Teamleiter/-in Legal & Procurement — Kantonale Verwaltung Zürich

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Canton of Zurich Financial Directorate Office for Computer Science Team Leader/-in Legal & Procurement 80 - 100% The Office for Computer Science (AFI) is the computer science competence center of the Canton of Zurich. It provides comprehensive services in the area of central computer infrastructure and canton-wide applications for directorates, authorities, the administration of justice and independent institutions. In charge of implementing the new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) strategy, the AFI accompanies the canton into the digital world. Do you not only want to advise, but also to help shape? You think legally, act strategically – and feel at home where technology meets administration? Then you are right with us. In the AFI, you play a central role at the interface between law, IT and public procurement. You lead a team of 6 people, provide legal clarity and manage procurement management in a dynamic environment. Your tasks:

• Professional and personnel management as well as further development of an interdisciplinary team of lawyers and procurement specialists (around 6-8 employees)
• Responsibility for comprehensive legal advice to internal stakeholders in administrative law, data protection and information security law, public procurement/procurement law and IT contract law – together with your team
• further development of procurement management and development of professional supplier management
• Ensuring efficient and compliant procurement (hardware, software, services)
• Legal support for IT and digitization projects in the Canton of Zurich as well as support for political activities of the AFI
• Close cooperation with the management of the AFI and the General Secretariat, representation of the AFI vis-à-vis bodies and authorities and joint responsibility for legal governance in the digital transformation
• Development and implementation of guidelines, standards and processes for Legal & Procurement Your profile:
• Completed university degree in law (Master / lic. iur.)
• Several years of proven leadership experience in leading specialist teams – ideally in the public sector or in a highly regulated environment
• Many years of professional experience in the relevant fields of law as well as in-depth knowledge in public procurement/procurement law, contract law, data protection and administrative law
• Strong strategic and networked thinking skills
• You recognize connections, think ahead and act solution-oriented
• High analytical ability and a secure sense of legal, technological and political dynamics
• Change competence and innovation
• You bring in new impulses and actively shape processes
• Strength of communication, negotiating skills and a sovereign approach to internal and external stakeholders
• Style-safe oral and written expression in German (negotiation-safe) What we offer:
• Flexible working models: home office, flex desk, creative zones
• Opportunity to engage professionally and strategically in an innovative environment
• Modern IT system landscape and exciting tasks
• Insight into the diversity of the largest employer in the Canton of Zurich
• Possibility to actively shape the future of the canton Do you feel addressed? Then apply now – we are happy to meet you. Please note that we only process applications that are received via our online tool. If you have any questions, Marcel Meyer will be at your disposal from 17.08.2026 (Head of Management Services) on tel. no. +41 43 259 33 40. Your new environment: www.zh.ch/AFI

Pensum: 80-100 %