Associate Director - Project Manager / Business Analyst

Bringing life-changing medicines to millions of people, Novartis sits at the intersection of cutting-edge medical science and innovative digital technology. As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs & an in-house marketplace for rotations & project work. With a strong medicines pipeline our current transformation will not just deliver growth for our business but continue to allow us to bring innovative medicines to patients quickly.
The AD Solution Delivery role for DDIT Global Functions drives the process from DDIT demand shaping through approval to project execution and collaborates across DDIT functions to ensure quality services are delivered to stakeholders as per agreed service descriptions. You will act as an advisor providing guidance to improve global business processes, products, services, and software through data analysis. This role engages with global business leaders and leverages the appropriate TT teams and Functions to determine requirements and deliver data-driven recommendations to improve efficiency and add value.
MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Capture and shape new demands using Business analysis techniques, prepare project charters for approval.
• Directly manage or oversee end to end DDIT project delivery in respective business area.
• Ensure consistency and traceability between user requirements, functional specifications, testing and validation.
• Support validation and testing as appropriate and ensure adherence to Security and Compliance policies and procedures within Service Delivery scope.
• Keep abreast with internal IT systems and documentation requirements, standards (including quality management and IT security), regulatory environments / requirements (if applicable), DDIT Service Portfolio and with industry best practices in leveraging technologies for the business and taking advantage of reusable products, solutions and services wherever applicable.

What will you bring to the role
• Bachelor's degree in related field is required
• Strong experience in Business Analysis.
• Proven track record as a Project Manager in a large Global organization.
• Knowledge of IT product management and IT product lifecycle
• Experience with SaaS solutions implementation and integration patterns (API)
• Project management and change management experience
• Project budget planning and control
• Experience working in global scale matrix organization, Multi-national global experience
• External and off-shore vendor management
• Relationship Management and escalation resolution
You’ll receive:
Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 90 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); MultiSport Card
Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/
Why consider Novartis?
766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives.
We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.
We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!
Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!
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Accessibility and accommodation:
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