Senior Manager, Information Systems - Finance

The role is responsible for leading and charting the course for Corporate Functions, Data & Analytics team that builds and transforms technology capabilities that positively impacts business outcomes. This individual will be responsible for developing and leading a highly talented team that is built for delivering high-end and innovative technologies.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leadership in technology-driven environments for Finance and HR business area and has a passion for fostering innovation and excellence in the biotechnology industry. Additionally, collaboration with cross-functional and global teams is required to ensure seamless integration and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in end-to-end software development lifecycle and a Scaled Agile practitioner coupled with leadership and transformation experience. This role demands the ability to drive and deliver against key organizational strategic initiatives, foster a collaborative environment, and deliver high-quality results in a matrixed organizational structure.

• Maintain strategic relationships and strong communication with the leadership team about IS services and service roadmaps to ensure that all the collaborators feel informed and engaged
• Lead and manage large, diverse teams within a matrixed organization.
• Collaborate with geographically dispersed teams, including those in the US and other international locations.
• Oversee the software development lifecycle
• Develop and implement strategic plans for technology and workforce.
• Follow global standards and practices.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Attract and recruit top talent as part of an extensive Technology organization to be hired within India.
• Develop talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, champion diversity within the team and act as a role model of servant leadership.
• Responsible for managing, growing, and developing the Amgen Technology team in India, ensuring global ways of working are imbedded in the local organization
• Understand the decision-making process, workflows, and business and information needs of business partners and collaborators
• Contribute and define business outcomes + requirements, technology solutions, and services
• Improve activities being measured by crafting, monitoring, and optimizing relevant feedback loops through 'test & learn' activities
• Work with Product Owners, Service Owners and/or delivery teams to ensure that delivery matches commitments, acting as an escalation point and facilitating communication when service commitments are not met
• Ensure communication of key performance measurements and analysis of unmet needs
• Participate in collaborator and other leadership meetings, working with other parts of the organization, and functional groups to ensure successful delivery
• Ensure ongoing alignment with strategy, compliance, and regulatory requirements for technology investments and services
• Facilitate standard methodology sharing, ensuring ongoing alignment with the Technology & Digital strategy
• Oversee operating budgets and product team budgets, ensuring regular review of actuals and latest estimates, managing according to agreed governance
• Ensure alignment of Technology service plans across organization
• Provide education to new partners with regards to IT service offerings
• Remain accountable for ensuring overall organizational compliance to quality/compliance requirements such as GXP and Privacy

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Masters degree with 8 - 10 years of experience in Business, Engineering, IT or related field OR
• Bachelors degree with 10 - 14 years of experience in Business, Engineering, IT or related field OR
• Diploma with 14 - 18 years of experience in Business, Engineering, IT or related field
• Demonstrated experience in managing technology initiatives and teams with a track record of successful innovation
• Experience in people management and leading matrixed teams, and passion for mentorship, culture and fostering the development of talent.
• Must be flexible and able to manage multiple activities and priorities with minimal direction in a rapidly changing and demanding environment.
• Exceptional collaboration, communication and interpersonal skills to effectively manage collaborator relationships and build new partnerships.
• Proven experience in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) big data processing and warehousing solutions (Amazon Redshift, Snowflake) with deep understanding of data architecture and analytics

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a leadership role within a pharmaceutical or technology organization, preferably in Finance and HR business functions
• Experience with Software engineering best-practices, including but not limited to version control, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and automated testing
• Experience using and adoption of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Established business partnerships and IS governance practices involving senior business collaborators
• Experience in managing diverse, cross-functional teams (data engineers, analysts, scientists).

• ITIL (preferred)
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for Teams (preferred)

• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Strong transformation and change management experience.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
• Ability to manage several priorities successfully.
• Team-oriented with a focus on achieving team goals.
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams