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The Position

Service Delivery Manager

Mission :

As Service Delivery Manager you are accountable for the design, delivery and continuation improvement of services for a set of integrated technology products enabling Roche to make and deliver quality pharmaceutical products.

What you’ll be working on:

Own every aspect of the service delivery, governance and performance

Collaborate with business leaders to establish fit for purpose quality services and act as an escalation for major issues

Responsible for driving continuous improvements to facilitate 'good enough' team output and elevating overall service experience

Collaborate with Product Managers and business leaders to ensure releases and changes are delivered in a controlled and compliant manner

Lead and be an IT Point of contact for inspections and audits

Act as an IT System Owner for multiple safety applications 

Act as an IT Product Owner and partner with Product Managers to manage the application roadmaps 

Participates in large/global cross-functional squads. May take a leading role interacting directly and strategically with all stakeholders. Mentors colleagues and helps others develop expertise/skills. 

Leads members of their functional area on large enterprise or multi portfolio initiatives. Able to influence inter-departmental decisions. Viewed as a key opinion leader. Acts as team/squad lead. Able to represent managers at meetings and make basic decisions. Can influence decisions within an area.

Identified role model in teamwork and driving good collaboration across projects and functional groups and between IT and business.

Lead the service delivery teams composed of internal and external third party partners to achieve fit for purpose service levels in productivity, quality, output, and cost

Ensure processes are designed, updated and socialized with audits and compliance in mind. Support audit readiness and inspections

Play a key role in establishing the implementation and continuous maturity of DevOps

The ideal candidate:

Has business domain knowledge in the pharmacovigilance industry, safety & risk management area for LSMV (Lifesphere Multivigilance) Drug safety system

Has experience of handling inspections with relative ease 

Has experience working with IT and Business Senior Leaders in global environment

Has led teams/squads to achieve strategic objectives  

Has experience to build solid System Owner skills that keeps systems aligned with business needs and regulatory requirements

Has experience working in DevOps and CI/CD environments

Passionate about learning, sharing and further developing ‚best practice and embed it as next practice to achieve greater impact

Result driven and ability to drive effective outcomes with an agile mindset

Positive attitude and high energy with exceptional cross-group collaboration working with partner teams

Possess a combination of analytical thinking, hands-on problem solving, and a customer-service mindset

Requirements:

12+ years of relevant experience as Delivery Service Manager providing mission-critical services in a global organization

4+ years of experience in handling PV inspections and audits 

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or a related study (or equivalent project-related experience)

Expert in the discipline of IT Service Management, preferably certified in ITIL V3/V4

Experience in Computer Systems Validation (CSV)

Support Audit readiness at the site and awareness of regulations like HIPAA, GDPR, FDA CFR Part 11 will be an asset

Experience in highly regulated industry, preferably Life Sciences

Good stakeholder management and communication skills

Experience in supporting global initiatives, programs and projects and coordinate implementing the same at site level

Working hours: Normal hours, with flexibility to participate in virtual meetings outside of normal hours and to respond to escalations in the event of major incidents

Nice to have: Knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 

This position is open to Pune (Roche Tech Hub) only.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon any legally protected ground. Roche will make a good faith effort to accommodate the individual needs of applicants with disabilities in our recruitment process.

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