Assoc. Dir , Technical Product Management

Job Description

HR Senior Technology Leader

At our company we aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company. Were at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. We are seeking an experienced and driven HR Senior Technology Leader for HRIT to join our dynamic team. This role will be accountable for delivering innovative technical solutions that enable HR functions and lead digital transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic technology leadership and develop long-term roadmaps aligned to corporate objectives while ensuring compliance with industry regulations.

• Architect and deliver end-to-end technology programs using sound program management and agile delivery approaches to meet time scope and budget targets.

• Lead mentor and orchestrate hybrid onshore/offshore development and operations teams to deliver business-critical applications and services.

• Drive innovation through process re-engineering and service-oriented architectures (SOA) that modernize legacy systems reduce operational overhead and increase enterprise agility.

• Evaluate pilot and operationalize emerging technologies (including Generative AI and prompt engineering) to accelerate development cycles improve data insights and automate complex business workflows.

• Own solution architecture integrations and release management for enterprise portals learning platforms verification systems and other core applications.

• Establish and enforce platform and development governance security practices and cost optimization across cloud and collaboration ecosystems.

• Act as a senior technical advisor and stakeholder liaison translating executive strategy into practical auditable technology solutions that meet business and compliance needs.

Qualifications

Required

• 12 years of progressive technology experience including significant experience within the pharmaceutical or life sciences sector and demonstrated understanding of regulated environments.

• Proven record of leading enterprise & solution architecture and digital transformation programs at scale delivering complex solutions on time and within budget.

• Deep hands-on experience with Microsoft and AWS cloud ecosystemsincluding architecture deployment security and cost management.

• Expert knowledge of Microsoft 365 SharePoint (on-premises and online) Power Platform (Power Apps Power BI Power Automate) and the Viva suite for driving enterprise collaboration and learning.

• Demonstrated experience applying Generative AI prompt engineering and Microsoft Copilot technologies to real business problems.

• Strong background in designing and building integrations and APIs and in using API management tools and gateway approaches.

• Prior experience leading hybrid onshore/offshore teams and vendor/partner relationships.

• Excellent communication mentoring and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work across business IT and compliance functions.

Preferred

• Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure (App Services Functions Logic Apps Cognitive Services Key Vault etc.) AWS (S3 CloudFront EC2 Lambda).

• Collaboration & Productivity: Microsoft 365 Viva Suite SharePoint ( Online) SPFx.

• Low Code Platforms: Power Platform (Canvas & Model-driven apps Power BI Power Automate).

• Development & DevOps: Visual Studio Azure DevOps Git TFS CI/CD practices.

• APIs & Integration: REST APIs API gateway concepts enterprise integration patterns.

• Programming & Web: C# JavaScript frameworks (Angular React ) PowerShell SQL Server SSRS/SSIS.

• AI/ML: Generative AI prompt engineering Microsoft Copilot.

• Migration & Governance Tools: Sharegate Metalogix AvePoint governance frameworks and best practices.

• ITSM & Tools: ServiceNow Ivanti JIRA Confluence Azure DevOps.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or related field.

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