Team Leader

Job Description

20 years of untapped data waiting to be explored. The digital revolution is changing everything, especially in pharmaceuticals, and Novartis has embraced a bold strategy to drive a company-wide digital transformation. With this mission, we are setting up a Data as a Service team at Novartis Hyderabad, which would work with the Chief Digital Office, Novartis Business units and industry leading technology partners, to drive the execution of Novartis data strategy , turning its rich data resources into real strategic assets to drive actionable insights across the organization. This ambition is one of key pillars in the broader digital transformation happening at Novartis to be a medicines and data science company.Your Responsibilities:Your responsibilities include but not are limited to: Manage a team of Data Stewards and Data Engineering Managers. Drive objective setting, development planning and capability building for your team. Drive operational excellence in resource planning, resource allocation and measuring and reporting financial, performance and quality KPIs. Expected to demonstrate strong people and business leadership skills, whilst enabling seamless delivery of data services internal stakeholders within Novartis. Delivers requirements of business teams and other internal stakeholders as per agreed SLAs (timeliness, accuracy, quality) and drive excellent customer service. Build strong engagement with internal customers and drive adoption of DaaS services. Work with cross-functional service teams to deliver integrated services Work as individual contributor (~50% of capacity) to certain projects as Business Analyst or Project Manager. Delivers services through agile methodology. Drive adoption of Agile methodology in the teamMinimum requirements What You ll bring to the role: 9-12 years of hands-on and consulting experience in data management and engineering in a Global data driven organization Experience of leading a mid- size data/ technical team (6-8 associates). Experience of running the team operations Domain expertise in at least one of the following areas a) Pharma R&D, b) Manufacturing, Procurement and Supply Chain and c) Marketing and Sales. Experience in working in Pharma / Life Science industry strongly preferred Experience in MDM, Data Quality or Data Governance consulting with knowledge across multiple data domains such as Material/ Products, Vendor, Customer and Finance. Experience of executing large scale, high-impact data management projects or solutions. Proven capability to collaborate, conduct, and lead sessions with Business and IT stakeholders Excellent communication and presentation skills with consulting and senior stakeholder engagement experience Experience of managing project delivery with Agile/ Scrum methodology Why consider Novartis 799 million. That s how many lives our products touched in 2019. And while we re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people s lives We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you re given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you re empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks, and where you re surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world s toughest medical challenges.Imagine what you could do at Novartis! Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to learn more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network,

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salescustomer relationsslaqualitycoachingdata as a servicelife science industrycontinuous improvement facilitationsupply chaindata sciencedata qualitydata servicesbusiness unitsdata management