GCM Transition Lead

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The R&D Transition Lead is accountable for end-to-end delivery of R&D transition waves ensuring that scope timelines stage-gate criteria and execution commitments are met. The role serves as the primary bridge between R&D business stakeholders and GCM delivery teams owning functional readiness from design validation through stabilization aligning business requirements with GCM execution standards and ensuring continuity of critical R&D operations throughout the transition.

Accountabilities:

Transition Approach & Design Validation

• Work closely with R&D business stakeholders to define and validate transition and transformation scope build impact assessment and ensuring clarity on key responsibilities and actions
• Ensure no critical business disruption during transition and stabilization phases through proactive risk mitigation and operational governance
• Validate and provide functional input into the transition approach and wave sequencing for R&D
• Participate in design validation confirming that the proposed GCM operating model and service design meet functional business requirements
• Identify and escalate R&D-specific risks dependencies and constraints to the GCM Transition Lead

Wave Ownership & Execution

• Own endtoend delivery of the assigned transition wave ensuring scope timelines and commitments are met
• Lead successful execution of transition waves across planning knowledge transfer ramp-up go-live and stabilization while maintaining adherence to scope quality and timeline commitments

Functional Accountability

• Ensure continuity of critical business operations during transition
• Own functional readiness and acceptance for the transition wave

Knowledge Transfer & Readiness

• Ensure availability of SMEs and timely completion of KT activities documentation and signoffs
• Confirm operational readiness across people process technology and controls prior to rampup and golive

Stakeholder & Governance Management

• Work with BU/BFs to measure outcome and adoption and mitigate issues.
• Support stagegate reviews and provide inputs for go/nogo decision

Stabilization & Business-as-Usual transition

• Oversee stabilization and hypercare activities to ensure service performance meets agreed SLAs and KPIs
• Support smooth handover into steadystate operations

Experience

• 12 years of experience in business operations functional leadership shared services or large-scale transformation programs within global organizations
• Strong executive communication and decision-making capabilities in ambiguous transformation environments
• Proven experience leading end-to-end transition waves or major operational change initiatives covering transition planning knowledge transfer ramp-up go-live and stabilization phases

Technical Competencies

• Strong understanding of transition methodologies and frameworks or project management experience for large transformations
• Solid financial and commercial acumen with the ability to manage transition costs assumptions and value realization

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills within highly matrixed global organizations
• Ability to manage competing priorities and drive execution in complex time-sensitive transitions
• Results-oriented mindset with strong attention to delivery commitments and accountability

Education

• Bachelors degree required

Languages

• Fluent in English