Job Description
Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where our company has codified its 130-year legacy. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
We know that our people are the key to our success, which is why our Global Supplier Management and Workplace Services team in Enterprise IT works to attract, develop, retain, and inspire our people so that they can learn, grow, and make a true impact on the world. Together we collaborate to create a culturally rich, diverse organization ensuring we remain innovative and agile.
Enterprise IT is searching for an experienced Product Manager within the Global Supplier Management and Workplace Services Value Team to be responsible for the Integrated Facilities Management, Building and Package Management, Real Estate Management, and Smart Buildings Products.
The Product Manager, will work as a member of the Facilities Management Product Line. Under the direction of the Product Line Lead, Facilities Management, the selected candidate will be responsible for partnering closely with key stakeholders in the Global Workplace and Enterprise Services organization to define and maintain a backlog of capabilities that enable the effective management of our companies facilities.
Major responsibilities include but are not limited to:
· Gain deep subject-matter expertise within key facilities management business processes, systems, and data.
· Define overall product vision and strategy with a keen focus on value, business outcomes, and user experience.
· Follow and apply Product Model principles to maximize value delivery
· Defines objectives and key results for all four products
· Partner with key stakeholders in GWES to define a product roadmap based upon business priorities
· Maintain and prioritize a healthy backlog of well-formed epics, features and user stories which align with the overall roadmap and serve as requirements for the delivery squad
· Capture, convey, and manage risks, impediments, assumptions, and dependencies for execution, and focus on reducing impact early and often.
· Measure the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for the in scope products and make informed decisions which will lead to TCO optimization
· Collaborate with various IT teams to help ensure alignment between business needs and solutions.
· Drive release and operational support planning and execution
· Serve as primary contact point for questions on business requirements and related questions.
Required Qualifications:
· Bachelors in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
· 5+ years of relevant work experience, with at least 2+ years of demonstrated technical leadership experience using Agile methodologies
· Exposure to Global Workplace and Enterprise Services and Global Security Management applications and technologies, including industry trends
· Experience with space occupancy, real estate management, integrated facilities management, building management technologies
· Experience collaborating with vendors/external partners
· Demonstrable experience in building and supporting large scale IT solutions using modern technologies
· Leadership and management skills, with proven abilities to set direction, lead and motivate team members
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly establish credibility and trust with a variety of stakeholders
Preferred:
· Agile and/or Product Management Certifications
· Prior experience with master data management processes
· Experience managing a globally distributed implementation squad
· Previous experience in facilities management applications
What we offer
Exciting work in a great team
Competitive salary
Position in leading global healthcare company
Global projects, international environment
Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
Representative office
Wide range of benefits
Flexible working hours, home office
Yearly Bonus based on company and personal performance
Pension and health insurance contributions
Edenred Benefits + meal vouchers
Internal reward system – INSPIRE – with redeeming option as services, goods or vouchers
Up to date laptop and iPhone mobile device
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please specify to our Talent Acquisition team if you need any support during the application or hiring process. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, disability status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
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.
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Employee Status:
Regular
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Required Skills:
Benefits Administration, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management
Preferred Skills:
Business Administration, Business Administration, Business Management, Business Performance Management, Business Service Management, Business Systems, Collaborative Development, Commercial Acumen, Corporate Portfolio Management, Cost Management, Facility Management, Information Systems Project Management, Information Technology Management, Investment Management, IT Business Management, ITIL Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Infrastructure Operations, IT Performance Management, IT Project Implementation, IT Project Lifecycle, IT Service Delivery, Operational Performance, Operations Support, Organizational Alignment {+ 6 more}
