Associate Director, IT Project Manager, M&A
About the Role
Major Accountabilities
- Represents DD&IT in the assigned Novartis Operation M&A projects to cover all IT related aspects – this includes the following M&A scenarios:
- Site Divestments.
- Site Exits;
- Site Infraparc set up (partial divestments, onboarding new companies/tenants);
- Site Acquisitions.
- Takes overall responsibility to define, scope and manage the DD&IT related activities linked to Novartis Operation projects with the affected Global Business Functions, the local site and the involved DD&IT Functions.
- Identify, mobilize and manages the required DD&IT team and resources to execute the DD&IT part of the M&A projects
- Collaborates with the stakeholder for each transaction to ensure a smooth transition of sites, systems and services
- Involves and coaches the local DD&IT project managers and the affected global DD&IT application managers
- Take accountability to ensure adherence with Security and Compliance policies and procedures within Service Delivery scope
- Defines IT related timelines and milestones to achieve the overall timelines of Merger, Acquisition & Divestment projects
- Ownership of project budgets
- Ensuring confidentiality is adhered to across all M&A projects under scope ensuring the business is protected
Experience / Professional requirements:
- University degree in Informatics, Computer Sciences, business or similar
- 5 years of business/IT broad experience in a global regulated company
- 3 years proven management experience within a global matrix organization
- Experience in M&A (divestments) activities as due diligence, TSA negotiation
- Customer Orientation: ability to communicate & align with internal and external key stakeholders
- Methodology: savvy in IT process, best practices & standards, e.g. ITIL, ICE, Agile
- Business acumen with legal and commercial awareness of global deals/contracts
Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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
COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Role Requirements
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