Technology Workstream Lead Commercial

Job Description Summary

The Technology Workstream Lead for the Sandoz STEP Transformation Program is responsible for driving the integration and implementation of new technologies to support business transformation. The role demands strategic vision, technical expertise, and leadership to ensure alignment with program and business objectives.

In the Commercial domain, the Lead owns Marketing, Market Access, Stakeholder/Customer Interactions, Sales, and Medical Affairs, and is accountable for delivering all technology solutions across these capabilities.

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally.

Join us in building the future of Sandoz. Through STEP (Sandoz Transformation Enterprise Program), we are creating a unified, integrated digital core and simplifying our end-to-end ways of working. From SAP S/4HANA to Veeva, Workday, LabVantage, and beyond, you’ll help design and deliver future-ready systems that drive global impact — enabling us to deliver affordable medicines to more patients worldwide.

Job Summary:

The Technology Workstream Lead for the Sandoz STEP Transformation Program is responsible for driving the integration and implementation of new technologies to support business transformation. The role demands strategic vision, technical expertise, and leadership to ensure alignment with program and business objectives.

In the Commercial domain, the Lead owns Marketing, Market Access, Stakeholder/Customer Interactions, Sales, and Medical Affairs, and is accountable for delivering all technology solutions across these capabilities.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Leadership and Strategy: Lead the technology workstream by developing and executing comprehensive strategies that align with the overall goals of the STEP Transformation Program.
• Technology Integration: Oversee the integration of multiple technologies ensuring seamless interoperability and optimal performance.
• Drive technical development together with SI, other 3rd party professional services and internal IT development partners
• Project Management: Manage project timelines, resources, and budgets, ensuring that milestones are met and deliverables are achieved within scope and on time.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with business & cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and senior management to communicate project status, risks, and issues, and to facilitate decision-making processes.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with technology implementation, ensuring that potential issues are addressed proactively.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure that all technology solutions meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and security, complying with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Change Management: Drive change management initiatives to facilitate the adoption of new technologies and processes across the organization.
• Continuous Improvement: Promote a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for enhancing technology solutions and optimizing business processes.
• Drive delivery for all tech solutions in collaboration with business, Tech CoEs and Factories

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• Technical Expertise: Extensive technological transformation programs, with a proven track record of successful implementation and integration.
• Experience in IT operations and IT program delivery
• Technology experience with commercial platforms such as Salesforce, SAP (ideally S4), Vistex, Model N, Conga
• Leadership: Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, motivate, and guide cross-functional teams towards achieving common goals.
• Project Management: Proficient in project management methodologies and tools, with experience in managing large-scale, complex technology projects.
• Change Management: Knowledge of change management principles and practices, with experience in driving organizational change initiatives.
• Quality Assurance: Understanding of quality assurance processes and methodologies, with a commitment to delivering high-quality technology solutions.
• Regulatory Compliance: Familiarity with regulatory requirements and standards relevant to the pharmaceutical industry, ensuring compliance in all technology implementations.
• Manage Speedboats with accelerated deployment timelines where applicable

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! 

Join us!

Skills Desired

Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Change Management, Influencing, IT Governance, Organization Development, Presentation Skills, Servant Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning

Global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines, operating as an independent company spun off from Novartis. Based in Basel.

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