Job Advert Title: Associate Director Applications
Location: Meppel
Division: Information Systems
Department: Application Lifecycle Management
Employment Class: Permanent
Description
At Astellas we can offer an inspiring place to work and a chance to make your mark in doing good for others Our expertise, science and technology make us a pharma company. Our open and progressive culture is what makes us Astellas. It’s a culture of doing good for others and contributing to a sustainable society.
Delivering meaningful differences for patients is our driving force. We all have a significant opportunity to make that difference, working locally in the areas we know best, whilst drawing inspiration from the different insights and expertise we have access to globally and from our innovative, external partners. Our ethos is underpinned by the Astellas Way, comprising five core values: patient focus; ownership; results; openness and integrity. We are proud to offer an inclusive and respectful working environment that fosters collaboration and ownership. Our aspiration is to bring the best brains together, to provide them with world-leading tools and resources and a unique structure that fosters real agility and entrepreneurial spirit.
Core Tasks
- Work closely with key Stakeholders to identify requirements for Business Systems and Business Enhancements which IT can enable
- Working with the Head of Infrastructure EUTD ensure that all Astellas Application data is secure from loss or corruption by adverse events, including but not limited to Virus, equipment or process failure, fire.
- Work with other Region IS functions to ensure convergence of service solutions and implementation of standard global processes
- Ensure that Service Provider operational billing is a) accurate b) within operationally agreed budget.
- Manage the EUTD Applications team to be the “trusted advisor’ and thus enable the business to get the IT they need to execute business strategy successfully.
- Understand the EUTD Business Strategy and transform this into clearly directed, beneficial and cost-effective IT roadmaps and projects; oversee projects from start through to implementation, excluding the project realization phase (this is the remit of ISS)
- Discuss with the business market trends, direction and projects to be pursued
- Ensure appropriate technical and managerial Go/No Go review of project proposals including the availability of cost/benefit/risk analyses (“business cases”) and consistency with IT-Governance rules regarding decision-making
- Participate with ISS in the appropriate selection of solutions and third parties required to support changes identified
- Leverage existing solutions from the IT estate and support the business to maximize the benefits delivered from project investment
- Ensure that initiatives generated by business functions are in line with the European/global approach and utilize appropriate tools where these already exist within the IT estate.
Your Profile
- Minimum BA/BS or equivalent experience
- Service Management experience essential
- Extensive experience of systems, network administration and project management(ca. 5 – 10 years likely)
- Staff/Team management experience required
- Experience in applying IT Infrastructure library (ITIL) principles, focus on operational processes and forthcoming applications.
- Experience with the outsourcing of Infrastructure service delivery
- Excellent skills in trouble-shooting within complex IT environments, managing critical customer situations, communicating complex problem descriptions to non-technical staff
- Excellent knowledge of network components and protocols (Ethernet, Cisco, MPLS, etc)
- High level of communication skills and of knowledge of English (verbally and written). Preferably knowledge and understanding of additional European languages.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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