Associate Director - DDIT LDC Solutions Delivery Methodology

at  Novartis

SUMMARY

Novartis is able to offer relocation support for this role. This role is working with global teams of a strategic program covering a wide scope spreading across Finance, Commercial, Procurement and Operations ensuring user requirements approach and Quality testing guidelines of global ERP system are accurately crafted. Associate Director will own the methodology for business scenarios and collaboration with respective teams for implementation of defined guidelines and approaches on tools applied in the program (e.g. PROTON – Microfocus ALM, JIRA, SharePoint, NovaSol SolDoc).

ABOUT THE ROLE

Responsibilities for this role includes, but are not limited to:

• Ownership of LDC quality testing guidelines incl. alignment with eCompliance and PQMs, knowledge transfer to test managers, testers, and defect assignees
• Overseeing program tools overview incl. guidelines on tool specific roles and access management
• Managing role catalogue and training matrix incl. alignment with PMO and Up4Growth teams
• Ownership of formal testing and data migration templates/accelerators in alignment with global SOPs and feedback from stakeholders
• Ownership of UR-level traceability and testing controls. Support of audits (documentation, approaches, queries etc.)
• Support of Core Integration with data model and tooling, variants, PQTs and URs
• When potential gaps are identified in M&T owned approaches, drive the identification of solution options, and proactively track closure of observed gaps wherever required
• Support queries related to owned approaches and guidelines in case of Audits and inspections.
• In close collaboration with other M&T team members, actively pursue improvement opportunities in M&T (automation and simplification)

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE:

• Extent experience in test management of global ERP systems in Pharma / Life Sciences (Microfocus-ALM)
• Compliance, audit, or quality management background in a GxP industry and hands-on experience with defining and managing traceability for ERP systems
• Experience of working in major ERP programs in a GxP regulated environment, and with DMS (ChaRM, Solution Manager)
• Experience of working with senior stakeholders in a global matrix environment. Fluent English