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This role focuses on driving the technology roadmap for Strategy &Growth, enabling strategic decision-making that directly impacts Novartis' success through effective product roadmaps, market analysis, and acquisition evaluations. Strategy & Growth aims to provide a unified view of Novartis’ strategy across the RDC continuum, guiding planning and execution. Imagine the IT partnership opportunities you could bring!
As a consultant and advisor, you will lead improvements in global business processes, products, and services. We seek an experienced individual in the S&G IT space to deliver solutions that redefine how Novartis operates. You will analyze business requirements, develop functional specifications, and collaborate cross-functionally to transform these into technical requirements. Additionally, you will develop end-to-end business process workflows, engage with global business leaders, and leverage IT teams to deliver data-driven recommendations that enhance efficiency and generate value.
About the Role
Role Responsibilities:
- Develop end-to-end business process flow diagrams and highlight gaps in existing functionality.
- Conduct stakeholder interviews to understand business process dependencies and develop comprehensive requirement specifications.
- Liaise with service development teams to suggest high-level functional solutions and ensure stakeholder involvement in new services or major upgrades.
- Ensure consistency and traceability between user requirements, functional specifications, and testing & validation, while adhering to Security and Compliance policies.
- Perform change impact assessments and develop compliant approaches to development and deployment.
- Stay updated with internal IT systems, documentation standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
- Drive change management, ensure solutions meet specifications, support super user training, and have a solution-oriented mindset.
Role Requirements:
- University degree in Informatics, Computer Sciences, Life Sciences, or similar.
- Minimum of 7+ years of experience in the Pharma or IT Industry. Knowledge of Drug Research, Development or Commercialization portfolios would be an advantage.
- Minimum of 7+ years of experience as a business analyst, process expert, or business IT lead superuser.
- Expert understanding of business process analysis, design, and system architecture concepts.
- Ability to solve complex business process and information challenges.
- Proficient skills in global teams, collaboration, facilitation, negotiation, working in a matrix environment, and conflict resolution.
- Working knowledge of product management and agile methodologies.
- Experience as a Product Owner for platforms or large complex solutions.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of CSV lifecycle.
- Exposure to digital innovation projects, data strategy, data science, or data standardization.
Languages: English
You’ll receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Benefits in Spain include Company Pension plan; Life and Accidental Insurance; Meals; Allowance or Canteen in the office; Flexible working hours.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
This role is based in Barcelona, Spain. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.
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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