Swiss Timing Software Department Manager

About Swiss Timing

Swiss Timing stands at the intersection of Swiss precision, technological innovation, and world-class sport. As a member of the Swatch Group, the company has built an exceptional reputation for delivering timing, scoring, data handling, and broadcast solutions for the Olympic Games and leading international competitions. As an employer, Swiss Timing offers a dynamic environment where engineers, project leaders, technicians, and digital specialists contribute to moments watched by millions. The company values accuracy, reliability, teamwork, and calm excellence under pressure, providing employees with the opportunity to work on complex global events while advancing the standards of performance measurement in elite sport.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Software Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Platform, and Product Owner teams.
• Define and execute the software strategy in alignment with business and product objectives.
• Foster a culture of innovation, engineering excellence, agility, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure delivery of scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.
• Continuously improve development practices, tools, processes, and productivity.
• Lead the evolution of cloud platforms and cloud-based services.
• Ensure availability, reliability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Drive adoption of modern cloud technologies, DevOps practices, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and observability.
• Establish standards and processes for cloud operations, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Enable teams to efficiently build, deploy, and operate cloud-based products and services.
• Lead the Product Owner organization and ensure effective product planning, prioritization, and delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate customer and business needs into successful products and services.
• Drive innovation through AI, computer vision, generative AI, automation, cloud, and emerging technologies.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI in products and software development.
• Promote experimentation, prototyping, and rapid validation of new concepts.
• Build, motivate, and develop high-performing Product Owner, Software Engineering, DevOps, and Cloud Platform teams.
• Strengthen capabilities in software engineering, AI, cloud, automation, data, and emerging technologies.
• Establish clear responsibilities, efficient ways of working, and development paths.
• Manage resources, budgets, technology partners, and departmental priorities.
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, learning, experimentation, and innovation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in software development, technology management, product development, or related leadership roles within product-oriented organizations.
• Proven track record of leading and developing software engineering and/or product organizations.
• Experience working with or managing Product Owners and Product Managers.
• Strategic mindset combined with a hands-on approach and focus on execution.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to balance customer value, innovation, delivery, quality, cost, security, and operational reliability.
• Strong passion for innovation and ability to transform emerging technologies into practical business solutions.
• Strong understanding of modern software development methodologies and Agile frameworks.
• Sound knowledge of DevOps principles, APIs, software product lifecycles, and cloud-native architectures.
• Practical experience with cloud platforms and operations, preferably Microsoft Azure or similar technologies.
• Good understanding of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, with the ability to identify business applications and opportunities.
• Experience in sports technology, real-time systems, data platforms, media technology, computer vision, or mission-critical environments is an advantage.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• German or French language skills are an asset.

Skills

Experience

Significant experience in software development, technology management, product development, or related leadership roles within product-oriented organizations; proven experience leading and developing software engineering and/or product organizations; experience working with or managing Product Owners and Product Managers.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.

Culture

Swiss Timing offers a workplace culture defined by precision, innovation, and the excitement of world-class sport. As part of the Swatch Group, it brings together technical expertise, teamwork, and operational excellence, giving employees the opportunity to contribute to high-profile international events where reliability and performance are essential.

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