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Head of AI & Machine Learning Services m/w/d

Full time Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Software Engineering DevOps

Job Description

Professional experience
Experienced professionals
Location
Bern
Syllabus
100%
Around 3,000 employees of RUAG and RUAG Real Estate make a significant contribution to the security of Switzerland every day. They ensure that the Swiss Armed Forces and other emergency and security organizations can fully perform their duties at all times.

You can move that

You will assume overall responsibility for our AI & Machine Learning area – strategically, operationally, and financially.

Specifically, this means:
  • Further development of the business – with a clear focus on market success and profitability (break-even 2027)
  • Acquisition of third-party contracts and the development of new customer relationships (in the Swiss Army, VBS, authorities & public security sector)
  • Successfully positioning our services in the market and generating real added value for our customers.
  • Leading a young, ambitious team and inspiring your team and people with your vision for the cause
  • In summary: you ensure that we deliver: on time, quality and budget.

This is what you bring with you

  • Successful track record in building business areas or services (ideally in the tech/AI environment)
  • Experience in acquiring customer projects and building revenue
  • You are not an administrator, but a doer with an entrepreneurial mindset, and you find it easy to make the right decisions and set the right priorities.
  • Ability to balance innovation and economic reality
  • Leadership experience: as a supervisor and as a person, you are honest, motivating, clear, and provide support.
  • A good understanding of AI / Machine Learning (you don't need to be a data scientist, but you need to know what it's about)
  • Very good German and English skills
  • Nice to have: a reliable network in the Swiss public/defense environment (VBS, army, authorities, etc.)
Don't meet all the requirements perfectly? Apply anyway. We are always looking for talented and motivated individuals who want to enrich our team. We place great value on diversity and equal opportunities, and our goal is to build a diverse team where everyone can fully develop their personal strengths. We especially encourage all individuals, regardless of gender, who may have reservations about accepting a position in a military-related environment to apply.

Your contact person

Stefanie Pascarella
+41 58 461 75 62

workplace

RUAG MRO Holding AG, Stauffacherstrasse 65, 3014 Bern

About the area

What you can expect:
  • A technically strong and smart team that wants to achieve something with you.
Plenty of creative freedom – but also genuine accountability for results.
A highly relevant environment (security, defense, public sector in Switzerland).
The opportunity to lead a still-young business area to profitability.
Direct impact within the company as a driver of AI transformation.
Clarity, enthusiasm, courage, and structure are your roadmap to success.

Your benefits

Your well-being is important to us. That's why you have many benefits with us. These include, for example:

Salary and benefits

We offer you a performance-based and competitive salary, 13 monthly salaries, and generous bonuses and allowances. Together with other benefits, this results in an attractive overall package.

Flexible working

We place great importance on our employees finding a healthy work-life balance. That's why we offer flexible working hours and home office options, among other things.

Discounts

At RUAG, you benefit from discounts on mobility and meals. In addition, you can take advantage of attractive offers on our benefits portal and enjoy fleet discounts with various renowned car brands.

Career advancement and further training opportunities

Fostering and developing the potential of our employees is important to us. Through training, courses, and further education, we support them in continuously expanding their skills to achieve their professional goals.

Leisure activities

Our employees are important to us. That's why we give them a day off for their birthday, offer a wide range of sports activities, and the option to take additional days off at a cost to their pay, supplementing their annual vacation allowance.

This is how our application process works

Important information about the application process:
  • Before starting your employment, you will be asked to provide an extract from the criminal record and debt enforcement register.
  • We only accept applications via our job portal jobs.ruag.ch. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications submitted by email or post.

Your contact person

Stefanie Pascarella

Talent Acquisition Specialist

+41 58 461 75 62

RUAG MRO Holding AG
About RUAG MRO Holding AG

We at RUAG play a vital role in keeping Switzerland secure. For sovereign security. Always and everywhere. Security is one of the basic pillars of Switzerland. That is what our 3000 employees work for every day: at over 15 locations in Switzerland and abroad. That is what drives us. For our customers and for Switzerland. As the visionary thinking technology partner of the Swiss Armed Forces, our priorities are life cycle management, operations and availability for military systems.

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