D&AI Delivery Manager

Mission

The primary mission of a D&A Delivery Manager is to manage in a very autonomous way, key D&A or AI service delivery initiatives,  through the temporal allocation of internal teams and / or outsourced services, the collaboration of other services and teamworks from IT, and especially the collaboration of internal business stakeholders. 
Ensure implementation of approved Project Pipeline, Applications Maintenance and Contract Management.

D&A Delivery Manager works jointly with different stakeholders as IT Business Partners, IT I/O and architecture teams,  and Business people as Product Owners, Sponsors and Process/Data Owners to deliver the most value possible.

This role will report to Data & AI Delivery responsible, inside of Digital, Data & AI Technologies Team in Almirall.

Responsabilities

    • Executes and promotes the principles of the agile delivery strategy taking advantage of the organization and resources to manage excellence in service delivery for Business and IT
    • Define and execute an effective delivery service organization with proper distribution of resources across the areas (internal and external)
    • Stablish Priorities in Application landscape and roadmap to maximize internal knowledge, and business usage.
    • Overseas and manages strategic planning, budget management, project management, communication and functional coordination.
    • Build strategic partnerships with the most strategic key stakeholders, especially with business teams, IT Business partners, IT Professional Services Providers and IT Software Providers
    • Monitors sourcing decisions and vendor management processes.
    • Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture. Motivate team members.
    • Recognize high performance and reward accomplishments.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, business administration or closely related discipline.

Experience

    • Understanding of current and planned architecture, platforms and solutions that support the business. Specially desirable knowledge in Azure cloud architectures, PowerBI, Databricks, PowerPlatform & Copilot.
    • Broad understanding of the current and emerging technology trends and developments in terms of D&A.
    • Strong working knowledge of governance policies and practices.
    • Typically has 7 to 10 years of IT and business work experience with a broad range of exposure to various technical environments and business areas.
    • Proven experience or demonstrated capability in collaborating IT transformational initiatives in complex, cross-functional, agile and dynamic environments.
    • Experience with project management, specially in agile environments.
    • Fluent in English.

Competencies

• Proactive: Takes an active interest in the business objectives, has the courage to suggest new approaches and initiate new projects.
• Accountability: you have the capacity to explain your actions and thought process, as well as the reasons why you decided to do something a certain way.
• Autonomy and independence: you can work on your own, making your own decisions while being able to ask for help when needed.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as an ability to communicate effectively with various levels of staff.
• Superior customer relationship management skills, ability to influence and be trustful.
• Effective influencing and negotiation skills in an environment where resources may not be in direct control of this role.
• Capacity to think strategically.

Values

• Care: we listen & empathize, we value diverse perspectives & backgrounds and we help each other succeed
• Courage: we challenge the status quo, we take full ownership and we learn from our success & failures
• Innovation: we put the patient and customer at the center, we create novel solutions and we empower entrepreneurial mindsets
• Simplicity: we act decisively and avoid over-analysis, we understand why before we act and we are agile & keep things simple.