IT Director – Strategic Applications and Architecture

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locations
GB Cambridge
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted 5 Days Ago
job requisition id
JR1194
Location: Cambridge (Hybrid working)
Job type: Permanent
At Mundipharma, we are proud of the work we do to bring innovative treatments to patients. We challenge ourselves constantly to deliver more for patients, healthcare professionals, our partners, and our employees.
This role is responsible for the strategic and operational management of strategic applications and data capabilities. The ERP landscape has gone through profound transformation over the past 2-3 years with the consolidation of 30+ ERP’s onto one instance of SAP S/4 HANA and one instance of Oracle e-Business Suite. The role is critical in ensuring we deliver the expected value from our recent $50m+ investment in ERP and achieve the efficiency and effectiveness targets from the Finance, Supply Chain and Manufacturing functions. The Data landscape remains complex due to our historical fragmented system landscape across functions and geographies. The role will ensure that we continue to enable business efficiencies through increased levels of system integrations, and that we also support all functions in their objective to become more data driven. Role and responsibilities Provide thoughts leadership and collaborate with the ITLT and senior business leaders to define, maintain, and promote a target architecture for the entire applications landscape that is both fit-for-purpose and aligned with the company’s challenges and opportunities.
Establish and lead the necessary governance to ensure all projects and programmes are aligned with the agreed target architecture. Challenge those initiatives that are not; refresh the target architecture as necessary.
Lead or actively support accountable ITLT members in the development of robust business cases for any new ERP or Data projects, demonstrating their business benefits and their strategic alignment with the company’s goals whilst adhering to agreed annual Capex targets.
Responsible for the successful technical delivery of those ERP and Data projects that have received Capital Approval Board approval.
Responsible for i) managing ERP and Data business-as-usual activities to agreed Service Level Agreements, and ii) ensuring all change requests are approved, prioritized and delivered following the agreed governance processes that the role will need to own, mature and embed.
Accountable for the planning and management of a multi-million dollars annual Operating Expenses budget for the ERP Centre of Excellence and Data & Integrations departments.
Overall accountability for sustaining the relationships with and maximizing the value from ERP and Data software, projects and services providers. Reporting Relationships Direct: 2
Indirect: 15 plus 25+ external resources What you’ll bring Proven years in IT leadership in projects and services delivery for business applications
Extensive experience in SAP, S/4 HANA is a must. Experience in Oracle is desirable
Management of multi-million dollars annual OpEx budget and multi-million dollars CapEx project portfolio
University degree in Information Technology or in a related field or equivalent work experience
Broad knowledge of ERP, business intelligence and middleware technologies and management of ERP teams
Financial acumen to manage a multi-million dollars annual operating budget
Advanced vendor management skills to maximise value from 3rd parties
Strong business acumen with good understanding of the Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Commercial functions
Calm under pressure, able to handle a fast-moving environment and ambiguity.
Clear and confident communicator; able to challenge and influence stakeholders at all levels, both internally (up to Executive Committee level) and externally (up to vendor senior leadership level) Desirable Pharmaceutical / healthcare industry in a Global, 24*7 environment
Enterprise (application) architecture
Data architecture and governance
Management of business intelligence teams
Management of middleware teams
MBA or other business related qualification (preferred) Certifications or Designations
(preferred)
SAP S/4 HANA certification
Oracle EBS qualification
ITIL certification
Project Management certification
TOGAF or other enterprise architecture certification
Data architecture and/or Data Governance certification What we offer in return flexible benefits package
opportunities for learning & development
collaborative, inclusive work environment
Diversity and inclusion
Building an inclusive environment where people can thrive, grow and achieve their full potential is a priority. We believe this isn’t just the right thing, but also the smart thing to do, as we focus on making a positive difference for our customers and their patients.
About Mundipharma
Mundipharma is a global healthcare company with a presence across Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Mundipharma is dedicated to bringing innovative treatments to patients in the areas of Pain Management, Infectious Disease and Consumer Healthcare as well as other severe debilitating disease areas. Our guiding principles, centered around Integrity and Patients-Centricity, are at the heart of everything we do.
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About UsMundipharma is a global healthcare company with a presence across Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.Mundipharma is dedicated to bringing innovative treatments to patients in the areas of Pain Management, Infectious Disease and Consumer Healthcare as well as other severe and debilitating disease areas. Our guiding principles, centered around Integrity and Patient-Centricity, are at the heart of everything we do.For more information about Mundipharma's guiding principles and commitment to diversity and inclusion visit:
www.mundipharma.com/people
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