Technical Project Manager - Lausanne

Project overview

About the mission

Within the Infrastructure, Data and DevOps (IDD) division, the team in charge of technical projects supports the City's digital transformation. Faced with the constant increase in projects related to infrastructure, cloud platforms, and data management, the Organization and IT Service (SOI) wishes to strengthen its teams. We are looking for a confirmed Technical Project Manager to lead complex projects for the evolution of technical architectures and environments.

Your role and impact

As a Technical Project Manager, you will assume overall responsibility for one or more infrastructure, platform, data, cloud, and cybersecurity projects.

You will coordinate all specialized technical teams (systems, networks, databases, security, operations) and external service providers to ensure the delivery of high-performance, secure, and resilient solutions, perfectly aligned with the IT architecture and strategic directions of the City.

Your key responsibilities

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Infrastructure Project Leadership: Lead complex projects (Cloud, cybersecurity, migrations, data, platforms, etc.) from end to end.

Multidisciplinary Coordination: Lead and coordinate internal technical teams (systems, networks, DBA, security, support) as well as external stakeholders and service providers.

Methodology & PMO: Manage projects by applying standards defined by the PMO (HERMES documentation, updating tracking tools) while respecting architectural and security principles.

Budget & Risk Management: Ensure financial monitoring of projects, identify and control technical risks, interdependencies, and impacts on the IT system.

Communication: Maintain fluid and regular communication with the client, partners, technical teams, and suppliers.

Go-live: Plan, supervise, and coordinate deployment, migration, cutover, and rollback operations.

Validation & Transfer: Organize technical acceptance testing phases before going into production.

Handover: Ensure knowledge transfer, verify the completeness of operational documentation, and organize L3 support with specialized teams.

• Technical Project Management and Overall Management
• Deployment, Migration, and Operational Transition
• Scope – Cost – Schedule – Quality Alignment

Requirements

Ensure strict adherence to high availability, performance, cybersecurity, resilience, and service continuity criteria.

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Change Management & Decisions: Evaluate scope change requests (impacts on costs, schedules, architecture, and risks) and prepare necessary technical decisions.

Indicator-Based Management: Define and monitor KPIs for progress, costs, quality, and performance of deployed solutions.

Experience: Confirmed experience (5+ years) in the management and leadership of IT infrastructure, network, cloud platform, data system, or cybersecurity projects.

Methodology: Solid knowledge of the HERMES methodology and proficiency in project management tools.

Technical & General Skills:

Mastery of IT architecture concepts, complex infrastructures, virtualization, networks, security, and cloud/DevOps environments.

Ability to communicate with high-level technical specialists while simplifying for management instances.

Knowledge and sensitivity to cybersecurity and data protection (LPD) issues.

Soft Skills: Excellent leadership, methodological rigor, analytical and synthesis skills, interpersonal skills, and negotiation ability.

What we offer

The opportunity to work on strategic technical projects at the heart of the City's modernization.

A stimulating environment with high responsibilities and a strong level of technical expertise.

The support, network, and personalized coaching of Randstad Digital Switzerland throughout your assignment.

Ready to take on the challenge?

Do you want to put your technical project management and infrastructure skills to work for public digital transformation? Apply today by sending us your application.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: Lausanne, Vaud, CH
• Languages: French