+75 is the number of countries that Lean Digital Core (LDC) program will be rolled out across all units in Novartis Group affiliates

This role is can be staffed in any location worldwide; due to system limitations only one country is displayed

Your key responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Lead a global Business Data Team for Technical Operations and Supplier Management in covering the worldwide ERP transformation Lean Digital Core (LDC) 
•Be a thought leader for how Technical R& data is mastered and used in processes across the complete enterprise 
• With an enterprise mindset, design and implement data principles, data governance framework, data ownership and data operations to ensure key integration topics and dependencies are aligned across functions and programs
• Partner with the Operations & Global Drug Development Enterprise Data Owners (EDOs) team for making the data under the LDC scope across enterprise: findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.
• Collaborate with IT to build data solutions
• Drive, shape, represent and communicate the LDC data strategy to senior partners

•8+ years experience in life science companies
• At least 3 years’ experience in site, country or global Technical R&D roles in one or more areas: QA (e.g. SAP QM, Inspection Plans, QA info records), Manufacturing, Engineering (e.g. Assets, Equipment, functional locations), Logistics (Warehouse & Transport Management)
•Experience in managing suppliers (third party) data
At least 2 years of management/leadership experience, ideally in a country management role and/or management in a regional or global team.
• Experience working and leading data workstreams in large scale ERP, systems implementations and/or large scale global business transformations
• Demonstrated people management skills and cultural transformation in a data driven attitude (motivation, leadership and development)
• Proven data, reporting, Operations process and compliance or analytics experience possibly in a matrix style within a large, complex data landscape.
• Experience in data governance/quality and regulatory regimes.
• Experience in compliance and controls, design and execution.
• Excellent communication, collaboration skills with proven speaking, presentation and facilitation experience in internal and external environments.
• Able to leverage networks of professionals across functions and business areas.
• Understands the competing organizational needs beyond own part of business.