Digital Delivery Manager

3345 Takeda Manufacturing U.•Brooklyn Park, MN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The DD&T Site Digital Delivery Lead is responsible for advancing the Brooklyn Park digital transformation strategy and delivering digital capabilities that improve site performance, strengthen compliance, enable manufacturing readiness and build future-ready ways of working. This role partners closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, Automation, EHS, Finance, Procurement, HR, global DD&T teams and site leadership to shape the digital roadmap, prioritize business value, deliver the portfolio and drive adoption across the site. Act as the program/portfolio leader to develop strong, consultative, and productive relationships with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of digital initiatives. Collaborate with application SMEs to understanding systems and interfaces ensuring good data quality of the data exchange during usage.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree preferred or relevant work experience in systems or business.
5+ years’ experience in applying information systems solutions to business problems.
1+ years of leadership experience
Good understanding of the available Digital technology platforms and their applicability in the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., Data Visualization & Analytics, Robotic Process Automation, IoT, Paperless technologies, Digital Twin, AR/VR/XR, Biometric authentication, AI Companion).
Experience in system testing, validation, problem resolution, and training.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills and proven experience in leading projects and management skills.
Ability to lead, coach, motivate and influence others in the organization.
Experience in Manufacturing, Process and Pharmaceuticals industrial preferred
Gather, understand, and document business processes, objectives, specifications, and requirements on medium/large size projects.
Working knowledge of: SCRUM, Agile Methodologies, Change Management, Project Management, SDLC, Computer Validation, and Data Integrity Compliance
Possess strong and effective leadership, self-management, time management, team management and project/program management skills
Ability to effectively communicate and influence others across all levels of the organization to drive transformational change.
Ability to write and speak in the English language with master proficiency.
Excellent oral and written communications skills, business acumen with analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrates digital dexterity by staying open to new ideas, experimenting responsibly, adopting new technologies and bringing others along.
Balances strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-moving manufacturing environment.
Communicates complex technical topics in a clear, practical way for frontline, functional and leadership audiences.
Business Partnering Program & Project Management, Stakeholder Management & Financial Management
Business Case authoring & Ownership
Proficient communication skills, and organizational skills to capture business requirements from a complex business partnering relationship between functions.
Presentation skills to facilitate discussions and present findings to leadership teams and subject matter experts.
Experience in JIRA, Service Now, SharePoint, Dashboarding Tools, Microsoft Teams, MS Visio, MS Project.
Technical experience and troubleshooting knowledge
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work & influence effectively in a cross functional setting

Responsibilities

Work with business and technology leaders brainstorming solutions, developing strategic business cases & building digital roadmaps; with a focus on execution
Encourage the use of existing digital technologies to automate and simplify repetitive tasks
Operate as a site-facing DD&T leader by supporting digital governance, portfolio prioritization, roadmap management, investment planning, value realization tracking and alignment between site priorities and above-site DD&T strategy.
Lead or support delivery of the Brooklyn Park digital portfolio, including shop floor and operations capabilities, digital core initiatives, predictive plant use cases, intelligent automation, data visualization, digital communications, authentication modernization and platform lifecycle improvements.
Drive the digital transformation programs and projects through: Leading multi-disciplined, cross functional teams in building capabilities and delivering results utilizing effective Project Management skills
Expertly controlling project financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting, managing purchase orders & accruals for both Capex & Opex expenditures
Provide coaching to business and technology resources managing smaller projects within the Digital Transformation portfolio
Maintain/develop strong relationships with stakeholders to facilitate successful collaborations
Exhibit a continuous improvement (CI) mindset to automate and simplify repetitive tasks
Persuade others with fact-based judgments of business situations