Description
The role is responsible for leading and charting the course for the Research & Development (R&D) Informatics engineering teams that build, maintain, and integrate R&D technology capabilities for Biological Studies, Omics, Small Molecule Discovery, and Large Molecule Discovery. This individual will be responsible for developing and leading a highly talented team that is built for delivering high-end and innovative technologies.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leadership in technology-driven environments that collect data and facilitate R&D activities, and has a passion for fostering innovation and excellence in the biotechnology industry. Additionally, collaboration with cross-functional and global teams is required to ensure seamless integration and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in the end-to-end software development lifecycle, evaluation and coaching of software/data/systems engineers and engineering managers, coupled with leadership and transformation experience. This role demands the ability to drive and deliver against key organizational strategic initiatives, foster a collaborative environment, and deliver high-quality results in a matrixed organizational structure.
**Roles & Responsibilities:**
+ Lead and manage diverse teams within a matrixed organization.
+ Collaborate with geographically dispersed teams, including those in the US and other international locations.
+ Oversee the software development lifecycle
+ Follow global standards and practices.
+ Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
+ Develop talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, champion diversity within the team and act as a role model of servant leadership.
+ Managing, grow, and develop the Amgen Technology team in India, ensuring global ways of working are embedded in the local organization.
+ Understand the decision-making process, workflows, and business and information needs of business partners and stakeholders
+ Improve activities being measured by crafting, monitoring, and optimizing relevant feedback loops through ‘test & learn’ activities
+ Work with Product Owners, Service Owners and/or delivery teams to ensure that delivery matches commitments, acting as an escalation point and facilitating communication when service commitments are not met
+ Ensure communication of key performance metrics and analysis of unmet needs
+ Ensure ongoing alignment with strategy, compliance, and regulatory requirements for technology investments and services
+ Facilitate best practice sharing, ensuring ongoing alignment with the Technology & Digital strategy
+ Oversee operating budgets and product team budgets, ensuring regular review of actuals and latest estimates, managing according to agreed governance
+ Ensure alignment of Technology service plans across organization
+ Provide education to new partners with regards to IT service offerings
+ Remain accountable for ensuring overall organizational compliance to quality/compliance requirements such as GXP and Privacy
**Basic Qualifications:**
+ 12 – 17 years of experience in Business, Engineering, IT or related field
**Functional Skills:**
**Must-Have Skills:**
+ Prior hands-on experience leading full stack development using infrastructure cloud services (AWS preferred) and cloud-native tools and design patterns (Containers, Serverless, Docker, etc.)
+ Demonstrated experience building strong teams with consistent practices in a matrix organization
+ In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principles for coordinated solutions and teams via SAFe
+ Define success metrics for developer productivity; on a monthly/quarterly basis analyze how the product team is performing against established KPI’s
**Good-to-Have Skills:**
+ Experience in a leadership role within a pharmaceutical or technology organization
+ Thorough understanding of modern application development, Gen AI application development, microservices, application integration patterns, and enterprise data frameworks for ELT pipelines
+ Experience developing solutions on cloud platforms, preferably AWS such as Lambda, ECS, EKS, S3, DataBricks, Athena, Redshift and others
+ Experience leading DevSecOps practices and implementing metrics for security, performance, cost, and usage
+ Strong analytic/critical-thinking and decision-making abilities
+ Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
+ Established business partnerships and IS governance practices involving senior business stakeholders
+ Broad working knowledge of key IS domains and layers
**Professional Certifications:**
+ Scaled Agile Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) (preferred)
+ AWS Certified Solutions Architect (preferred)
+ Certified DevOps Engineer (preferred)
+ SAFe Agilist, Certified Agile Leader or similar (preferred)
**Soft Skills:**
+ Excellent leadership and team management skills.
+ Strong transformation and change management experience.
+ Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.
+ High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
+ Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
+ Team-oriented with a focus on achieving team goals.
+ Strong presentation and public speaking skills.
+ Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
+ Strong verbal and written communication skills
+ Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
