Associate Director, Site Digital Technology Lead

Job Description

Position Description:

Associate Director - Site Digital Technology Lead

The Site Digital Technology Lead is the representative for Global Animal Health Manufacturing IT (GAHM IT) on the site Leadership team at Millsboro.

This is a key role in driving our Digital Manufacturing strategy where value is ultimately delivered for the Manufacturing Division. This role is accountable for the full technology stack across all aspects of Operations, Supply, Quality and Business support at the Millsboro site. The Site Digital Technology Lead ensures all project and commercial manufacturing activities are supported and delivered ensuring reliable, compliant supply of medicines and vaccines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for all relevant Digital Technology operations carried out at the site, ensuring that appropriate support to site operations is maintained, and that all operational activities are compliant with regulatory, safety, cyber-security, business continuity and financial requirements

• Leadership of site digital technology team

• Participate in the development of the Site Strategy and long-term Business Development Plan and provide leadership and direction to the business on a Digital Technology Strategy

• Drive transformational change, continuous technological improvement and innovation at the site

• Accountable for the successful implementation of Digital Technology projects at the site – including where this is part of a larger initiative

• Manages small team of Tech Business Analysts, responsible for building, motivating and developing a highly capable team

• Build a bridge, and shared-understanding, between our local and global IT Teams

• Act as IT Single Point of Contact for the site, provide business stakeholders necessary feedback and input for business projects and IT operations

• Continuously manage the site Digital Technology budget to meet annual profit plan targets; identify and achieve cost savings opportunities on both capital and expense spend

• Ensures SDL (System Development Life Cycle) and CSV (Computer System Validation) compliance according to our Company guidelines

• Brings together the right stakeholders to ensure compliance and sustainability of IT/OT solutions

• Participate in regulatory audits of the site

• Ability to travel – 10%

Position Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Information Technology/Science

• MS or MBA preferred

Required Experience and Skills:

• 5+ years of related IT and/or OT leader experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing or similar area.

• Experience with Digital transformation in large organization.

• Experience designing, implementing and providing operational support of SCADA/DCS, historian and/or MES systems (e.g. DeltaV, AVEVA System Platform, Werum, Ignition, etc.)

• Understanding of ISA-88/ISA-95 Structure and Principles

• Experience in integrating and supporting real time shop floor and lab systems with appropriate levels of resiliency and performance

• Understanding of manufacturing shop floor IT infrastructure concepts and design to fortify environments against growing cyber vulnerabilities and to enable system integration

• Understanding of regulatory requirements that drive IT and OT delivery, including 21-CFR-Part-11, Annex 11, Good Manufacturing Practices, Computer Systems Assurance, track and trace, and other global regulatory requirements that impact IT and OT systems in Manufacturing, Quality and Supply Chain

• Knowledge and Awareness of Industry 4.0 (IoT, Cloud, Data Analytics, Automation, Digital Twins, etc.)

• Experience with working in a matrix organization environment and ability to influence other business leaders

• Proven ability to communicate with and manage senior stakeholders.

• Strong communication skills with ability to align the organization on complex technical decisions.

• Strong experience with Agile principles.

TOP SKILLS:

• LEADERSHIP

• STRATEGIC PLANNING

• PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

• STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

• DEMAND MANAGEMENT

• BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

• BUSINESS SITUATION ANALYSIS

• WORKFORCE PLANNING

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS:

• AUTONOMY

• INFLUENCE

• COMPLEXITY

• KNOWLEDGE

• BUSINESS SKILLS

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Requisition ID:R252011