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Digital Transformation Recruitment

Every hire anchored. Every step of digital transformation, secured.

MORE Than cv matching

Hiring for transformation roles is different. A program manager who excels at delivering flawless ERP rollouts isn't the same profile as one built for post-merger integration.

A change lead who can shift adoption in a 200-person team needs a different toolkit than one built for a 2,000-person rollout.

At Swiss Professionals, we don't run high-volume CV matching. Our recruitment specialisation comes from the programs we place people into, so we evaluate candidates against the reality of the role, not a job description. All placements verify delivery history confirmed through direct reference checks.

Some of the roles we place

Digital transformation draws on more than one kind of expertise. Program oversight, hands-on delivery, technical implementation, and gen ai adoption across day to day activities. We place for each of these, matched to what the initiative actually needs.

  • Data Engineer

    Pipeline Architecture & Data Reliability at Scale

    DESIGNED FOR

    Teams building or scaling a data platform who need engineers able to design pipelines that hold up under real production load.

    what you get

    • Data engineers screened against real pipeline design, modern ETL/ELT architecture, and incident troubleshooting under pressure

    • Modern data stack experience (Databricks, dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, Spark, or equivalent) validated against your actual tooling

    • Data quality and governance track record, including testing, monitoring, and lineage

    • Cloud data infrastructure experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP, with attention to cost as well as performance

    • Cross-functional delivery experience working alongside analytics, product, and platform engineering teams

  • Data Analyst

    Insight Generation & Decision Support

    DESIGNED FOR

    Organisations that have the data but not yet the clarity, teams that need someone who can turn raw numbers into decisions leadership can act on.

    what you get

    • Data analysts screened against real business questions, not just SQL syntax or dashboard building

    • Statistical reasoning and hypothesis testing track record, validated against ambiguous, messy real-world data

    • Dashboarding and visualisation experience (Sigma, Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or equivalent) judged on clarity

    • Stakeholder communication experience translating analysis into recommendations non-technical leaders can use

    • Executive and sponsor alignment across a portfolio of competing initiatives

  • Reporting & Visualisation Expert

    Clarity at a Glance, Signal Over Noise

    DESIGNED FOR

    Teams with good data that isn't yet legible, who need dashboards and storytelling reports that put the most important numbers in front of leadership with clarity.

    what you get

    • Reporting specialists screened against real stakeholder requirements and business context

    • Dashboard design track record (Sigma, Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or equivalent) judged on clarity and usability

    • Data storytelling experience, translating metrics into a narrative executives can act on

    • Self-service reporting builds that reduce recurring ad-hoc requests to the data team

    • Governance and consistency experience, single source of truth across reports, no conflicting numbers between teams

  • Data Scientist

    Predictive Models & Applied Machine Learning

    DESIGNED FOR

    Business users moving beyond descriptive reporting into prediction and optimisation, teams that need someone who can build models that hold up outside a Jupyter notebook.

    what you get

    • Data scientists screened against real modelling problems, from feature engineering through deployment

    • Statistical and machine learning depth, validated against ambiguous business problems

    • Production experience taking models from prototype to a reliable, monitored pipeline

    • Experimentation and A/B testing track record, tying model output to measurable business impact

    • Cross-functional delivery experience partnering with data engineering, product, and analytics teams

  • Business Analyst

    Requirements to Reality, Bridging the Gap

    DESIGNED FOR

    Teams where the business need and the technical build keep drifting apart, who need someone who can translate strategy into requirements a delivery team can actually build against.

    what you get

    • Business analysts screened against real requirements-gathering under ambiguity

    • Process mapping and gap analysis track record, connecting current-state pain points to future-state design

    • Stakeholder facilitation experience, running workshops that surface the real requirements

    • Documentation and user story discipline that developers and testers can work from without constant clarification

    • Cross-functional delivery experience sitting between business, product, and engineering teams

  • Program Manager

    Strategic Orchestration & Multi-Project Coordination

    DESIGNED FOR

    Large enterprises, complex transformations, or multi-workstream initiatives needing a programme manager with strategic-oversight experience.

    What you get

    • Candidates vetted against governance and roadmap experience

    • Proven stakeholder alignment and cross-functional coordination track record

    • Risk mitigation and dependency management experience; executive reporting and benefits-realisation background

    • Budget governance experience across full program portfolios

    • Program managers screened against real large-scale, complex delivery experience

  • Change Manager

    Adoption, Communication & Sustained Behaviour Change

    DESIGNED FOR

    Organisations rolling out new systems, processes, or ways of working who need adoption to actually stick.

