Director, GTO Digital Transformation

Job Summary:

TheDirector GTO Digital Initiativesleads the day-to-day delivery of priority digital transformation initiatives within the GTO digital portfolio. This role converts portfolio priorities into executable delivery plans coordinates matrixed contributors strengthens governance and delivery field and provides portfolio management support to the Senior Director GTO Digital Transformation.

The initial anchor program for this role is theBiologics workstream within the OPS2030 Digital Tech Transfer initiative including associated pilots and scale-readiness activities. Over time the role may also support other GTO digital initiatives requiring senior delivery leadership transformation field and cross-functional coordination.

Key Responsibilities:

Digital Initiative Delivery

• Lead delivery execution:Lead day-to-day delivery of assigned GTO digital initiatives beginning with the Biologics Digital Tech Transfer workstream and growing to other priority initiatives as portfolio needs evolve.
• Manage pilots and workstreams:Own planning execution achievement tracking risk management dependency management and readiness for scale for assigned pilots and workstreams.
• Translate strategy into execution:Convert priorities established by the Senior Director and governance teams into executable delivery plans achievements decision points and blocking issue pathways.
• Represent Biologics requirements:Ensure Biologics requirements are represented across Development Commercial Alexion and site perspectives for the initial DTT anchor program.
• Coordinate enabling partners:Partner with Data Architecture IT PMO Enterprise Data Office and other capability teams to support foundations domain models semantic layers integrations and governance needs.

Portfolio Management Support:

• Maintain portfolio tracking:Manage portfolio tracking delivery cadence status reporting dependency views and governance materials on behalf of the Senior Director.
• Prepare governance updates:Develop clear program and governance updates that proactively surface risks blockers decision needs and resource gaps.
• Support intake and roadmap hygiene:Maintain intake subject area and roadmap updates while recognizing that prioritization scope approval and trade-off decisions remain with the Senior Director.

Financial and Delivery Management

• Track initiative financials:Own forecast versus actual spend accruals cross-charges vendor and purchase order status and budget risks for assigned initiatives and workstreams.
• Track delivery performance:Maintain project and task tracking for breakthroughs risks actions dependencies resource demand and delivery readiness.
• Provide regular reporting:Report financial and delivery status on a defined cadence without requiring repeated follow-up.

Transformation and Future-State Build

• Drive process re imagination:Advance simplification automation AI-enabled workflows knowledge retention and scalable future-state ways of working.
• Translate concepts into delivery:Convert transformation opportunities into pilots use cases business capabilities delivery plans and measurable outcomes.
• Challenge status quo:Help move programs beyond simple digitization toward redesigned data-enabled and AI-ready tech transfer processes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degreein Engineering Life Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences Biotechnology Information Systems Data Science Business or a related field.

• Minimum 10 years of experience
• Demonstrated experience in pharmaceutical biotechnology manufacturing technical operations digital transformation program delivery or related areas.
• Demonstrated experience leadingcomplex matrixed digital transformation programsin manufacturing technical operations tech transfer process development MS&T quality data or other regulated environments.
• Strongprogram and project managementcapabilities with the ability to lead teams and workstreams without direct line authority.
• Strongfinancial management skills including experience with forecasts actual spend accruals vendor status purchase orders cross-charges and delivery tracking.
• Understanding oftechnical operations and digital transformation in regulated environments.
• Strongcustomer management facilitation executive communication risk management and escalationskills.
• Collaborative low-ego operating style with the ability to work effectively within a defined role scope while providing senior delivery leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degreesuch as MBA MS PhD PharmD or equivalent experience.
• Experience inBiologics tech transfer lifecycle including drug substance drug product analytical manufacturing readiness and quality/regulatory considerations.
• Experience withenterprise data strategy domain modeling semantic technologies ontologies data governance knowledge management or digital manufacturing platforms.
• Experience withAI GenAI analytics automation digital manufacturing or Industry 4.0 initiativesin regulated environments.
• Experience partnering withPMO Enterprise Data Architecture IT consulting partners and cross-functional business teams.

Success Measures

• Assigned digital initiatives are delivered with clear ownership governance cadence risk management and readiness for scale.
• Biologics requirements are consistently represented across Development Commercial Alexion site data architecture and enterprise program forums.
• Spend resource demand vendor and purchase order status milestones risks and dependencies are proactively tracked and reported.
• Sponsor capacity is increased by shifting day-to-day delivery leadership for assigned initiatives to this role while strategic and enterprise accountability remains with the Senior Director.
• Programs advance beyond status-quo digitization toward simplified data-enabled and AI-ready future-state tech transfer processes.

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The annual base pay for this position ranges from $172466.40 - $258699.60 USD Annual. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location job-related knowledge skills and addition our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles) to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles) and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program 401(k) plan; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and health benefits including medical prescription drug dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired employee will be in an at-will position and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.

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