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Head of Software Demand Management (Requirements Engineering / Agile / Scrum)

Head Software Demand Management

Do you want to make a difference to our client's software offering in the digitalisation of the life sciences sector? Are you a thought leader in software development and passionate about creating the most user-friendly software solutions, achieving the highest software quality and ensuring high customer satisfaction? Our client is one of the leading international life sciences companies in the field of digitalisation in the medical and diagnostic markets, headquartered in the greater Zurich area. As a private limited company with less than 500 employees, you will have real creative freedom in a family corporate culture.

How you can benefit from talking to us:

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Head Software Demand Management
Why this position is interesting for you

Stay involved
  • Your benefit: You won't just be an administrator or an Excel acrobat. You'll be actively engaged with customers, developers and senior management

 

Shape the future
  • Your benefit: In your leadership role, you will use your practical experience to improve customer satisfaction through structured requirements management

 

Interface between customers and software

  • Your benefits: You will focus on customer needs and the market, prioritise customer-centric solutions, and make direct, agile decisions and implementations

 

Commitment to Switzerland

  • Your benefit: A Swiss company with in-house local software developers and partnerships with leading Swiss software companies

 

Our client's position in the market

  • One of the leading Swiss software providers in the digitalisation of the medical sector
  • Local software development combined with market proximity and over 30 years of success

Role, function and supervisor 

  • Your role = Manager, direct supervisor of a team of 4 people
  • Supervisor: CIO, Member of the Executive Board

 

Main tasks and focus

  • Product Owner for a software portfolio with two solutions: a standard software offering in a classic licence model and a state-of-the-art SaaS solution
  • Gather customer requirements through direct contact or close collaboration with Sales & Support team
  • Manage external project managers
  • Have personnel responsibility for the requirements engineering team
  • Work closely and communicate transparently with other business units and management
  • Cultivate relationships with industry associations and networks


Requirements Profile

  • Several years of practical experience in requirements engineering and/or business analysis and/or product management in a software environment
  • Project management experience in software development (Java/HTML and Agile/Scrum)
  • A hands-on person who actively participates in ongoing activities
  • A structured and analytical working style
  • German language skills with good English and/or French language skills
  • Plus: experience with software solutions in the field of medicine, laboratory or diagnostics 

 

Conditions

  • Flexible working model, based in the Zurich and/or Bern metropolitan areas, accessible by public transport
  • Company car (also for private use)

Application & Contact

Erik Wirz
Erik Wirz
Managing Partner
wirz phone +41 44 515 02 60 wirz email erik.wirz@w-gruppe.com

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Recruitment Process

In an initial conversation, we will give you a detailed insight into the role, the company, the culture and your development opportunities.

After an initial conversation with the partner (headhunter), you will receive further information about the role and our client's expectations. If you are interested, please send us your documents. Wirz & Partners will draw up a longlist which will be discussed with the client. From this longlist, 4-6 candidates are selected for the shortlist.

 

Time until feedback: 2-3 weeks

If you make it to the shortlist, you will move on to the next round. During the interview with Wirz & Partners, we will get to know you professionally and personally. You will receive additional information about the client, the offering, the services, the team and the KPIs. Based on all interviews and documents, we prepare a complete dossier on you for the client, including an executive summary. These documents form the basis of the structured interview process with the client. We prepare you for the interview.

 

Duration until the interview with the client: Up to 2 weeks

The first meeting with the client is about getting to know each other on an equal footing, getting to know the people and the culture. This takes place in person at the client's location and usually lasts around an hour.

The second interview focuses on professional competencies and leadership issues. You will get to know the team, the strategy and the operational goals.

You will then receive a salary proposal and an overview of the overall offer.

 

Duration until feedback: 1-2 weeks

A de-briefing with you and the client takes place after the final meeting.

We help you negotiate the contract and clarify further details. The contract is drafted and we support the onboarding process with the client.

 

Duration until feedback: Up to 1 week

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