Associate Director, IT Solution Delivery

Band

Level 5

 

Job Description Summary

Our Associate Director, IT Solution Delivery is our senior specialist for project delivery and/or operations in the given business sub-capability. In this role, you will partner with business leaders and Technology Transformation Strategic Business Partners for demand analysis, solution proposal/evaluation and project delivery.

The purpose of the role is to configure the Statistical Compute Environment (SCE) according to the defined requirements, as a member of the Prototyping and Development workstream. This role will configure off-the-shelf products, develop customizations and integrate IT solutions that meet the business needs and deliver business outcomes. You will collaborate with other project team members to deliver the SCE solution on time and within budget.

 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a small team of developers for the SCE project to configure, customize, and integrate components of the SCE in an iterative manner.

• Responsible for detailed design, development and delivery of the SCE, in alignment with solution architecture and create the detailed process designs necessary to operate the software/service on a day-to-day basis.

• Take accountability for delivery of specific components / use cases for the SCE.

• Ensure designs produced adhere to architectural roadmap and support the development, execution and operations of the SCE.

• Ensure peer review and sign off detailed designs by business.

• Ensure that detailed designs adhere to solution architecture design (i.e. high-level conceptual design) and are traceable to functional as well as non-functional requirements in functional specification.

• Ensure the overall user experience is taken into account when designing new solutions and services.

• Take accountability to ensure adherence with Security and Compliance policies and procedures within Service Delivery scope.

• Coordinate with all other workstreams on the project to deliver a quality SCE on time and within budget.

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline or equivalent experience demonstrated.   

• 7 years’ experience working in an IT environment with experience working in quantitative science/data science platforms, with a track record of delivering global IT solutions at scale, and interactions with senior management across geographical and organisational boundaries.

• Strong demonstrated experience in cloud implementations with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Advanced knowledge of Lean/ 6 Sigma, Design Thinking and Agile methodology with demonstrated comfort working within a Scrum team.

• Experience leading both direct and indirect reports in a matrix environment where you have leveraged digital technology and effective change management to deliver value.

• Experience in IT Enterprise & Business Architecture, IT Systems Design, IT Systems Integration, User Experience Design, Design Thinking, Analyzing stakeholder requirements, and Knowledge of IT Applications & tools

• Experience with the open source environment including; languages such as (e.g. R, Python, Julie), open source Posit (R Studio, R Shiny, etc.), open source packages (e.g. Quarto and Markdown), and open source technology administration & containerisation (Docker), with use of Git and Bit Bucket for CI/CD and use of red Hat Linux environments.

• Experience with build tools like Maven and Jenkins and EasyBuild tools.

• Proficiency in English (written and oral).

Desirable:

• Experience working on biostatistical quantitative science/ data science platforms, ideally within the pharmaceutical industry.

• Solid understanding of clinical trial processes and leveraging quantitative sciences and toolsets in regulatory and exploratory pathways.

• Understanding of different data modalities (ex. Biomarkers, Omics, Imaging).

• Strong knowledge of Clinical data standards (CDISC – SDTM, ADAM, USDM).

• Experience with AI/ML

• Experience with Domino

Benefits & Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: Novartis Life Handbook   

Benefits in Spain include Company Pension plan; Life and Accidental Insurance; Meals; Allowance or Canteen in the office; Flexible working hours.  

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 

 

Skills Desired

Budget Management, Business Acumen, Influencing Skills, Performance Management, Risk Management, Service Delivery Management, Strategic Planning, Waterfall Model