Digital and technology site lead Senior Manager IMSC Leiden

Position summary:

The role is located at IMSC Leiden and works with the Global DOTS organization. The position plays a central role driving the site strategic digital goals and must wins. The position requires excellent program leadership skills and will be accountable for confirmed delivery of ground-breaking goals yielding actual business value. This role requires outstanding leadership experience on all aspects of end-to-end Program Management including conceptualization and business value realization. They will also have sound experience of the data analytics environment in BioPharma and a solid ability to coach and mentor project leads and teams to develop required leadership and technical skills.

General Scope of Responsibilities:

• The role will strive to perform to high standards at all times in compliance with Credo and Standards of Leadership. Act as a role model for all colleagues.

• Collaborating effectively with other functions & groups to deliver our program.

• Collaborating closely with local, platform and enterprise teams to craft, develop and ensure effective program delivery through efficient site test and learn, and then scaling validated solutions.

• Leads the program planning, tracking, and reporting against Key Results and Digital & Technology Program Objectives.

• Leads the development and attaining of Key Performance Indicators and provides strong plans to provide continuous improvement.

• Leads in the intake of new Digital & Technology projects, solutioning and selection of the preferred option that best meets the Business Need, preparation for Stage

• Gates, and the development of the selected option for CAR approval.

• In conjunction with PMO, leads the selection of appropriate project functions and project resourcing.

• Leads the evaluation of the value delivered versus the value identified in the Business Need, collating lessons learned from a Business perspective.

• Develop, maintain & control Project budgets, Capital Requirement Plans, and Budgets

• Undertakes all Learning and Development to ensure Highly Capable Leadership, coaches and mentors’ others engaged in delivery of our Digital & Technology programs

• Business relationship management, ensuring business requirements are met

• Provision of suitable training courses and training material

• Assure the safe execution of job activities on site and follow good environmental practices and procedures.

• Ensure that personal training requirements are completed according to site procedures.

• Drive efficiencies across the site through suitable adoption of new technologies and improved approaches to how we operate (Challenge the Status Quo and drive improvement).

• Working with platform and CoE leads to solicit and deploy technologies, systems and sharing to improve globally.

Key competencies required:

• Requires 6-8 years related experience including 2-4 years specific experience in a management/supervisory role.

• Prior experience in leading the delivery of programs to deliver business results

• Strong performer with demonstrated experience in strategy execution and aligning partners and team members to support and deliver.

• Experience in Pharma/BioPharma is helpful.

• Strong mentoring, coaching and leadership skills are required.

• Leadership and development of all colleagues

• Customer focused

• Innovative and strategic approach

• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills

• Collaboration and teamwork across site functions and other JSC / J&J partners

• Always demonstrate Integrity and Credo-based actions

• High technical knowledge to understand sophisticated technology-based solutions

• Highly skilled in leading and motivating teams

• Leads process innovation and fast, flexible implementation

• Developing and maintaining highly collaborative partnerships at all levels in an organization including Internal and external partners.

• Work as a strategic partner with all other groups within the company and to align across other J&J sites

Qualifications and experience:

Essential:

• BSc and MSc Degree in engineering, science, or an IT field.

• Data Solutions Authority or related experience.

• Four years' of confirmed experience within a pharmaceutical or GMP regulated manufacturing environment.

• Extensive knowledge of end-to-end data flows, data architecture and database structures; strong SQL skills and knowledge of ongoing data engineering utilising Databricks to access Azure data.

• Ability to work individually or collaborate and operate as part of a team in highly interdependent environment is critical.

• Project Management skills (SCRUM, Agile, FPX, Waterfall) and track record of leading projects to deployment stages).

Desirable:

• Consistent record in data management systems and infrastructure.

• Understanding of the ISA S95 & S88 standards and implementation within the Global Supply Chain

• Good understanding of asset management/maintenance systems (ERP, CMMS) and S95 systems (Level 1, 2 and 3 such as MES PAS-X, OSI-PI, and IT infrastructure and hardware; Level 4 systems such as SAP, Quality Systems, Data warehouses, etc.)

• Consistent track record to act with autonomy and independence while fulfilling priorities and meeting critical achievements.

• Extensive experience of visualization solutions such as Tableau, Python, R studio and manipulating Pi data for trending purposes.

• Good appreciation of Industry 4.0/IoT and how transformation can effectively be achieved within this framework.

Significant Safety or Working Considerations:

All employees are required to align with the requirements of the company’s

Environmental, Health & Safety Guidelines, Safety Statement, associated EHS Procedures, local legislation and duties outlined in the site EHS Manual.

In line with the Safety Health & Welfare at Work Act (2005), all employees are required to:

• Take reasonable care to protect own and safety of their colleagues

• who may be affected by their actions.

• Always stay in sync with EHS rules and procedures.

• Understand the potential EHS impact of their activities.

• Attend and participate in EHS training as required.

• Use PPE and safety equipment as required.

• Report all incidents, accidents, and near miss events.

Important:

This position description is a general guideline for colleagues; it does not purport to be a comprehensive list of all elements of the position. Management reserves the right to modify this position description at any time, or to vary the duties and responsibilities of the position to meet production, scheduling or other business needs.