Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please see below our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.

Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please use the above link to see our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.

Technical Lead

Technical Leads in life sciences oversee the delivery of complex software, engineering, or scientific projects. They provide hands-on technical leadership, mentor teams, and ensure solutions meet both performance requirements and compliance standards.

Core responsibilities:

  • Architecting systems or processes – Whether in bioinformatics, digital health, lab automation, or manufacturing, the Technical Lead defines structure and strategy.

  • Coordinating multidisciplinary teams – Bridging developers, scientists, QA, and stakeholders to align project execution.

  • Providing code or design reviews – Ensuring robustness, efficiency, and alignment with regulatory expectations.

  • Driving delivery excellence – Managing project milestones while maintaining technical depth and quality.

  • Staying ahead of technology trends – Recommending improvements and new tools in line with business needs and scalability.

Ideal candidates are senior technologists with strong leadership, domain-specific expertise, and cross-functional communication skills.​

Switzerland is a great place to further your career in life sciences. If you are a looking for pharmaceutical jobs in Switzerland, scientific careers in Switzerland or want to discuss cell therapy, gene therapy, ATMP, medical device, technology, biotech or pharmaceutical job opportunities in Switzerland, give our Next Phase team a call. This country is continuing to expand as a centre for jobs in science, process development, technology, software development, project management, informatics, quality, reg affairs and supply chain.

At Next Phase we help people find new jobs in life sciences across the UK, Europe and USA. This page lists some of the job opportunities in Europe, and if you give us a call we can also talk to you about other scientific jobs, pharmaceutical career opportunities and the latest updates in cell and gene therapy and ATMP development in Switzerland.

The life science industry in Switzerland has a strong international bias, 98% of its turnover is made abroad. With a share of 33% of Swiss export goods, chemical-pharmaceutical products are the most important exported good in Switzerland. Availability of high-quality scientists in Switzerland is very high thanks to leading universities and universities of applied sciences and financially sound and research-based pharmaceutical companies. In comparison to other top international locations, the Swiss life science industry has the highest work productivity.

Switzerland is home to a globally unique life science cluster. In addition to chemical and pharmaceutical firms like Novartis, Roche, and Syngenta, this encompasses a dense network of medtech, biotech and nanotech companies.