Senior Manager, Project Management, GSC

Key Responsibilities

Transformation and Transitions PMO

• Plan, lead and implement projects end- to -end from business case creation to significant business impact.
• As PMO for transformation agenda and transitions, responsible for governance models, risk controls, and compliance standards across GCC operations.
• Liaise with global and business stakeholders to ensure alignment with enterprise objectives.
• Build strong relationships and influence senior leaders across functions and geographies to help fully understand and derive the value from GCC capabilities.

Operational Excellence / Productivity

• Train, coach and lead projects as part of the Lean Six Sigma program.
• Develop and implement the innovation agenda together with the Service Center leadership.
• Lead the assessment, selection, and implementation of new projects and ensure their alignment to the transformation agenda and strategic objectives.
• Work with the respective teams; develop and implement tactical and strategic solutions to ensure high quality functional delivery for stakeholder business units.

GCC Strategy and Capability Models

• Be a proactive part of a team of practitioners including Six Sigma, Service Excellence, Service Catalogue and other Project Management roles.
• Drive Service Center site capability development for new services added to the GCC portfolio.
• Enable alignment, consistency, high quality governance and periodic customer strategic reviews within the Service Centers.

Qualification & Requirements

Essential

• Graduate Degree; MBA or equivalent management experience. Preferably degree in business, economics, finance or other relevant fields.
• Minimum 10 – 12 years of experience in project management, including the end-to-end project delivery across functions and geographies. Proven ability to lead and manage significant change management initiatives.
• Black Belt certification in Lean Six Sigma is preferred.
• GCC (Global Capability Center) experience is mandatory, with proven ability to manage large-scale operations and drive efficiency in a shared services or centralized model.
• Expertise in process optimization, stakeholder management, and implementing best practices across global teams.

Key Skills Required

• Project Management: Ability to lead, manage and govern large, cross functional projects across multiple geographies
• Lean Six Sigma: Training and coaching skills, ability to translate functionalopportunities into actionable business cases, and drive to a quantifiedROI/ business impact
• Strategic Thinking and Execution: Ability to translate functionalobjectives into actionable strategies
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent interpersonal skills andcollaboration skills to engage stakeholders across multiple geographies.
• Change Management: Ability to lead transformation initiatives andmanage complexity in a dynamic environment

Benefits

We aim to attract and retain our talent, rewarding people according to their success in implementing the company strategy, and their contribution to company performance and long-term value creation.

Our core priorities are:

• Competitive compensation: Total compensation must be able to attract and retain key global talent.
• Pay equity: We commit to treating all associates fairly and respectfully.
• Pay for performance: For sustained superior performance, actual total compensation delivered is targeted at market premium levels. For strong performance, compensation delivered is targeted around the market median.
• Differentiated benefits and wellbeing programs: We aim to be market leaders in our offerings related to Health & Wellbeing, Learning & Development, Family Care, and Building Trust with Society.
• Business ethics: The Sandoz Values & Behaviors are an integral part of Total Rewards. They underpin assessment of impact for every associate’s Annual Incentive.
• Balanced Rewards: We provide a balance of fixed pay and benefits versus variable compensation. Our incentive plans are linked to a mix of financial metrics as well as strategic objectives and values and behaviors.