    What you get

    • Change managers screened against real adoption and behavior-change outcomes

    • Proven track record building stakeholder buy-in and managing resistance at scale

    • Communication and training-rollout experience across multi-site or multi-country contexts

    • Sponsorship coaching and sustained-adoption measurement background

    • Change impact and readiness assessments across affected teams and processes

  • Project Manager

    Structured Delivery & Execution Discipline

    designed for

    Critical initiatives, system implementations, or process transformations that need a project manager with a proven record of hitting scope, budget, and timeline.

    what you get

    • Project managers screened against real delivery outcomes across comprehensive planning and resource allocation

    • Proven Agile and traditional (waterfall/hybrid) methodology experience, matched to how your organisation actually works

    • Quality assurance and risk management track record on initiatives of comparable complexity

    • Budget control and timeline management

    • Stakeholder communication and vendor coordination

  • Portfolio Manager

    Strategic Alignment & Investment Optimisation

    DESIGNED FOR

    Organisations managing multiple concurrent initiatives who need portfolio-level prioritisation and resource optimisation across the full mix.

    what you get

    • Portfolio managers screened against real cross-initiative prioritisation and investment decisions

    • Capacity planning and demand management experience across competing priorities

    • Performance measurement and value-tracking track record at the portfolio level

    • Strategic roadmap evolution experience, adjusting priorities as business needs shift

    • Executive and sponsor alignment across a portfolio of competing initiatives

Our transformation experts

MEET THE experts WHO HAVE LED MAJOR TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMS ACROSS SWISS and north american INDUSTRY, AND USE THAT EXPERIENCE TO EVALUATE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN DELIVER YOURS.

David Newsam

Founder | Digital transformation, program & change management

David is the Founder of Swiss Professionals and is a senior transformation leader with over 25 years of international experience driving cross-functional change, digital transformation, and enterprise-level program delivery.

PROFILE

Philippe Schmid

Supply Chain & Transformation Leader | Digital Operations | Strategy | M&A Integration | Resilience Expert

Philippe is a global supply chain and business transformation expert with over 25 years of leadership experience in the FMCG industry. He has driven major programs across Europe, North America, and emerging markets, combining operational excellence with cutting-edge digital strategy.

PROFILE

Tom Koufakis

Software Engineering Leader | Cloud Architect | Digital Transformation | AI/ML Innovator

Tom is a strategic software engineering leader with over 25 years of experience driving digital transformation across North America, LATAM, and Asia. He brings deep technical and organizational expertise in delivering scalable, cloud-native platforms and leading high-impact engineering teams across global markets.

PROFILE

David Newsam

Founder | Digital transformation, program & change management

David is the Founder of Swiss Professionals and is a senior transformation leader with over 25 years of international experience driving cross-functional change, digital transformation, and enterprise-level program delivery.


David has led complex global initiatives in Marketing, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Procurement, and Information Technology.

With deep expertise in digital transformation, program and project management, and change management, David helps organizations align innovation with strategy. From Data Center Migrations to SAP ERP rollouts to AI-powered supply chain systems, he delivers scalable, measurable outcomes for both corporates and startups.Now through Swiss Professionals, David brings this enterprise-grade rigor to SMEs — enabling them to transform business services into value-driven, future-ready functions.


Core strengths

  • Global program & project management best practices (PMP/MSP)
  • Cross-functional change management
  • Business and Digital transformation leadership
  • Academic-industry innovation alignment

Philippe Schmid

Supply Chain & Transformation Leader | Digital Operations | Strategy | M&A Integration | Resilience Expert

Philippe is a global supply chain and business transformation expert with over 25 years of leadership experience in the FMCG industry. He has driven major programs across Europe, North America, and emerging markets, combining operational excellence with cutting-edge digital strategy.


From end-to-end supply chain optimization to large-scale digital and M&A integration, Philippe has delivered quantifiable results — managing portfolios over 150M CHF, generating over 30M USD in cost savings, and consistently delivering projects on time with global user adoption.Currently pursuing an MAS in Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains at EPFL, Philippe brings both hands-on operational insight and forward-looking sustainability leadership to every initiative.


Core strengths

  • Supply chain strategy & ERP integration
  • Business transformation & digital ROI
  • M&A post-merger integration
  • Resilience & continuity planning
  • Organizational change & team development

Diego Ebiner

Digital Procurement | S2P Strategy | Cost & Process Optimization

Diego is a global procurement leader with over 15 years of experience delivering large-scale transformation programs across the telecom, energy, and FMCG sectors. He has led procurement innovation at top companies including Nokia, BP, and Nestlé — designing global Source-to-Pay (S2P) strategies and deploying procurement operations at scale.


His expertise lies in turning procurement into a value-generating function through digital transformation, operational excellence, and cost optimization. Diego is known for building Centers of Excellence and designing operating models that improve both strategic and transactional performance.He is passionate about creating procurement ecosystems that are structurally sound, strategically aligned, and operationally resilient.


Core strengths

  • Global S2P transformation
  • Procurement operating model design
  • Digital procurement strategy
  • Cost & process optimization
  • Center of Excellence (CoE) leadership

How we place Digital Transformation Talent

Contact Us

  • 01 Role Scoping

    Working with you to define the actual profile needed, technical depth, seniority, and delivery context specific to your initiative.

  • 02 Candidate Screening

    Evaluation against real delivery scenarios and domain-specific technical depth.

  • 03 Reference Verification

    Direct reference checks confirming delivery history and track record on comparable initiatives.

  • 04 Candidate Presentation

    A shortlist built around fit for your specific transformation, with context on why each candidate was selected.

  • 05 Onboarding Support

    Continued involvement through placement to ensure a smooth start and early alignment with your team.

Why Clients Work With Us

  • 01

    Grounded in Real Experience

    Our team has built and delivered the work they now guide clients through, so every recommendation comes from lived expertise, not theory.

  • 02

    Built for Long-Term Partnership

    We stay close through delivery and beyond, so the value compounds instead of resetting with every new engagement.

  • 03

    Matched to Your Context

    No two initiatives are the same. We shape our approach to what your specific situation actually requires.

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