Associate Director - Solutions Delivery Methodology for Lean Digital Core Program​

• 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​

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 – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Public Transportation allowance; MultiSport Card. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/

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Accessibility and accommodation:
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