Application Manager II

This is the contribution you can make

• You manage a portfolio of applications and services and control its lifecycle.
• You develop a deep understanding of the ZAS business processes in the areas of finance and payment transactions and ensure the interface to the affected partners.
• You ensure the operational operation, service quality, and availability of the applications.
• You plan, coordinate, and monitor the maintenance, further development, and transformation work on the applications.
• You control the personnel and financial resources of your area as well as the services of external partners and suppliers.
• You ensure compliance with the requirements for security, quality, and compliance and are responsible for the test management of the applications.

What makes you unique

• Bachelor's degree in business informatics or equivalent training, ideally supplemented by a specialization in business process management and five years of experience in a comparable function.
• Mastery of a project management method (HERMES or equivalent). Knowledge of agile best practices, ISTQB, ITIL, and the principles of information security (CISSP or equivalent: an advantage). Good understanding of application architectures and the technologies common in modern information systems.
• Experience in the coordination of external service providers, in the control of IT suppliers, or in the monitoring of services is an important advantage.
• Strong interest in the specialist areas of finance and payment transactions as well as the ability to quickly acquire complex business processes. Experience in finance, banking, or accounting or in payment processing is an important advantage. Knowledge of ISO 20022, of financial flows, or of accounting is a plus.
• Excellent social competence as well as very good oral and written communication skills towards interlocutors of all levels.
• Independent, responsible, proactive, and solution-oriented personality who understands business needs, makes decisions, and coordinates activities in a demanding environment.
• Very good knowledge of two official languages as well as good English skills ideally round off your profile.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model of Switzerland and work for the welfare of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunity, we unfold our competencies and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

Questions about the application

Florent Torres
+41 58 46 19119

The Zentrale Ausgleichsstelle (ZAS) in Genf is one of the largest employers of the federal administration in French-speaking Switzerland. Our staff consists of almost 830 employees of different nationalities with an extraordinary linguistic diversity to efficiently fulfill our missions in the area of the 1st pillar of the Swiss social security system at home and abroad. A meaningful task, a pleasant working environment, and conditions that make it possible to reconcile professional and private life make the ZAS an employer of choice for a variety of profiles.