ROLE
• Lead and develop the Albania Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Tirana, managing 15–20 engineers across software and hardware development teams
• Ensure the delivery of cost-effective software solutions, equipment, and devices supporting customer contracts and product roadmaps
• Maintain and drive development roadmaps aligned with priorities and needs expressed by the Solutions Delivery organization
• Ensure full adherence to SICPA development, security, quality, and compliance standards across all activities
• Monitor solution obsolescence, anticipate required upgrades, and actively support the evolution and sustainability of solutions
• Continuously improve the performance, responsiveness, predictability, and effectiveness of development teams
• Build, retain, and develop a highly skilled, motivated, and knowledgeable workforce, fostering technical excellence and accountability
• Establish and manage a network of local partners and suppliers to increase capacity or access specific skills when required
• Provide clear visibility on development activities and performance, including capacity, delivery, quality, and cost KPIs
• Maintain strong alignment and tight collaboration with other SICPA CoEs worldwide, ensuring consistency and reuse
• Control and manage outsourcing and subcontracting budgets to absorb demand peaks
PROFILE
• Master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of experience managing software and/or hardware development or engineering teams
• Proven experience leading teams in an international, matrix organization
• Strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders
• High sense of accountability, ownership, and commitment to delivery and people development
• Strong organizational and management skills, including planning, prioritization, and performance follow up
• Solid test driven development mindset and focus on quality by design
• Good knowledge of Agile and Scrum practices, applied pragmatically in mixed SW/HW environments
• Fluent in English (spoken and written)
JOIN US!
• Our success comes from our highly skilled and talented employees
• Respectful entrepreneurship and a long-term vision are key for success
• Our people contribute to a more secure world
• Diversity at all levels of an organization is a strength
We offer an exciting and challenging role, with great potential for personal development within a unique organization in a fascinating industry. Your file will be handled with upmost confidentiality and discretion.
SICPA is a Swiss technology company that supports the effective governance and long-term prosperity of nations. Our platform of sovereignty enables our customers to authenticate and secure their vital assets, through custom solutions based on a century of combined cutting-edge innovations in material, digital and data science domains. At the center of every SICPA solution is a custom crafted molecule, unique to each nation. Acting as a single source of truth, these unique markers are deployed across the full value chain to generate actionable and trustworthy insights in real time.
Established in 1927 and headquartered in Switzerland, SICPA is best known for safeguarding the majority of the world's banknotes. With operations across five continents, today our platform delivers sovereignty solutions mainly across revenue mobilisation, identity verification, healthcare security, and brand protection.
SICPA’s technological leadership and successful development and implementation of these solutions is the result of the expertise and dedication of our 3,000 employees worldwide from more than 80 nationalities. Our staff includes high-level experts in numerous technical and scientific disciplines, such as chemistry, physics, optics, cryptology, engineering or computer science. With strong innovation capabilities, we hold more than 6,000 patents.
