Summary
Location: Prague, Czechia
The Project Manager, M&A IT will manage the design, deployment and delivery of Merger and Acquisition IT integration and divestment projects of medium complexity (determined by budget, scope, timeline and stakeholder), providing IT solutions that meet business requirements. This role will direct project teams (externals) and maintain control of progress, quality, and budget to meet the desired business objectives, setup and run all project related meetings and maintain the record of actions, decisions, issues, risks and act the primary point of contact for all project related escalations. The Project Manager, M&A IT will also ensure a smooth transition to operations and the optimal planning and execution of all activities associated with a release.
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About the Role
Your Responsibilities:
- Manage the delivery of Merger and Acquisition and BD&L IT integration and divestment projects from project initiation to transition to operations.
- Manage projects effectively, enabling them to be on time, to budget and to the expected quality level.
- Ensure adherence to applicable Security and Compliance policies and controls.
- Management methodologies, tools, and practices; and to delivery processes for IT projects.
- Ensure successful deployments, measured by project KPI's.
- Ensure benefits delivered by portfolio (risk mitigation, technology innovation, value added).
Minimum Requirements:
- Project Management within M&A transaction activities.
- Leading large and/or diverse multi-functional teams.
- Ability to work closely with business stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of Pharmaceutical R&D business processes, related data and systems is mandatory.
- R&D Business analyst capabilities related to business processes and data
- Financial Management and Project Finance capabilities.
- Customer focus and business partnership, with strong stakeholder engagement skills.
- Collaboration & communication Management, as well as solid Change Management and Decision Making Skills.
- Project Risk Management and Project Team Management.
- Excellent communication skills, with fluency in English
You'll receive:
Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program - choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 90 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); car allowance; MultiSport Card. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/
Why consider Novartis?
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's 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:
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Accessibility and accommodation:
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
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Division
Operations
Business Unit
CTS
Location
Czech Republic
Site
Prague
Company / Legal Entity
CZ02 (FCRS = CZ002) Novartis s.r.o
Functional Area
Technology Transformation
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No