Position
Location: Toulouse site minimum 4 days per week on site
Reporting line:
Direct: Global Integration Lead
Functional: Site Head Toulouse
Cross-functional role serving the Sandoz integration program with close interface to the Site Leadership Team.
Role Purpose
Ensure that the site integration into Sandoz is executed in a structured controlled and risk-managed manner without destabilizing site operations.
The role acts as the guardian of integration discipline risk management and governance clarity ensuring a strict separation between integration activities and day-to-day site execution.
Responsibilities
Integration governance & program control
Structure run and continuously improve integration governance forums and workstreams
Consolidate inputs from global functions (Engineering Quality HSE MSAT Finance IT etc.)
Track integration milestones critical dependencies and decision points
Prepare and present integration materials for governance bodies (Steering Committees Transition Boards etc.)
Risk compliance & escalation
Identify assess and document integration-related risks (GMP HSE regulatory financial reputational)
Maintain the integration risk register and associated mitigation plans
Ensure timely and appropriate escalation through the integration governance framework
Challenge site plans when Sandoz exposure compliance or delivery risk is identified
Site interface & integration discipline
Channel integration requests to the site in a structured and prioritized manner
Prevent uncontrolled integration-driven disruption to site operations
Ensure clear separation between integration topics and operational site management
Facilitate alignment between global expectations and local constraints
Continuity & representation
Act as deputy to the Global Integration Lead when required (absence preparation follow-up presentations)
Maintain continuous and fact-based visibility on integration status and execution health
Qualifications
Education & experience
Engineering degree industrial management degree or equivalent
10 years of experience in regulated industrial environments (biopharma pharma medtech or similarly constrained industries)
Proven experience in complex PMO roles post-merger integration or large-scale transformation programs
Strong exposure to GMP environments is highly preferred
Core competencies
Strong expertise in managing complex multi-stakeholder programs
Excellent risk assessment structuring and prioritization capabilities
Ability to operate effectively in matrix and multicultural organizations
Credible challenge mindset with senior stakeholders without creating unnecessary friction
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; full professional proficiency in English required
Leadership & mindset
High level of rigor neutrality and governance discipline
Fact-based decision-oriented approach
Natural authority without direct hierarchical power
Ability to operate under pressure in high-exposure and confidential contexts
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