Your Responsibilities

• Leading Data & AI engagements end-to-end, taking ownership of scope, budget, project governance, client steering, and escalations.
• Guiding and coordinating Swiss, nearshore, and offshore delivery teams and reviewing their output to ensure quality and alignment with client expectations.
• Contributing hands-on to delivery yourself, from Data & AI advisory and solution architecture to technical design and implementation where it adds the most value.
• Working directly with client stakeholders and decision-makers to translate business needs into practical Data & AI solutions across strategy and advisory, data platforms on Databricks (including Xebia AXIS), Agentic Data Foundations, GenAI, and agentic AI, and seeing them through from production into managed services.
• Identifying and shaping new opportunities within existing client accounts in close collaboration with Account Managers and Sales, and contributing to solution design, proposals, statements of work, effort estimates, staffing plans, and service line initiatives such as offerings, accelerators, and demos.

Your Superpower

• 6–9 years of experience in Data & AI, including at least 3 years in client-facing consulting.
• A background in Data & AI engineering or architecture, with sufficient technical depth to have client conversations, shape solutions, validate estimates, and review the work of nearshore and offshore teams.
• Proven experience owning the delivery of a Data & AI engagement with a nearshore or offshore team, including scope, budget, escalations, and client steering.
• Experience working directly with decision-makers and driving Data & AI programs from business case through to delivery.
• Experience contributing to proposals and estimates.
• Fluent in German; Swiss German is a plus.
• EU/EFTA citizenship or an existing Swiss work permit.
• Existing client connections or relevant experience in financial services firms.

Nice to have:

• Experience with financial services clients in Switzerland.
• Experience with legacy data warehouse migrations to Databricks.
• Databricks certification, or willingness to obtain certification within 3-6 months.
• Experience contributing to practice building, for example through offerings, accelerators, talks, or mentoring.

Why Xebia

💡 Innovation potential: At Xebia, the focus is on innovation and pioneering spirit. You can develop your creative ideas and share innovative thinking.

🌱 Personal growth: We believe in personal development for outstanding professional experiences. Unlock your potential and keep growing.

🤝 Community and networking: Xebia is a community of technology enthusiasts. Meet professionals from different fields, share knowledge, and shape innovation together.

⚖️ Flexibility: We value work-life balance. Adjust your working hours and find a balance between your career and personal life.

🎉 Great social events: Ski days, B2Run, spontaneous after-work drinks, Christmas and summer parties – we celebrate together.

If you're ready to take the next step in your career, we warmly welcome you to Xebia.

We look forward to meeting you!