Technical & Engineering Lead – Cloud, AI & Digital Solutions

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Do you want your technology decisions to directly impact systems that help save lives? Does developing senior engineers and seeing real-world results motivate you?

Technical & Engineering Lead - Cloud, AI & Digital Solutions

We are looking for an experienced technical and people leader who stays close to technology, understands modern architecture, and wants to lead a team of senior engineers by example.

Our BOT (Business Operations Technology) product line builds modern digital foundations to support global processes and portfolio management. Your first major focus will be the GPAM (Global Portfolio and Alliance Management) area, which involves application modernization, cloud projects, and integrating modern solutions, including Generative AI and AI agents.

Why join us?

• Real-world impact: The results of your work and your team's efforts will directly influence the efficiency of systems that support the development and delivery of medicines worldwide.
• Technological growth: We have the resources and environment to modernize platforms, drive cloud migrations, and deploy enterprise AI solutions in production.
• Culture and flexibility: We believe in autonomy, we foster a culture built on ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.

What you will do:

• Architecture & Engineering (50%): Shape architecture and technical direction while remaining hands-on with technology. We work with technologies such as .NET, Python, APIs, Angular/React, Azure, and AWS. You will help define the engineering standards.
• People Leadership (20%): You will be responsible for leading, developing, and supporting a team of engineers. Your role will be to clear obstacles from their path, mentor them, and help them grow in their careers. We build on a culture of engineering excellence and personal accountability.
• Business Partnership (20%): You will partner with global product managers and stakeholders. You will translate technological options into clear, business-friendly recommendations and turn their ideas into scalable software.
• AI & Innovation (10%): You will identify and drive opportunities to leverage Generative AI, AI agents, and intelligent automation.

What you should have:

• Tech Background: You have 10+ years of software engineering experience (ideally with a strong foundation in .NET/C#, Python, APIs, and AWS/Azure cloud) along with demonstrated technical leadership responsibilities.
• People Management: You have proven experience directly managing, developing, and coaching engineers, including performance and career development.
• Modern Engineering Mindset: Strong knowledge of DevSecOps(CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code), and cloud engineering.
• Experience in applying Generative AI and AI-enabled capabilities to enterprise solutions.
• Ability to make pragmatic architecture decisions balancing scalability, security, maintainability, and delivery speed.

You don't need to be an expert in every technology listed. We value strong engineering fundamentals, technical judgment, curiosity, and a willingness to roll up your sleeves when needed.

What we offer:

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern
• Competitive salary & incentive pay
• Pension and health insurance contributions
• Internal reward system and referral scheme
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and discount programs
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner

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