IT Systems & Applications Team Lead

at  Team Horizon

Team Horizon is seeking an IT Systems & Applications Team Lead for our client who are a global biopharmaceutical company, for their site in Mayo. In this role you will report to the Site BTS Lead/Associate Director and be responsible for driving cross-functional business-IT development, solution planning and relationship management to the manufacturing and lab areas at the site. You will provide end-to-end technical solution leadership and business process alignment through the delivery and maintenance of Business Technology Solutions and Manufacturing and Laboratory Systems.
In partnership with site, regional and global organizations, you will advocate for and enable a unified approach to shop floor management, propose, plan (capital plan and long-range plan) and execute projects that deliver innovation and digital enablement of IME’s business imperatives.

• Ensure high availability of IT services for manufacturing and Lab and supporting functions & areas of the site.
• Lead, motivate and mentor your team to maximize their effectiveness by clearly communicating task details and goals to your team members, allowing them to work effectively.
• Lead the site BTS manufacturing and lab organization with performance transparency (e.g., IT performance metrics / KPI’s).
• Assess and benchmark digitalization and Factory of the Future capabilities for the site.
• Ensure delivery of robust sustainable technology solutions that meet site, region and network priorities, drive standardization as well as continuous improvement of IT solutions for the site providing with high availability and managing technology lifecycles.
• Promote, expand and improve data access and utilization for consumption and analysis both on BTS site team as well as on business side.
• Ensure cyber resiliency, compliance and data integrity regulatory standards are maintained and adhered to across all manufacturing systems under control.
• Drive and foster a culture of continuous improvement as to grow knowledge on the team and identification of potentials and execution towards lean processes.
• Establish and advance a high performing team of SMEs by recruiting, training, coaching and developing people, clearly communicating goals, performance expectations, role responsibilities and performance feedback in alignment with the company’s Talent philosophy.
• Build trustful and sustainable relationships to enable cross-functional prioritization across multiple business and technology functions, lobbying for support of business demand: IME, Quality, Supply Chain, BTS in alignment with Operations’ strategic priorities.
• Liaise with Global BTS, OES, Infrastructure and Quality teams ensuring high standards of service delivery and engage to influence continuous improvement opportunities for site operations.
• Responsible for budget of BTS site operations, systems operations, licenses and services and local BTS projects for all Manufacturing and Lab areas as directed by Manager.
• Any other duties as assigned.