Head of Local IT&OT and Operational Readiness

Category: Digital & IT

Location:Lyngby, Capital Region of Denmark, DK

• Leading and inspiring our site teams, ensuring they are fully integrated into our global execution strategy to drive implementation and qualification of solutions

• Overseeing and managing a global team for operational readiness, ensuring a seamless transition from project execution to operations

• Building a strong, cohesive and harmonized team at sites with competencies that can drive execution as well as are relevant and critical for operations in close collaboration with our partners in IT/OT operations

• Driving collaboration between global and site teams, fostering a culture of transparency, knowledge-sharing, and innovation

• Ensuring that operational readiness is approached with a mindset of scalability, performance, and sustainability, preparing teams for the future of production

• Working closely with rest of the leadership team and other key stakeholders to ensure alignment with broader organizational goals
  
  

• A Master’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or another relevant field is preferred

• Proven experience in both Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) is critical to understand the unique challenges of integrating IT systems with operations

• Experience of leading IT/OT initiatives at sites or globally, especially in pharmaceutical production, manufacturing, or similar regulated environments

• Industry 4.0/5.0 understanding and the benefits in defining future operations, would be beneficial

• Understanding of operational readiness processes, including Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), Performance Validation (PV), and transitioning systems from project execution to operations

• Experience managing large teams, often in the range of 40-120 employees, across multiple locations is ideal