adesso Schweiz AG

Senior Consultant Business Automation & Project Management

📍 8048 Zürich, 8048 Zürich

Role and responsibilities

You are a key player in our company's success and manage complex IT consulting and software development projects right from the start. We advise our clients across all sectors and with a high degree of flexibility. As a generalist in project management, you will be confronted with exciting and new tasks, whereby the project environment is constantly changing and brings with it new challenges. You will enjoy a high degree of creative freedom and can actively participate in the development of our business. Planning, implementation and management of IT consulting and software development projects industry agnostic, in particular the management of fixed-price projects. Responsible for timeline, quality, budget and management of project teams with several team-members. Dealing with customer representatives from all functional areas (business and IT). Interface function between business departments and IT. Process analysis and optimization, requirements engineering and conceptual work at the customer’s site. Preparation, moderation and evaluation of assessments and strategy workshops at the customer's site. Advise customers on operating model transformation, process excellence and automation strategies to improve efficiency, compliance and customer experience (as well as with Agentic AI and LLM). Support in account management as well as in acquisition and pre-sales activities. To promote our sales and business development, you will provide support with acquisition and presales activities. You will actively work on building a network with the customer and will be able to generate leads.

Team / description

adesso stands for IT excellence, AI excellence and, consequently, excellent development opportunities for all adessi. We grow together and learn from one another – through our projects, as a team and via outstanding training programmes. We have IT at our heart, the industry in our sights, our customers’ success in mind and the future with AI in our sights. After all, successful business stems from innovative ideas, forward-looking strategies and smart IT solutions that are already AI-ready today. People who want to make a difference and simply make it happen are always involved. We design and build software that inspires our customers. In projects that challenge us. And we do so in an environment that we enjoy, where success is achieved together and everyone feels at home.

Qualifications and Skills

  • At least 4 years of practical work experience in management of software projects or business analysis and conceptual work

  • Degree in (business) informatics, economics/business administration or a comparable qualification

  • Fluent in English and German (C1)

  • Knowledge of AI-enabled process automation, Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), Generative AI use cases and human-in-the-loop workflows

  • Practical Knowledge and certifications in relevant agile project methods, test-management and Requirements Engineering

  • Advanced knowledge in Modeling and definition of processes (BPMN) - nice to have or to learn

  • You have already successfully completed certification as a Certified Project Manager (IPMA® Level C), PMP or Hermes Advanced or are ready to do so.

  • Quick comprehension and solution-oriented thinking, ability to transfer abstract knowledge to different customer situations and industries

  • Dynamic and eloquent appearance, enthusiasm and courage to change

  • Willingness to travel regularly to customer sites and within Switzerland, depending on project requirements