Job Description
Based in Singapore, the regional Technology center for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on The Straits Times and Statista's list of Best Employers in Singapore for multiple consecutive years. Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years. Our IT team operates as a business partner proposing innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation.
What You Will Do
- Lead the team of IT professionals based in our Singapore tech center and support their success and growth.
- Build cross-functional relationships with Product Managers, User Experience Researchers, and Software Engineers to understand business needs and deliver technology solutions that address those needs.
- Understand business processes, applicable technology, and data supporting Patient Safety Quality & Compliance.
- Partner with Product Line leader, Product Manager(s) and other stakeholders in understanding, prioritizing, planning and implementing technical solutions that deliver desired business value.
- Led technical teams to design and launch technical solutions based on product needs.
- Serve as the single point of accountability for all technical matters within the product/product line.
- Coordinate execution for successful delivery across teams and vendor partners to meet product line objectives with high quality, timeliness, and within budget / estimates while ensuring compliance with company policies.
- Contribute to developing accurate and realistic plans, resource estimates, and timelines in alignment with prioritized business requirements.
- Actively participate in technical implementation to ensure alignment with business needs.
- Demonstrate independent problem-solving ability within job responsibilities.
- Define and enforce development standards, best practices and review processes to ensure consistency of delivery quality and reusability of solution components.
- Conduct innovation proof of concepts and pilots to identify and onboard pertinent solutions following company policies and in partnership with other stakeholders in the organization.
- Contribute to agile teams to achieve common goal
What You Must Have
- Strong experience with building large, scalable solutions.
- Good understanding of modern architectural patterns.
- Strong communication skills for technical and business audiences.
- Experience with team and people management.
- Leadership experience with and without formal authority.
- Excellent communication and ability to explain complex technical topics to technical and business audience.
- Experienced in Agile teams and Scrum framework.
- Experienced in cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Proficient in gathering requirements and translating them into technical specifications.
- Experience in implementation and supporting SaaS & COTS solutions (e.g., Veeva R&D Suite of vaults).
- Work experience with pharmacovigilance intake, database, and reporting systems.
- Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) standards.
- Experience with GxP validations, focus on GCP (Good Clinical Practices).
Preferred Experience And Skills
- Preferred hands-on pharmaceutical or regulated industry experience, mainly familiarity with Patient Safety.
- Proficiency in DevOps practices and tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, JIRA, and Confluence.
- Experienced with front-end frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js.
- Experienced in SQL programming and server-side programming with Python or Node.js.
- Up to date with emerging technologies and industry best practices.
- Relevant cloud platform and integration platform certifications.
- Familiarity with integration platforms for data integration and transformation, and understanding of various APIs and integration protocols.
What We Look For
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join usand start making your impact today.
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.
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Employee Status
Regular
Relocation
VISA Sponsorship
Travel Requirements
Flexible Work Arrangements
Hybrid
Shift
Valid Driving License
Hazardous Material(s)
Required Skills
Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, Systems Integration, Testing
Preferred Skills
Job Posting End Date
12/20/2024
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Requisition ID R323567
