Head of Zentrale Informatik

100 %

per 1. Juli 2027

Shaping digitalization. Leading the future.

Your tasks – strategic, formative and impactful

• Overall responsibility for the secure, reliable and future-oriented provision of the ICT services of the Kanton Basel-Landschaft as well as their strategic further development
• Leadership of the Zentrale Informatik with its four business units and their heads as well as shaping a high-performance, binding and development-oriented leadership culture
• Forward-looking further development of the ICT service portfolio and the organization, taking into account technological developments, strategic goals, financial framework conditions and future needs of the administration
• Management of complex governance, political and legal matters as well as preparation of decision-making bases for the executive management
• Active co-design of the cantonal digitalization agenda and representation of the interests of the Zentrale Informatik in strategic steering committees
• Representation of the Kanton Basel-Landschaft in cantonal, intercantonal and national IT and digitalization committees as well as maintenance of important strategic partnerships
• Personal communication and positioning of the Zentrale Informatik towards employees, managers, administration, politics and other stakeholders – from discussions and presentations to moderations and management events
• Assumption of the necessary administrative, financial and personnel law leadership responsibility as well as project committee activities

Your profile – experienced, integrating and shaping

• Completed Master's degree in Business Informatics, Business Administration, Informatics or Engineering at a university of applied sciences or university/ETH as well as complementary further training
• Several years of experience in ICT service operations, ICT platform development or ICT project and architecture development – ideally at the interface between service users, management and technical experts
• Several years of experience in a highly regulated industry or in public administration; familiar with political decision-making processes, regulatory framework conditions and the specific requirements for ICT in administration
• Leadership experience at middle or higher management level, especially in the leadership of managers
• Strong strategic thinking and the ability to combine, prioritize and communicate complex technological, organizational and political issues in an understandable manner
• Inspiring and transformational leadership personality with high communication and mediation skills as well as strong skill in consensus building
• Confident in dealing with conflicts, crises and differing interests; high resilience as well as the ability to act consistently, with integrity and goal-orientation even under demanding framework conditions
• Empathic, team-oriented and convincing personality with a strong understanding of different stakeholders and enjoyment in actively shaping changes

For questions about the position

Miriam Bucher
Generalsekretärin
Tel.:

For questions about the application process

Lara Waldkirch
Leiterin HR
Tel.:

Zentrale Informatik

The Zentrale Informatik is the competence and service center of the cantonal administration for all IT matters. It supports the Landeskanzlei, the departments as well as the courts in the economical, efficient and effective fulfillment of their tasks through targeted digitalization and automation. The range of services includes the implementation of cross-departmental digitalization projects, ensuring basic IT provision, the operation and further development of business applications as well as the management of information security.

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