394109BR
Mar 19, 2024
Czech Republic
About the Role
Location: Czech Republic, Prague #LI-Hybrid
Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.
About the Role:
The Global Program Lead plays a crucial role in the success of strategic programs within Procurement. It is responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of these programs, meeting objectives, and gaining commitment and engagement from the Procurement Leadership Team and key partners.
The ideal candidate has a consistent record of driving and delivering large-scale programs in matrix organizations. As a global role, it requires the ability to engage intentionally with senior collaborators, demonstrating a systems approach and data analytics to provide high-quality insights that enable sound decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Initiate, lead, and support impactful programs or projects, aligning with project goals, timelines, costs, and established methodologies (such as Agile, Scrum, or Prince).
- Ensure the delivery of measurable value for the company by implementing appropriate tools and systems for tracking, reporting, and supervising progress.
- Conduct regular program reviews, proactively identify risks - and dependencies, and collaborate on mitigation strategies.
- Ensure successful project reviews and facilitate the sharing of standard methodologies.
- Drive all elements of project execution, including change and communication management.
- Facilitate and motivate change in a highly networked environment through senior partner engagement and management.
- Develop comprehensive collaborator engagement plans and lead change management activities to drive adoption.
- Facilitate specific training activities resulting from new processes, standards, and ways of working.
- Ensure that solutions and project results are properly designed, documented, and implemented in accordance with the agreed project methodology and process/solution design approach.
- Develop comprehensive reporting mechanisms, ideally using tools such as PowerBI, to provide accurate and timely updates to program steering committees, PLT, and other collaborators.
- Prepare and deliver executive-level presentations and reports that effectively communicate program status, risks, and opportunities for decision-making.
Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.
About the Role:
The Global Program Lead plays a crucial role in the success of strategic programs within Procurement. It is responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of these programs, meeting objectives, and gaining commitment and engagement from the Procurement Leadership Team and key partners.
The ideal candidate has a consistent record of driving and delivering large-scale programs in matrix organizations. As a global role, it requires the ability to engage intentionally with senior collaborators, demonstrating a systems approach and data analytics to provide high-quality insights that enable sound decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Initiate, lead, and support impactful programs or projects, aligning with project goals, timelines, costs, and established methodologies (such as Agile, Scrum, or Prince).
- Ensure the delivery of measurable value for the company by implementing appropriate tools and systems for tracking, reporting, and supervising progress.
- Conduct regular program reviews, proactively identify risks - and dependencies, and collaborate on mitigation strategies.
- Ensure successful project reviews and facilitate the sharing of standard methodologies.
- Drive all elements of project execution, including change and communication management.
- Facilitate and motivate change in a highly networked environment through senior partner engagement and management.
- Develop comprehensive collaborator engagement plans and lead change management activities to drive adoption.
- Facilitate specific training activities resulting from new processes, standards, and ways of working.
- Ensure that solutions and project results are properly designed, documented, and implemented in accordance with the agreed project methodology and process/solution design approach.
- Develop comprehensive reporting mechanisms, ideally using tools such as PowerBI, to provide accurate and timely updates to program steering committees, PLT, and other collaborators.
- Prepare and deliver executive-level presentations and reports that effectively communicate program status, risks, and opportunities for decision-making.
Diversity & Inclusion / EEO
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Role Requirements
Essential Requirements:
- Master's Degree or other advanced degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a similar field.
- Min. 10 years of relevant business experience in high matrix organizations.
- Ability to build and manage key partner relationships in a matrix organization, across geographies and cultures.
- Ability to network, collaborate, and lead work with involvement from Procurement senior management and cross-functional teams from various Novartis functions.
- Proven experience of successfully managing end-to-end project lifecycles, including scoping, problem-framing, detailed planning, and driving all elements of project execution.
- Advanced analytical skills supporting C-level decision-making, including the ability to derive insights from data and visualize them in a compelling manner (mainly using MS Excel and PowerPoint).
- Excellent communication skills: clearly and concisely in spoken and written English.
Desirable Requirements:
- Preferably more than 5 years of experience in Procurement or other related experience within the Healthcare/Pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on transformation programs and change management.
Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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; Meal vouchers (full tax covered by company); MultiSport Card and more. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
- Master's Degree or other advanced degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a similar field.
- Min. 10 years of relevant business experience in high matrix organizations.
- Ability to build and manage key partner relationships in a matrix organization, across geographies and cultures.
- Ability to network, collaborate, and lead work with involvement from Procurement senior management and cross-functional teams from various Novartis functions.
- Proven experience of successfully managing end-to-end project lifecycles, including scoping, problem-framing, detailed planning, and driving all elements of project execution.
- Advanced analytical skills supporting C-level decision-making, including the ability to derive insights from data and visualize them in a compelling manner (mainly using MS Excel and PowerPoint).
- Excellent communication skills: clearly and concisely in spoken and written English.
Desirable Requirements:
- Preferably more than 5 years of experience in Procurement or other related experience within the Healthcare/Pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on transformation programs and change management.
Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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; Meal vouchers (full tax covered by company); MultiSport Card and more. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
Operations
Procurement
Czech Republic
Prague
NOV CZE
Procurement
Full Time
Regular
No
