Site ITOT AI Champion
Torre Annunziata - Italy
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
Location: Torre Annunziata (NA) Italy #LI-Hybrid 12 days/month in officeInternal job title: Site ITOT AI Champion
This role is based in Torre Annunziata (NA) Italy. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.
About the Role:
The Site ITOT AI Champion will be responsible to drive the adoption of Agentic and AI capabilities across site and global TechOps processes by building AI fluency delivering scalable no code/low code solutions and embedding AI enabled ways of working that generate measurable productivity and efficiency gains.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Drive end to end adoption of Agentic & AI capabilities across site and global Processes embedding AI enabled ways of working into daily operations to deliver measurable productivity gains.
Build AI fluency across IT/OT and business teams establish and lead Agentic/AI champions and enable hands on development of no code / low code agentic solutions.
Lead bottom up use case identification prioritize high value opportunities with site leadership and oversee delivery scaling and sustained adoption of Agentic & AI solutions.
Drive adoption of globally available Agentic & AI platforms while continuously feeding site requirements gaps and enhancement opportunities into global product backlogs.
Establish clear governance benefits tracking and reporting including productivity and FTE impact and maintain a forward looking multi year Agentic & AI roadmap.
Partner with Global DDIT Ops and DSAI teams to ensure data platform integration and security readiness and to enable data self service capabilities for sites.
Lead change management and cultural adoption ensuring employees embrace AI as an augmentation tool and actively use Agentic & AI solutions in their daily work.
Essential Requirements:
2 years of relevant experience in Data Science and AI and engineering background
Hands on experience with Microsoft Copilot (M365 Copilot Copilot Studio) and enterprise AI assistants.
Proven ability to build agentic solutions using no code / low code platforms (e.g. Power Platform Copilot Studio) including prompts workflows and basic integrations.
Practical understanding of agent orchestration reusable patterns and scaling agents in operational environments.
Data fundamentals: ability to consume combine and interpret data from enterprise systems (e.g. MES ERP LIMS); basic understanding of data quality access and governance.
Basic data science & analytics skills including KPI definition descriptive analysis and interpretation of AI outputs.
Excellent communication skills in both English and Italian strong curiosity good collaboration skills passion for AI and guiding people in learning and upskilling in this field
Desirable requirements:
Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing operations is highly desirable
IT OT infrastructure knowledge
SAP knowledge
Please ensure you submit your CV in English as part of this application.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to building an outstanding inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Why Novartis
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend peoples lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to learn more about Novartis and our career opportunities join the Novartis Network here: and accommodation:
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Skills Desired
Artifical Intelligence (AI) Biostatistics Curious Mindset Data Governance Data Literacy Data Quality Data Science Data Visualization Graph Algorithms Learning Agility Logistic Regression Model Machine Learning (ML) Machine Learning Algorithms NLP (NeuroLinguistic Programming) and GenAI Pandas (Python) Python (Programming Language) R (Programming Language) Sql (Structured Query Language) Statistical Analysis Time Series AnalysisAbout Company
Novartis is a global healthcare company based in Switzerland that provides solutions to the evolving needs of patients worldwide.