As the Switzerland Country Lead, take overall ownership of business results in Switzerland, including but not limited to business development, client partnerships, project follow-up and delivery, as well as daily operations. Meanwhile,this role should act as the key bridge between the regional team and global headquarters, securing effective HQ support to ensure long‑term sustainable business growth in Switzerland.
Major responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end business development and P&L management for Baidu Apollo autonomous mobility operations in Switzerland. Oversee local strategy execution, commercial partnership collaboration (including PostBus), and regulatory compliance with Swiss traffic and data protection requirements.
- Drive autonomous shuttle fleet deployment, daily operation management and service quality optimization. Serve as the key liaison between local teams and global headquarters to align technical iteration, resource allocation and project delivery.
- Manage local team development, expand industrial ecosystem partnerships, and represent Apollo Go in external industry and governmental communications to support long‑term business scaling in Europe.
- Take full leadership of local project end‑to‑end delivery and localization implementation, lead cross‑functional and cross‑border coordination between global technical teams, local operation teams and external stakeholders. Standardize localized project management processes, adapt product and operation solutions to Swiss local traffic rules, business scenarios and market characteristics, resolve cross‑departmental collaboration barriers and project delivery bottlenecks, and ensure efficient, high‑quality and on‑time landing and iterative optimization of all local autonomous mobility projects.
Required & Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or above;
- Minimum 8 years of experience in international project management, autonomous driving, robotics, intelligent mobility or related industries;
- Strong customer-facing experience with international key accounts;
- Cross-border project delivery experience,Experience working with European;
- customers or partners,HQ coordination and global stakeholder management;
- Excellent project management, communication and stakeholder management skills;
- Mandatory: Professional‑working‑level English; Preferred: Chinese and German language skills; Additional language capabilities, including Chinese or German, would be considered an asset in supporting collaboration with global teams and international stakeholders;
Working Conditions & Compensation:
- Full-time, up to 45 hours/week;
- Regular travel within Switzerland to customer locations, testing sites and partner facilities.;
- Close collaboration with teams located in Switzerland and China across different time zones;
- Occasional international travel may be required for project coordination and business development activities;
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications;
- Performance-based annual bonus;
- Swiss social security and statutory employment benefits;
- Annual paid leave in accordance with Swiss employment regulations;
- Business travel reimbursement and other company benefits in accordance with company policy;
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