Novartis

Job Description Summary

The purpose of the Associate Director, Delivery Lead role is to lead the end-to-end delivery of manufacturing relevant applications within a program called SpotOn which requires working closely with development teams, as well as advocating existing solutions and creating roadmaps for the solutions in the portfolio.

You will be ensuring development runs smoothly, driving continuous process improvements, cooperating with various teams along the solution delivery value chain. Supporting project and solution delivery managers with content for meetings and team events. You will interact with all relevant stakeholders to ensure successful solution delivery to agreed design standards.

The typical stakeholders are: site leadership teams, program managers, developers, DevOps, Security, Infrastructure teams, Platform support teams, Quality assurance team members as well as other Product Owners.

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Understand the requirements of manufacturing sites and be able to present existing solutions, as well as identifying new use cases for potential new developments.
• Design and manage the development of modular, reusable, elegantly designed and maintainable software that supports the organization as well as strategic initiatives.
• Prepare roadmap for the products that you are responsible of and be lookout on the potential new users from different manufacturing sites.
• Present ongoing activities to higher management to get buy-in from the management for potential scope changes.
• Collaborate extensively with your colleagues across Security, Compliance, Engineering, Product Management, and Business Management.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Committed roadmaps are followed and designs are signed off by Domain and Data architects a well as business.
• On time delivery of committed applications and enhancements that are able to achieve benefits planned.
• Demand planning is executed in time and successful kick-off and ramp-down of projects after implementation.
• Ensure cooperation and support for external and internal developers.
• Launch of innovative technology solutions across Novartis at scale.
• Operations stability and effective risk management.
• Feedback on customer experience.

Minimum Requirements:

• 10+ years of prior IT experience in a professional environment, preferably worked with OT systems and understanding of data analytics products/capabilities
• Strong knowledge of automation systems and IT infrastructure
• Experience in customer facing IT roles and excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with GMP regulations and compliance standards
• Preferred experience with Data & Analytics solutions.
• Proficient in Agile, Disciplined Agile as well as Waterfall delivery concepts.
• Collecting and interpreting requirements as well as building supporting schemas to clarify requirements.
• Working experience with automation systems and leading development activities
• Proficient in using: Jira, Confluence.
• Familiar with: AWS services and query languages such as Spark, Python, SQL, Snowflake etc.
• Digital savvy: good grasp of the impacts and opportunities that data and technology will create for Operations
• Resourceful: able to find out what is available, what are the capabilities in order to position solutions for the requirements.
• Self-motivated: willingness to learn and upskill
• Be-bold: not afraid to come up with new ideas or offer alternative solutions

We offer permanent employment with 6 months of probation period. Submit your application with the CV in Slovenian and English language.

Accessibility and accommodation: Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion_slo@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

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Job Description

Odgovornost za vodenje celovite izvedbe proizvodnih aplikacij znotraj dodeljenih programov. Zagotavljanje nemotenega razvoja, stalnih izboljšav ter usklajenosti z oblikovnimi standardi s sodelovanjem z ekipami in deležniki.

Delovanje skladno z zakonodajo, internimi predpisi, dobrimi praksami in poslovnimi cilji.

Glavne odgovornosti:

• Razumevanje zahtev proizvodnih lokacij ter predstavitev obstoječih rešitev in prepoznavanje novih primerov uporabe za morebitne razvojne projekte.
• Oblikovanje in vodenje razvoja modularne, večkrat uporabne, dobro zasnovane in vzdržljive programske opreme, ki podpira organizacijo in strateške pobude.
• Priprava načrtov (roadmap) za izdelke ter prepoznavanje potencialnih novih uporabnikov z različnih proizvodnih lokacij.
• Predstavitev tekočih aktivnosti višjemu vodstvu za pridobitev soglasja pri morebitnih spremembah obsega aktivnosti.
• Obsežno sodelovanje s sodelavci na področju varnosti, skladnosti, inženiringa, upravljanja izdelkov ter poslovnega upravljanja.
• Zagotavljanje pravočasnega izvajanja načrtov in potrjevanja zasnov s strani domen in podatkovnih arhitektov ter poslovnih enot.
• Izvedba pravočasne dostave aplikacij in izboljšav, ki dosegajo načrtovane koristi.
• Izvedba načrtovanja potreb ter zagotavljanje uspešnega začetka ter zaključka projektov po implementaciji
• Zagotavljanje sodelovanja in podpore zunanjim ter notranjim razvijalcem.
• Uvajanje inovativnih tehnoloških rešitev v Novartisu na široki ravni.
• Ohranjanje stabilnosti operacij in učinkovito obvladovanje tveganj.
• Podajanje povratnih informacij o uporabniški izkušnji
• Odgovornost za osebni in strokovni razvoj
• Izvajanje in upoštevanje vseh navodil in zahtev za zagotavljanje varnega dela, varovanja okolja in premoženja
• Ostale naloge določene z letnim pogovorom o ciljih in s kazalniki uspešnosti.
• Druge naloge po navodilu nadrejenega in naloge na podlagi posebnega imenovanja.

Z izbranim kandidatom bomo sklenili delovno razmerje za nedoločen čas s poskusno dobo 6 mesecev. Prijavo oddajte z življenjepisom v slovenskem in angleškem jeziku.

Ugodnosti in nagrajevanje:

Konkurenčen plačni paket, letni bonus, fleksibilen način dela z možnostjo prilagajanja urnika in delom od doma, pokojninska shema, shema nagrajevanja in priznanja dosežkov, razširjeni program promocije zdravja na področju telesnega, duševnega in fizičnega počutja (iniciativa Polni življenja), številne priložnosti za učenje in razvoj.

Preberite naš priročnik, da spoznate načine, s katerimi bomo spodbujali vaš osebni in profesionalni razvoj: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Predani smo raznolikosti in vključenosti: Novartis si prizadeva ustvariti izjemno, vključujoče delovno okolje in oblikovanje raznolikih timov, saj ti predstavljajo naše bolnike in skupnosti, ki jih oskrbujemo.

Dostop in prilagoditve: V Novartisu si prizadevamo k vključenosti oseb z invalidnostjo in zagotavljanju ustreznih prilagoditev delovnega okolja posameznikom z omejitvami. V kolikor zaradi bolezni ali invalidnosti potrebujete ustrezne prilagoditve v kateremkoli delu selekcijskega procesa oziroma potrebujete prilagoditve pri izvajanju osnovnih nalog na delovnem mestu, nam pišite na naslov diversity.inclusion_slo@novartis.com in navedite, kakšne prilagoditve potrebujete ter vaše kontaktne podatke. Prosimo, vključite tudi podatek o številki razpisa, na katerega se prijavljate.

Zakaj Novartis: Pomagati bolnikom in njihovim družinam zahteva več kot le inovativno znanost. Potrebna je skupnost zavzetih ljudi, kot ste vi. V Novartisu cenimo sodelovanje, podporo in navdihovanje drug drugega za razvoj prebojnih terapij, ki spreminjajo življenja pacientov. Ste pripravljeni ustvariti svetlejšo prihodnost skupaj z nami? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

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Skills Desired

Budget Management, Business Acumen, Influencing Skills, Performance Management, Risk Management, Service Delivery Management, Strategic Planning, Waterfall Model