IT Head

--- base: meta-keywords: meta-viewport: width=device-width, title: IT Head --- IT Head =========== Become an actor in Valaisan emergency services and join the OCVS! The Organisation Cantonale Valaisanne des Secours (OCVS) ensures the coordination of the pre-hospital emergency chain in the canton of Valais and operates the 144 sanitary emergency call center. Your mission: As part of its activities, the OCVS is looking for an IT Department Head responsible for guaranteeing the availability, security, and sustainability of its IT and telecommunications environment, in a context of critical infrastructure and sanitary emergency. Main responsibilities * Lead the IT department and ensure the continuity, availability, and security of infrastructures and telecommunications, particularly of the 144 center. * Guarantee business continuity and IT crisis management, including in the event of a cyberattack, disaster, or unavailability of a critical site or provider. * Define and implement the IT strategy, governance, and standards, in connection with the Executive Committee. * Ensure cybersecurity, risk management, and data protection, particularly within the framework of the DPO function. * Lead IT projects, system evolution, and technological innovation, notably the evaluation and governance of AI uses. * Guarantee the quality, governance, and exploitation of the organization's data. Manage, develop, and organize a small IT team, ensuring the continuity and redundancy of skills. * Manage providers, contracts, public tenders, and IT budgets. * Define, monitor, and improve IT processes, performance indicators, and quality standards. * Represent the organization in the technical networks and instances of the emergency centers of French-speaking Switzerland. * Actively participate in the Executive Committee, risk management, and the definition of the organization's strategic orientations. * Ensure availability in case of a major crisis and participate in the technical on-call system. Your profile * IT engineering degree or equivalent. * Proven experience in managing critical IT infrastructures, ideally in the fields of health, public safety, or emergency. * Solid mastery of ITIL / ISO 20000 and ISO 27001 frameworks. * Training or certification in data protection / DPO (or willingness to undergo this training upon starting the position). * Experience in team management and project management. * French or German as a native language, with a very good mastery of the other language. Your assets * Leadership, ability to unite and make decisions in crisis situations. * Analytical mindset, rigor, and ability to prioritize and structure. * Ease in negotiation and supplier management. * Excellent writing skills and sense of confidentiality. * Autonomy, pragmatism, and ability to question existing practices. * Ease in collaborating in a multidisciplinary environment. We offer * A meaningful mission, at the heart of the emergency chain, where the reliability of IT systems is essential. * A critical and stimulating technological environment, at the intersection of IT, telecommunications, cybersecurity, data, and innovation. * A strategic role with real power to act, within the Executive Committee * A great diversity of challenges and projects, in an environment where crisis management, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, security, and business continuity coexist daily. * A human and multidisciplinary environment, within which collaboration, autonomy, responsibility, and team spirit are essential to tackle high-impact challenges together. ### Workplace: Sierre ### Start date: from July 2027 or to be agreed Organisation Cantonale Valaisanne des Secours (OCVS) * Organisation Cantonale Valaisanne des Secours (OCVS) Rue Plantzette 53 3960 Sierre * [ ](< >) jpid69d2298jm jpit0939jm jpiy26jm