Senior Cloud Project Manager

Michael Bailey Associates GmbH; Bern; Hybrid; CHF 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Michael Bailey Associates GmbH in Bern, Switzerland is seeking a Senior Cloud Project Manager to lead complex cloud transformation and outsourcing programs for mid-sized enterprises across Switzerland. This is a client-facing leadership role, not hands-on engineering, focusing on governance, migration strategies, and end-to-end delivery.

You will own projects from pre-sales through delivery, coordinating internal teams, managing budgets and risks, and ensuring high customer satisfaction.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience as a Senior IT or Cloud Project Manager in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies and hosting environments.
• Experience with cloud migration and infrastructure transformation projects.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong commercial mindset with pre-sales support experience.

Aufgaben

• Lead end-to-end cloud and infrastructure projects across multiple customers.
• Manage cloud migration initiatives (on-prem to cloud, multi-cloud).
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and subcontractors.
• Act as main customer contact during delivery and operations.
• Ensure delivery on time, budget, quality, scope, and governance.
• Support pre-sales activities and customer workshops.
• Drive operational excellence and customer satisfaction.
• Own project governance, milestones, risk management.

Kenntnisse

Project governance

Stakeholder management

Cloud knowledge

Pre-sales support

Budget management

Leadership

Communication

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

Docker

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Cloud Project Manager

Location: Bern, Switzerland / Hybrid

Language Requirement: German (mandatory) and English

About the Role:

For our office in Bern, we are looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Project Manager to lead complex cloud transformation and outsourcing projects for mid-sized enterprise customers across Switzerland.

This is a client-facing leadership role for a proven Project Manager — not a hands-on engineer — who deeply understands cloud environments, cloud migration strategies, and full IT outsourcing operations.

You will take ownership of projects from pre-sales through delivery and ongoing operations, acting as the trusted advisor to customers while coordinating internal technical teams and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate combines strong project governance and operational leadership with excellent customer management, escalation handling, and commercial awareness.

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end cloud and infrastructure projects across multiple customers simultaneously (typically 5–10 projects in parallel)
• Manage cloud migration initiatives, including:
• On-premise to cloud migrations
• Multi-cloud transformations
• Modern workplace and infrastructure projects
• Coordinate and steer cross-functional internal teams, partners, and subcontractors
• Act as the main point of contact for customers throughout project delivery and operational phases
• Ensure successful delivery across timeline, budget, quality, scope, and governance
• Manage project financials, budgets, reporting, logistics, and steering committees (SteerCos)
• Handle escalations and de-escalations professionally while maintaining strong customer relationships
• Support sales and pre-sales activities, including customer workshops, RFPs, upselling, and cross-selling opportunities
• Drive operational excellence and ensure high customer satisfaction
• Take full ownership of project governance, milestone planning, risk management, and delivery processes

What You Bring:

• Proven experience as a Senior IT or Cloud Project Manager in complex enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies and hosting environments, including:
• Private/Sovereign Cloud
• Microsoft Azure
• AWS and/or other public cloud platforms
• Experience delivering cloud migration and infrastructure transformation projects
• Strong understanding of full IT outsourcing models, including environments covering:
• Infrastructure
• Networking
• Active Directory
• End-user devices
• Security
• User management
• Experience managing workplace, platform, infrastructure, or cloud-related projects
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong commercial mindset with experience supporting pre-sales and customer growth initiatives
• Ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously in fast-paced environments
• Experience working with customers ranging from 40 to 1,000 employees
• Swiss German fluency is mandatory
• Fluent German and English communication skills

Technical Knowledge (preferred)

You do not need to be hands-on, but a strong understanding of the following areas is important:

• Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
• Modern Workplace / Microsoft 365
• VMware or Hyper-V
• Networking technologies (firewalls, routing, switching)
• Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, or OKD
• Infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Software-defined infrastructure
• ITIL frameworks and governance processes

What We Offer:

• A highly visible and impactful role with full ownership of projects and customer relationships
• A modern and collaborative working environment with strong technical expertise
• Exposure to a broad technology landscape across cloud, workplace, and infrastructure solutions
• A varied project portfolio ranging from mid-sized projects to large transformation programs
• Close collaboration with experienced engineers, architects, managers, and customers
• Hybrid working model: typically 3 days onsite / 2 days remote, with flexibility