Senior IT Account Manager 80-100% (m/f/d)

Gi Group (United Kingdom); Reinach; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gi Life Sciences in Switzerland seeks a Senior IT Account Manager to strengthen our Reinach sales team. You will manage key IT service relationships, identify and win new customers, and drive complex tenders with cross-functional teams.

Fluent German and English are required, French is a plus. You will collaborate with BD, presales and tech departments to craft tailored solutions and achieve defined margins in a dynamic market.

Qualifications

• Several years of account management in IT.
• Successful track record in acquiring and developing customers.
• Confident handling of tenders, complex sales cycles and decision-making processes.
• Experience using AI tools and applications in sales activities.
• Structured, independent and results-oriented work style.
• Strong customer and solution orientation with negotiation skills.
• Strong communication skills at all levels from IT manager to CEO.
• Excellent written and spoken German, good English; French an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Management and strategic development of existing customer relationships.
• Identification, approach and acquisition of new customers in IT services and solutions.
• Independent management and support of complex tenders—from analysis to bid submission.
• Positioning modern IT services and tailored solution concepts at the customer site.
• Close collaboration with business development, presales, technology and internal departments for solution development.
• Responsibility for achieving defined margin targets.
• Conducting customer presentations and contract negotiations at decision-maker level.
• Market observation and active contribution to further development of the service portfolio.

Skills

Account management IT

Business development

Tenders

AI tools

Structured work style

Negotiation

Communication

German language

English language

French (advantage)

Job description

For our client, a leading IT service provider in Switzerland, we are seeking an experienced Senior IT Account Manager to join and strengthen their dynamic sales team in Reinach, BL. We are looking for a proactive, communicative, and customer-oriented professional who is available to start as soon as possible.

Your area of responsibility

• Management and strategic development of existing customer relationships
• Identification, approach and acquisition of new customers in the field of IT services and solutions.
• Independent management and support of complex tenders - from analysis to bid submission
• Positioning modern IT services and individual solution concepts at the customer's site
• Close collaboration with business development, presales, technology and internal specialist departments for solution development
• Responsibility for achieving defined margin targets
• Conducting customer presentations and contract negotiations at the decision-maker level
• Market observation and active contribution to the further development of the service portfolio

Your profile

• Several years of experience in account management in the IT sector
• Successful track record in acquiring and developing customers
• Confident handling of tenders, complex sales cycles and decision-making processes
• Experience in the practical use of AI tools and applications in one's own sales activities
• Structured, independent and results-oriented work style
• Strong customer and solution orientation, coupled with negotiation skills
• Strong communication skills at all levels - from the IT manager to the CEO
• Excellent written and spoken German, good English skills, French skills an advantage

Gi Life Sciences

Gi Life Sciences is part of Gi Group Holding, a global ecosystem for human resources services and consulting, supporting labor market development and helping to change people's lives in 37 countries around the world. In Switzerland, we operate under the brands Gi Life Sciences, Gi Group, Grafton, and Bautech Personal. We offer temporary and permanent staffing, as well as a wide range of complementary staffing services. With a direct presence at 40 locations in Switzerland and over 200 employees, we are one of the leading staffing companies in the Swiss recruitment market. Gi Life Sciences specializes in the recruitment of both temporary and permanent staff in the life sciences sector and is a valuable partner for many other staffing services. We believe that experts should speak to experts: All our professionals are certified in the scientific field, meaning they are able to understand your needs and provide you with comprehensive support.