Job Description

We are the Information Technology (IT) organization of our Animal Health (AH) division. Within IT, our team is responsible for partnering with business leaders to provide technology solutions that enable AH to be agile, data-focused, and ensure reliability of customer data. Presented position reports into the AH IT Intelligent Automation & Enterprise Data team, as part of the Strategy Realization Office.

AH IT delivers competitive advantage by aligning IT priorities with business modernization and productivity initiatives offering the greatest potential value, and by employing diverse, talented teams of motivated, collaborative tech professionals in the rapid, high-quality delivery of transformative results.

AH IT in Prague supports R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, finance and animal monitoring technology spaces in AH. This provides technical talent with variety of unique opportunities to apply their knowledge and grow. AH IT team in Prague consists of various data, software engineering, technical product management roles.

The single greatest determinant of our success will be our ability to attract, develop, retain, and inspire teams of diverse professionals offering unique knowledge, skills, experiences, and perspectives drawn from wide ranging cultural and professional backgrounds.

We strive to be an industry recognized destination for the most capable technology professionals motivated by a culture in which diversity and inclusion are celebrated. 

We will assure an environment in which all individuals, working as their authentic selves, are provided with an equal opportunity to contribute and succeed in assisting AH in its mission to be the best AH company.

The Product Owner collaborates across all levels of the organization, from senior management to tactical execution- to understand IT data management needs and propose Asset MDM services and solutions. Working in a matrixed environment, you will support all aspects of the design, development, training, and delivery of easy-to-use data & process capabilities to Get Data Clean and Keep Data Clean in the IT data domain. You will cultivate an environment that generates innovative ideas, and you will execute them in partnership with internal business partners, data stewards, IT colleagues, and outside vendors. You will standardize key performance indicators, automate insight generation, and deliver relevant, meaningful recommendations. The insights will provide better visibility to our asset (master) data business processes and IT systems landscape, as well as identifying root causes to improve data quality and process resiliency.

Primary Responsibilities

Business Process Mapping of critical asset master data processes in AH

Leading data flow management between Enterprise Architecture systems and CMDB for AH IT critical assets

Mapping out critical system attributes against business processes to provide insights into the IT landscape, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Asset Life Cycle and Resiliency of the solutions

Optimize a sustainable process for capturing and maintaining site inventory in the ServiceNow Configuration Management Database (CMDB)

Combining and documenting the process and the supporting technology systems in a standard way and/or IT Solution

Visualize the IT master data quality and analyzing results, using statistical techniques where possible/needed

Develop domain expertise in key Asset business processes, systems, and steward the data of AH IT assets, products, and services in company’s Product Model Data Governance

Understand your stakeholder personas, deliver a desirable user experience, balancing users’ requirements, and the technological capabilities

Direct end-to-end Asset MDM delivery teams and establish the product roadmaps

Collaborate with business, EA and AH IT platforms, data enablement, and other IT teams to standardize Asset MDM tools and cross-train teams to use them

Primary Daily Activities

Management - Responsible for design and implementation of strategic, aligned, and compliant solutions to support business initiatives.  Support management vision, strategy, process and policy for building a high-performance engagement model with business partners

Process and Insight - Realize core sustainable processes and enablers of successful delivery.  Practice and foster a mindset of leveraging analytics to gain insights and for data-focused decision making

Relationships - Build exceptional relationships with stakeholders which are focused on meeting the business needs and most value for investments

Organizational Change Management – Demonstrate and drive high quality change management practices with clients and stakeholders while implementing solutions that are sustainable. Be a role model of management capabilities and behaviors

Global - Ensure that the solutions are aligned IT platforms and supports business strategy

Diversity - Respect diversity on teams, different perspectives, ideas, knowledge while working towards a common goal

Your Profile

A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline

Knowledge of Business Process Management, CMDB management and Programming

Knowledge of Basic Asset Lifecycle Management Processes

Eagerness and high energy to observe our company leadership behaviors, especially Network leadership and a Culture of collaboration

Agile Product Owner Certified, Scrum and/or Kanban expertise, experience with Jira and Confluence

A demonstrated record of success as a Data Professional in the pharmaceutical or technology industry, with deep knowledge on data and business processes and systems

Ability to evaluate complex situations and processes and effectively integrate and synthesize the data to form a complete cohesive picture

Proven self-starter with high standards of excellence and an innovative mind

Exceptionally well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to negotiate and effectively influence stakeholders and business strategy

The ability to navigate cross-divisional programs, coordinate projects and processes across regional/global boundaries, and build effective cross-functional teams

Excellent communications skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels within the organization

A team player who places great emphasis on collective achievements and team diversity

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, library, music corner 

Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Required Skills:

Asset Management, Benefits Management, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

01/31/2025

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Requisition ID:R332316