IT Manager - Global Pricing Solutions, Pharmaceutical industry

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This is a CONTRACT role and we need someone that can travel to England as needed for meetings.

This back‑fill role will support and liaise with a broad team including Global Value & Access (HEOR, Global Pricing & Analytics, and Strategy), Competition Law, FP&A, IT Data and Analytics, IT Architecture, and IT PMO. The role will be responsible for all Global Value & Access Solutions which include supporting Global Price Management (GPM), Collaboration tools, and a Value & Access Data Lake to support advanced reporting and insights.

This role will infuse forward looking, creative and innovative solutions, as a technical partner to the business and one that brings ideas to the table, rather than just reacts to them. In addition, this role will be involved from the ideation of IT solutions for business needs through to successful execution of these initiatives. Projects include supporting and enhancing a Global Price Management System, Implementing AI Solutions, Implementing Collaboration and Knowledge Management tools, Security assessments of third‑party SaaS solutions, and implementation of new technologies to enhance business effectiveness.

Critical to the role will be championing projects within IT and prioritizing across initiatives. The successful candidate will support business initiatives from requirements to execution to operational support post go live.

Advise IT and business leadership on capability enablement opportunities facilitated through the Global Value & Access technology portfolio. Activities, budgets and portfolios are strategically and operationally aligned with the business needs as well as the IT functional strategies.

• Serve as focal point for the respective business area for all IT needs, priorities and translate them into the IT roadmap for prioritization and solution proposals using agreed, appropriate IT systems and processes.
• Advise management on business opportunities enabled through technology. Activities, budgets and portfolios are strategically and operationally aligned with the business needs as well as the IT functional strategies.
• Proactively identify and promote technology solutions to existing or emerging business issues. Work with leadership teams across relevant functions to push technology as a competitive advantage.
• Projects are managed and monitored to assure benefits are met and potential bottlenecks or failures are identified and solved in due time.
• Actively explore opportunities to streamline customer facing processes through technology integration/portal/interfaces

• 10 years of IT experience (technology requirement gathering, process, standards, solutions, services, applications).
• Knowledge of pricing policy and regulations in key healthcare markets.
• Experience with Pricing tools such as Eversana Price Right GPM or Model N GPM.
• Preferred direct business experience in the relevant business function(s).
• Experience managing Managed Service Providers/Vendors.
• Comfort and experience working with a senior leadership team representing multiple functional areas and interests, and being able to prioritize across numerous important initiatives.
• Some experience of strategic planning (Roadmaps) and of aligning IT strategies with business goals.
• Experience of working through different stages of the systems development life-cycle, including user requirements gathering and blue‑printing.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of Business systems relevant to the function supported.
• Experience working effectively across a matrixed organization and successfully executing and achieving results without direct authority.
• Experience providing and driving cross‑functional and cross‑geographical IT solutions to business needs and opportunities.
• Comfort working directly with both business partners and IT department / solution providers.
• Demonstrated ability to have long‑lasting impact on the business through solutions identified and implemented.
• Comfort and experience working independently to achieve goals and results.
• Deep knowledge and understanding of IT and technology solutions.