Job Description

To our tech hub in Prague, we are looking for a Specialist, Digital Foundational Services, Lifecycle Management, who is charged with ensuring that the data associated with our Applications, Infrastructure, and their meta data is maintained in a controlled and accurate state.

Our IT team operates as a business partner proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation.

This role is directly reporting into the Digital Foundational Services Lead in GAHM IT.

Responsibilities

Creates & maintains IT operations and lifecycle management plans for infrastructure, application, and automation components, including support of manufacturing and lab operations, to keep our digital solutions and platforms stable, compliant, secure, and predictable, and demonstrates continuous improvement in the associated operational metrics, capabilities, and processes

Responsible to proposes enhancements to current systems and where required works to implement new solutions to maintain data

Applies a structured approach to discover, document, and manage business process, user and stakeholder needs, including opportunity statements, use cases, insights, and requirements

Partner with cross-functional groups within IT and to mature or current operating methods to ensure simplified and consistent operations

Provides subject matter expertise, independent perspectives, new ideas, thought partnership, education, upskilling, tools, and execution support to new opportunities. Collaborates with VT stakeholders and operates as a trusted advisor and partner to drive successful identification of opportunities and associated business cases

Leverages business and user insight to help inform solutioning ideas and prioritization decisions to deliver valuable products. Has knowledge of and leverages existing solutions to benefit their stakeholders through using IT communities. Introduces and inspires change at all stages of product development

Provides advice, guidance and direction in carrying out plans and procedures; ensures operations meet business needs for speed, quality and compliance

Identifies and implements opportunities for process simplification and improvement

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Regulatory compliance or a related study

3+ years working as a member of a lifecycle management team with experience working in an operational capacity in an IT or manufacturing environment

Experience with ITSM tools and CMDB data structures

Demonstrated experience of how to communicate with data in digital forms such as dashboards

Well organized and adaptable to unstructured situations. Comfortable in all SDLC phases where projects are conceptualized, issues discussed/ resolved, and business cases are developed for a global launch

Good understanding of end-to-end Manufacturing business processes and value streams inclusive of Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply chain

Demonstrated ability to partner with stakeholders and navigate across conflicting priorities to balance critical tactical and strategic needs

Outstanding written and verbal communication skills – able to effectively communicate complex concepts in simple ways

Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with a variety of audiences and stakeholders including executive management, business leaders, IT peers, and colleagues worldwide

Strategic thinker, with demonstrated ability to work in a broad and top-down manner with a fair amount of ambiguity

Results-orientation with the proven ability and reputation for developing plans and implementing them successfully

Self-directed, self-motivated, focused leader who with little direction can fill in the gaps as to what is needed, and drive expected results

Preferred Experience and Skills

Expertise in data visualization platforms

Demonstrated knowledge of regulatory requirements (21CFR part 11, Annex 11, etc.) that apply to computerized systems validation and compliance for site based as well as divisional and enterprise systems

Prior experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with specific experience in the Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing Quality areas – ideally involving cross industry collaboration to drive best practices

Experience in integrating real time shopfloor and lab systems, at an enterprise level, with appropriate levels of resiliency and performance

Experience in manufacturing analytics systems, including supply and demand forecasting, biologics process modelling and advanced image analysis

Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments

Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes

Strong understanding of application development methodologies

What we offer

Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment

Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern

Pension and health insurance contributions

Internal reward system plus referral programme

5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution

Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card

Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programmes

Up-to-date laptop and iPhone

Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner

Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

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