Project Manager IT (w/m/d) — ETH Zürich
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- fixed-term
- Posted
- 4 days ago
Role overview
Project manager: in IT (m/f/d)
60%-100%, Zurich, temporary Printed Printing
At ETH Zurich, more than 20,000 students study at Bachelor's and Master's level or are enrolled as listeners.
- Project manager: in IT (m/f/d)
- 60%-100%, Zurich, temporary Printed Printing
- With your focus on efficient cooperation and clear responsibilities, you actively contribute to the further development of the project methodology and the project organization. Profile
- Technical background: You have a completed degree in computer science, business informatics or a related field.
Main responsibilities
- With your focus on efficient cooperation and clear responsibilities, you actively contribute to the further development of the project methodology and the project organization. Profile
- Technical background: You have a completed degree in computer science, business informatics or a related field.
- Experience: You bring proven experience in managing complex IT projects and know the special requirements of large projects.
- Project management expertise: You move confidently in classic, agile and hybrid process models;
- Practical experience with HERMES, Scrum and Kanban is beneficial.
- Certification: A recognized project management or agile certification (e.g.
- IPMA, PMI, HERMES, Scrum) is an advantage, but not a mandatory requirement.
- Technical know-how: You have good knowledge of IT architectures, system integration, software development, data migration and cyber security.
- Analytical strength: You think in a structured way, analyze complex relationships in a targeted manner, develop viable solutions and make well-founded, comprehensible decisions.
- Communication skills: You bring technical content to the point – clear, understandable and addressable for different stakeholders.
Application process
- More than 50 existing applications are to be replaced by configurable standard software, which is integrated into the ETH system landscape and further developed in a targeted manner.
- The project combines professional transformation, system integration, data migration and challenging architecture and governance issues. Job description
- You take on a central role in a major strategic project and represent IT project management in defined management, coordination and control tasks.
- In doing so, you ensure the successful integration of the new teaching application into the ETH system landscape and coordinate the necessary adjustments taking into account all relevant dependencies.
- Together with business engineers, project managers, the software provider as well as specialist and IT positions, you will work on a sustainable and successful implementation.
- You support the ICT architecture in defining the target image, in technical decisions and in ensuring architectural conformity.
- In addition, you are responsible for the creation, coordination and quality assurance of the compliance-relevant documents.
Additional details
- 60%-100%, Zurich, temporary
- For the strategic project "Digital Campus", we are looking for a committed and reliable personality for the deputy IT project management for a temporary assignment until the end of 2028. Project background
- The project combines professional transformation, system integration, data migration and challenging architecture and governance issues.
- With your focus on efficient cooperation and clear responsibilities, you actively contribute to the further development of the project methodology and the project organization.
- Tool security: You are familiar with and use common project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence and Microsoft 365.
Notes and original content
- For the strategic project "Digital Campus", we are looking for a committed and reliable personality for the deputy IT project management for a temporary assignment until the end of 2028.
- Project background
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