Your Key Responsibilities:

• Develop E2E transformation roadmap, define implementation strategy, operations and related deliverables further enabling increasing speed/reducing costs of a complex, highly distributed, fast changing organization while increasing productivity and securing high quality
• Deliver roadmaps across the focus areas and supporting workstreams as well as all work packages, including coordination of efforts, interdependencies and reporting to Global Head AQS and AQS leadership team.
• Lead solid construct and updates of the business case – (value levers and other lead/lag/predictive indicators as appropriate) developed by co-leads in the core team
• Establish and monitor leading and lagging KPIs related to transformation progress and risk management.
• Provide direct input and expertise in the areas of process design, risk management, governance, organizational design, resilience and compliance.
• Lead the transformation office and other teams involved internally (e.g., Head TSC, Head AMDS, Head S&O, AI/Data Engineering) or externally (e.g., consultants).
• Chairs the various governance and advisory committees for AQS transformation – specifically, the Business reviews with Global Head Development, Head SPPO and CFO and Technology governance committee
• Handle submissions in R, utilizing open-source and AI tools while enhancing data flows.
• Lead the pressure-tested and risk-mitigate plans for transition from old to new operating model
• In partnership with AQS leadership, incorporate technology & innovation portfolio deliverables into integrated transformation roadmap as well as any other non-drug development projects that have bearing on the broader transformation

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Essential Requirements:

• Advanced degree (MBA, or similar) in a relevant field with a minimum of 12+ years relevant industry experience, e.g. health care sector and strong understanding of the drug development process through access.
• Significant experience leading major global business tranformations
• Enterprise level leadership experience, systems thinker, able to grasp the complexity and hone into specific “pain points” at a detailed level while providing the leadership, direction, vision to drive the team towards a bold new way of working
• Able to make the case for change, engage and influence multiple x-divisional stakeholders
• Robust complex project management experience
• Track-record of ideating and executing complex change projects, drug-related or non-drug related
• Proven success as leader of multidisciplinary teams

Desired Requirements:

• Experience in strategy, process reengineering, project management & OD
• Entrepreneurial mindset & experience in managing complex set-ups
• Demonstrated success in planning and executing programs in a matrixed organization - ability to influence without authority and successfully manage senior level stakeholders

Accessibility and accommodation:
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