Senior Manager / Director - Portfolio Manager (m/f/d) "Quality Management Applications"
* Lead a high‑performing IT team by fostering development, ensuring operational excellence, and aligning team goals with strategic business objectives.
* Ensure effective financial and resource stewardship through proactive budget planning, contract management, and vendor coordination.
* Drive operational application and service management by delivering reliable IT solutions, ensuring compliance, and enabling business innovation on modern technology.
Targets Of The Position
* Lead a high‑performing IT team by fostering development, ensuring operational excellence, and aligning team goals with strategic business objectives.
* Ensure effective financial and resource stewardship through proactive budget planning, contract management, and vendor coordination.
* Drive operational application and service management by delivering reliable IT solutions, ensuring compliance, and enabling business innovation on modern technology.
Your Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Development
* Lead teams with full disciplinary responsibility, virtual and international, and manage highly complex processes, services, and technologies.
* Oversee resource planning, people management, and foster effective relationships to leverage diverse talents.
* Build collaborative relationships, foster diverse talents, and influence people to achieve team and organisational goals.
* Monitor, coordinate, and ensure the quality of team output; initiate measures for continuous quality improvement.
Financial & Resource Stewardship
* Support budget planning and control through accurate forecasting, continuous monitoring, and timely reporting of deviations to ensure financial adherence and transparency towards management.
Demand & Service Management
* Support business and IT stakeholders in identifying technology requirements, conducting market analysis, and defining application roadmaps and cloud strategies.
* Manage the application portfolio in alignment with business and IT strategy, while overseeing IT demand through structured processes and tools to ensure strategic prioritisation and transparency.
* Define and implement service frameworks, sourcing models and contracts while developing technology and service strategies that respond to corporate guidance and evolving business needs.
* Continuously improve services and processes in complex environments by identifying optimisation opportunities and proactively managing risks through targeted optimisation strategies.
Project Delivery
* Drive end‑to‑end project execution, including data migration, configuration, development, testing, and user acceptance.
Operational Excellence & Compliance
* Execute and continuously improve emergency support processes in collaboration with business and third‑party providers.
* Ensure audit readiness and compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
* Oversee external partnerships and ensure adherence to governance, data protection, security, and operational standards.
Your Skills and Experiences
* Academic qualifications in IT, business, or related fields — or equivalent professional experience demonstrating strategic and operational excellence, focusing on quality in the pharmaceutical area.
* Extensive multi‑annual experience in managing complex processes and solutions in a GxP environment including project and programme leadership across global environments.
* Proven track record in functional management and team leadership, with strong capabilities in guiding cross‑functional and multicultural teams.
* Strong communication skills across cultures and organisational levels, with the ability to influence decisions and align diverse stakeholders.
* Ability to build trust, foster strong working relationships, and collaborate effectively across global functions and with external partners in a virtual environment.
* Ability to make sound decisions under pressure and take ownership of decisions and results.
* Language & Mobility – Fluent English is required; additional languages are a plus. Willingness to travel internationally based on business needs.
Why Join Us?
At Fresenius Kabi, you’ll contribute to something meaningful: delivering life‑saving therapies to patients around the world. As part of a global IT transformation, you will work in a highly visible, impactful role with the opportunity to shape and renew our global IT platforms in a regulated environment. You will join a diverse and dynamic team in a collaborative environment where your expertise will help drive innovation, efficiency, and quality across our digital landscape.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Other
Industries
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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