scheme, enabling ambitious university graduates to put theory into practice with our Graduate Programme, or providing first-class opportunities for experienced professionals, we look after our employees. We believe in continuous learning as a company and as individuals, which is why we put a focus on the health and well-being of our employees and offer flexible working options, a wide array of benefits, and extensive career development programmes. For more information visit www.juliusbaer.com or contact us via the Contact Form. For recruiting agents, please see the additional information here.