Senior Specialist, Technology Partnership

Job Description

The Senior Capital Program Business Analyst will join our Global Animal Health Manufacturing (GAHM) IT team. This position is responsible for ensuring the successful planning, approval, and monitoring of IT and automation solutions at our manufacturing sites. You will help manage the GAHM IT capital portfolio, supporting project managers, and maintaining adherence to capital and PMO standards.

This is a permanent, hybrid and full-time role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Portfolio Management: Oversee the GAHM IT Capital portfolio, including business-funded and IT-funded projects.

• Strategic Alignment: Partner with strategic planning, GAHM IT Value teams, and site Digital Manufacturing Operations (DMO) leads to align the capital plan with digital strategy and site roadmaps.

• Governance and Compliance: Ensure projects adhere to capital processes and support PMO governance.

• Issue Resolution: Support individual project Emerging Issues and Contract Breaks, including troubleshooting and corrective actions.

• Reporting: Provide periodic updates to business and IT leadership on individual projects and the GAHM IT project portfolio.

• Methodology and Insights: Apply structured approaches to capture key views of the project portfolio, develop insights, and take action to ensure improved execution and on-time delivery.

• Knowledge Management: Maintain subject matter expertise in project management, capital, and financial processes, and coach team members through lessons learned and other Knowledge Management Practices.

• Process Improvement: Partner with stakeholders to improve documented capital processes and project standards.

Candidate Requirements:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, science, information systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent and extensive related project experience

• 4+ years of experience in project or program management, with demonstrated success in delivering technical projects

• Minimum of two years in IT, Operational Technology (OT), or a related function

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong problem-solving and negotiating skills

• Open and receptive to feedback, with the ability to lead with ideas and evidence, fostering a collaborative atmosphere

Preferred:

• Experience with Operational Technology (OT) such as Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), process historian, or MES

• Experience in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) manufacturing, preferably of pharmaceutical or vaccine production

• Experience with Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Methodology

• Experience with implementing solutions in Good Practice (GxP) regulated environment

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 program

• 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 programs

• 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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