Delivery Lead GDIT R&D

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* Title:

** Delivery Lead GDIT R&D
** Company:
** Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
** About Ipsen:
** Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas:
Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation. Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries.

We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

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* Job Description:

** The IT Delivery Lead is responsible for driving high-quality, consistent, and efficient delivery across R&D and Medical Digital & IT initiatives. This role provides cross-team leadership to agile delivery squads, oversees Dev Ops practices, and ensures adherence to delivery standards in a regulated (GxP) environment.

While IT Domain Leads connect with R&D to define priorities and value, the IT Delivery Lead ensures that IT teams are equipped to execute effectively, meeting the demands of innovation, compliance, and speed-to-market.
** Main Responsibilities & Technical Competencies
** Strategic Delivery Enablement
* Translates IT leadership’s strategic vision into actionable roadmaps, aligning teams and resources to short, mid and long-term goals.
* Align squads and delivery teams with short-, mid-, and long-term goals.
* Support business agility while ensuring quality, compliance, and transparency.

Agile & Team Leadership
* Lead and coach cross-functional teams, to ensure high performance, focus, and continuous improvement.
* Promote the use of Agile/SAFe methodologies and support consistent delivery practices across teams.
* Facilitate sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to drive predictable and transparent delivery.

Dev Ops & Engineering Practices
* Oversee the implementation and maturity of Dev Ops practices (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, monitoring).
* Collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to optimize release cycles and system stability.
* Ensure adoption of modern engineering practices and tooling across delivery teams.

Delivery Governance & Standards
* Establish and enforce delivery frameworks, standards, and best practices across the R&D and Medical Digital & IT portfolio.
* Monitor delivery KPIs (e.g., velocity, lead time, defect rate) and drive continuous performance improvements.
* Ensure compliance with quality and regulatory requirements in a GxP or controlled environment.

Operational Planning & Coordination
* Coordinate delivery timelines, dependencies, and resource needs across multiple initiatives and squads.
* Support capacity planning and help resolve delivery blockers and escalations.
* Provide visibility to leadership through regular delivery updates and dashboards.

Process Improvement & Performance
* Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, or risks in delivery processes and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
* Foster a culture of learning and operational excellence through retrospectives, metrics, and feedback loops.
* Encourage knowledge sharing and process reuse across the organization.

Key Stakeholders Collaboration
* Work closely with Program Managers, Business Partners, Product Owners, and Tech Leads to ensure alignment on scope, timing, and quality of deliverables.
* Translate delivery data into actionable insights to support prioritization and decision-making.
* Ensure alignment across IT and business teams on scope, timing, and quality expectations.
** Knowledge, Abilities & Experience
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