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HW Manager in a development team - for a global leading Swiss Life Science company

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Digitisation in the medical technology sector, IoT & smart devices in self-medication. Our client has been known worldwide for years as a leading independent developer and manufacturer in the life science field of data-driven self-medication (IoT). The company is growing continuously in the double-digit percentage range and generated sales of several hundred million CHF in 2018.

How you can benefit from talking to us:

  • Salary comparison, current salary to market salary
  • Understanding your career options
  • Identification of development and promotion potential
  • 65% of candidates will be making a career move within the next 12 to 24 months

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Why is this position interesting for you?

 

Swiss company with a top brand

  • Your benefit: Collegial and ethically correct working environment, reasonable work-life balance (actively lived and promoted)

 

Headquarters in Switzerland

  • Your benefit: Decision-makers are in Switzerland, short decision paths, cooperative management style

 

R&D in Switzerland

  • Your benefit: clear commitment to Switzerland as a location, all development takes place in Switzerland

 

Stable management for years

  • Your benefit: Healthy, performance-oriented management culture. Here you can plan your career for the long term

 

2 locations, 2 workplace options

  • Your benefit: Headquarters in Switzerland in 2 locations, so you can choose where you want to work, ideal work-life balance

 

Above average R&D budget (almost 10% of turnover)

  • Your benefit: Leadership in R&D and innovation is a guarantee for long-term company growth

Our client's positioning

  • Modular and proven platform technologies
  • International leader in innovation
  • Attractive fixed salary plus bonus
  • Design and manufacture of complete self-medication systems
  • Comprehensive portfolio of products (technology and consumables) for reliable self-medication
  • Solid double-digit cash flow, very high equity ratio

 

Role, function and supervisor

  • Role and function: Leading the hardware development and product support group
  • Supervisor: VP SW & HW

 

Main tasks and focus

  • Team leadership (team of 10 experts, mainly electronic hardware engineers)
  • Leadership, team development in two locations
  • Ensure information flow and interdisciplinary knowledge exchange
  • Reviewing and writing technical documents and actively participating in projects
  • Quality management, regulatory
  • Meeting the quantitative and qualitative requirements of the projects
  • Planning of human resources, including recruitment

 

Requirements Profile

  • Team leadership and/or project management experience
  • Industrial experience in electronic hardware development, at least 5 years
  • Solid engineering education (FH/ETH/TU) in electronics/electrical engineering
  • Ideally work experience in a regulated environment, e.g. GMP
  • Fluent in German and English, any other language an advantag

 

Conditions

  • Office: Greater Berne / Berne Mittellan
  • Attractive fixed salary plus bonus

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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