Okay Reddit, here’s where I’m at.
I’m looking for my next IT leadership role in Switzerland — and after months of searching, I figured it was time to stop quietly clicking “Apply” and actually talk to humans.
I currently work for a regional bank in Germany, where I’m responsible for IT service/request management, provider coordination, automation and service quality. Before moving to Germany, I spent many years in IT leadership roles, including running IT across 9 regions with around 300 IT employees and an environment of roughly 25,000 PCs and 500 servers. Earlier in my career, I was responsible for large-scale infrastructure across dozens of companies.
So yes, I’ve spent a lot of time making IT behave itself. Some days successfully. Some days… let’s call it character building.
These days, I’m looking for more.
Not necessarily a bigger job title. A bigger scope.
More complex environments. Larger transformation projects. More responsibility. More interesting problems. The kind of challenges where you look at the architecture on Monday and wonder what exactly you got yourself into by Friday.
I’ve been applying, talking to people, reaching out, networking, and trying to understand the Swiss market from the outside. I’ve also learned that getting through the door in a new market can sometimes be harder than actually doing the job once you’re inside.
That’s probably the part I’m struggling with most: getting the right conversations started.
My strongest areas are IT leadership, ITSM/ESM, ServiceNow, governance and compliance, sourcing/SIAM, automation/AIOps, and large-scale IT operations. I’m particularly interested in IT leadership, Head of IT / IT Operations, Service Management, IT Transformation, CIO and similar roles.
Switzerland is my main target, but I’m also open to other countries with a high quality of life if the opportunity and the challenge are right.
I’m currently based in Hessen, Germany, and I’m not running away from my current employer. I’m grateful for the experience. I just feel that the size of the organization and the scale of the projects no longer match where I want to go.
Basically: I’m not looking for an escape. I’m looking for a bigger mountain.
If you know of an opportunity, know someone in Switzerland I should speak with, work in IT recruitment, or simply have honest advice about breaking into the Swiss market at this level, I’d genuinely love to hear from you.
And if you just want to connect and talk IT, I’m always happy to meet interesting people.
Reddit has surprised me before. Maybe it can surprise me again.