Head of Platform & Technology

Welcome to Xelon – where technology meets innovation and customer centricity. As we continue to expand, we are looking for a

Head of
Platform &
Technology (100%)
Member of the Management Team

to join our team. In this role, you will own our entire technical organization. This is not a coordination role. This is not a committee seat. You will be the single technical leader at Xelon — responsible for the platform, the product, the team, and customer-facing architecture work. When technical decisions are made at Xelon, you make them.

At Xelon
, we deliver secure, scalable, and automated Swiss cloud infrastructure for the next generation of digital services. From IaaS to SaaS
, our platform powers workloads in regulated industries like technology
, finance, insurance,
and
public services
. Our solutions
- Xelon Cloud
, Xelon Secure+ and Xelon HQ combine reliability, automation, sovereignty, and simplicity in one ecosystem.

We are on a mission to become the #1 Swiss Cloud Enabler
, and we are growing a team of people who want to shape the future of cloud infrastructure and software operations.

Your role and your responsibilities

The Head of Platform & Technology role is responsible for leading Xelon’s entire technical organization and ensuring strategic clarity, operational excellence, and strong cross-functional alignment across platform, product, architecture, and technical leadership. Your key areas of responsibility include:

Technical Leadership

• Lead, develop, and grow the technical team of 10 (3 direct reports).
• Build a culture of ownership, accountability, and mutual trust.

Platform

• Overall ownership of the Xelon Platform - consisting of the Xelon Public Cloud and Private Clouds as well as ancillary services and the proprietary cloud management platform Xelon HQ.
• Be the primary point of contact for the CEO in all technical matters.
• Design cloud and hybrid infrastructures tailored to customer needs (VMware, Kubernetes), ensuring scalability, high availability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation, including blueprints, data flow diagrams, and system integration overviews.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Dev Ops to ensure solutions are implemented consistently and align with Xelon’s technology strategy.
• Integrate compliance and security standards (SOC2, ISO 27001, GDPR).

Product

• Own the product roadmap from insight to delivery. Define what Xelon builds next and make it commercially compelling.
• Translate customer requirements into cost models and technical feasibility assessments.

Artificial
Intelligence

• Lead Xelon's AI Council and drive AI secure, compliant AI adoption across the company.
• Help building AI-focused service offerings.

IT Operations

• Act as strategic counterpart to the Cloud Infrastructure Lead - owning infrastructure direction, incident escalation governance, and the roadmap toward a converged platform operations model.
• Support on call organization on exceptional basis.

Dev Ops

• Act as strategic counterpart to the Dev Ops Lead - owning CI/CD and toolchain direction, Cloudpilot split coordination, and the roadmap toward a converged platform operations model.

Information Security

• Act as strategic counterpart to the Information Security Lead.

Solution Architecture

• Lead customer‑facing cloud and Kubernetes engagements.
• Act as a technical advisor in customer workshops, discovery sessions, and RFP processes.
• Provide technical validation for offers and onboarding plans to ensure feasibility and alignment with Xelon’s platform.
• Support Sales with technical solution narratives, contributing to a stronger value proposition for prospects.
• Develop reusable templates and solution patterns to shorten pre‑sales cycles and ensure consistency in delivery.

Finance

• Own overall Platform & Technology budget.
• Orchestrate Platform & Technology spend management.

Who you are

The most important thing you bring on day one is not a certification. It is the drive to take ownership of everything technical at Xelon - and the ability to bring your team along with you.

• You walk into a new company and ask 'What needs fixing?' before 'What is my process?'
• You make your team better - through clarity, presence,…