What would your role be?
Join our Private Clients Business Engineering team and take end-to-end business ownership of our Digital Meeting and Holistic Advice applications – the tools our client advisors use to prepare, run and follow up client meetings and to advise clients across their entire wealth.
Cover a broad range of responsibilities, from acting as deputy product owner and managing the backlog to running technical analyses.
Translate client and advisor needs into clear, testable user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
Work closely with developers to ensure a shared understanding of the requirements and support them throughout implementation.
Run user acceptance testing and use data analysis and reporting to measure adoption and continuously improve the applications.
Challenge the status quo and bring your own ideas on how to make our advisory processes simpler, faster and more effective.
Collaborate with neighboring teams – UX, Investment Platform and CRM/CLM – to deliver seamless end-to-end solutions.
Train and support our client advisors and actively drive adoption of the applications and processes.
Keep technical and user documentation up to date and communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
What are we looking for?
Several years of experience as a Business Engineer, Business Analyst or Product Owner, ideally in banking or wealth management.
Strong analytical thinking and hands-on data analysis skills, including SQL and a BI tool such as Power BI or Tableau.
Experience with client-facing applications and agile software development (e.g. Scrum), including close collaboration with UX.
Hands-on experience with our day-to-day toolchain: Jira, Confluence, and GitHub.
A basic understanding of software architecture and APIs, and ideally first hands-on experience with AI-supported features.
A track record of delivering complex digital solutions from concept to production, on time and within budget.
A passion for great user experience and a commitment to high quality standards.
The ability to grasp complex topics quickly and explain them to both business and IT audiences.
A collaborative mindset and the drive to move things forward together with the Private Clients platform teams.
Fluent in German and English (both essential).
Affinity for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a willingness to embrace AI-enabled tools and ways of working.
What do we offer?
Top Zurich location with collaboration spaces and free lunch.
Friendly, diverse team in an open-office space.
All the latest technology to help you excel and advance.
Agile environment in how we think, the way we work and our trust for each other.
Flat hierarchy with collaboration at all levels.
Campus feeling and a collaborative spirit.
We are looking for talented people, not just a CV that ticks all the boxes. Even if you do not have absolutely everything we have asked for, if this role sounds like a good fit for you, we encourage you to apply.
Why Vontobel?
At Vontobel, you are building better futures for our clients and society, as well as for yourself. By 2030, we want to be known as one of the leading and most trusted global investment firms. We have 2,300+ engaged professionals, based in over 25 locations globally and headquartered in Zurich.
We are both majority family-owned and publicly listed. Our capacity for long-term focus, on topics such as sustainability, is underpinned by the security of the family’s 100-year commitment. Driven by an ownership mindset, you can unlock your potential and translate insights into opportunities. We are hiring talented individuals who are determined to deliver in a changing world and who come from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Do you want to be Vontobel?
Thank you for applying to Vontobel. We will carefully review your application and will respond to you in a timely manner.
At Vontobel, we are an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.
We value the many voices within our teams and are committed to creating an environment where everyone who wants to be part of our performance culture can be themselves. It is based on mutual respect and zero tolerance for any form of discrimination.
If you have any questions you can contact us through our contact form.
Skills Required
- Several years of experience as a Business Engineer, Business Analyst, or Product Owner
- Experience ideally in banking or wealth management
- Hands-on data analysis skills, including SQL and a BI tool such as Power BI or Tableau
- Experience with client-facing applications and agile software development, such as Scrum
- Experience collaborating closely with UX teams
- Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, and GitHub
- Basic understanding of software architecture and APIs
- Hands-on experience with AI-supported features
- Track record delivering complex digital solutions from concept to production on time and within budget
- Fluent German and English language skills
- Affinity for artificial intelligence and willingness to use AI-enabled tools
What We Do
Vontobel is an international investment management firm with Swiss roots, providing investment, advisory and solution capabilities to private and institutional clients. With our investment-led approach that focuses exclusively on the buy-side of financial markets, we think and act purely from the client’s perspective – as an investor for investors. This includes continually rethinking how to empower investors – something we have engaged in for over 100 years. Harnessing the power of technology allows us to deploy our investment expertise across multiple platforms and ecosystems, while aiming to offer an individualized and high-quality client experience. Our conviction that successful investing begins with the assumption of personal responsibility means we focus on empowering employees to unlock their potential, take ownership of their work, and bring opportunities to life. We continuously scrutinize our achievements as we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients. Important legal notice: This publication is deemed to be marketing material within the meaning of Article 68 of the Swiss Financial Services Act and is provided for informational purposes only. We will be happy to provide you with additional information about the specified financial products, such as the prospectus or the basic information sheet, free of charge, at any time
