Integration Site PMO

Position

Location: Toulouse site – minimum 4 days per week on site

Reporting line:

• Direct: Global Integration Lead

• Functional: Site Head Toulouse

Cross-functional role serving the Sandoz integration program, with close interface to the Site Leadership Team.

Role Purpose
Ensure that the site integration into Sandoz is executed in a structured, controlled and risk-managed manner, without destabilizing site operations.
The role acts as the guardian of integration discipline, risk management and governance clarity, ensuring a strict separation between integration activities and day-to-day site execution.

Responsibilities

Integration governance & program control

• Structure, run and continuously improve integration governance, forums and workstreams

• Consolidate inputs from global functions (Engineering, Quality, HSE, MSAT, Finance, IT, etc.)

• Track integration milestones, critical dependencies and decision points

• Prepare and present integration materials for governance bodies (Steering Committees, Transition Boards, etc.)

Risk, compliance & escalation

• Identify, assess and document integration-related risks (GMP, HSE, regulatory, financial, reputational)

• Maintain the integration risk register and associated mitigation plans

• Ensure timely and appropriate escalation through the integration governance framework

• Challenge site plans when Sandoz exposure, compliance or delivery risk is identified

Site interface & integration discipline

• Channel integration requests to the site in a structured and prioritized manner

• Prevent uncontrolled, integration-driven disruption to site operations

• Ensure clear separation between integration topics and operational site management

• Facilitate alignment between global expectations and local constraints

Continuity & representation

• Act as deputy to the Global Integration Lead when required (absence, preparation, follow-up, presentations)

• Maintain continuous and fact-based visibility on integration status and execution health

Qualifications

Education & experience

• Engineering degree, industrial management degree or equivalent

• 10+ years of experience in regulated industrial environments (biopharma, pharma, medtech or similarly constrained industries)

• Proven experience in complex PMO roles, post-merger integration or large-scale transformation programs

• Strong exposure to GMP environments is highly preferred

Core competencies

• Strong expertise in managing complex, multi-stakeholder programs

• Excellent risk assessment, structuring and prioritization capabilities

• Ability to operate effectively in matrix and multicultural organizations

• Credible challenge mindset with senior stakeholders, without creating unnecessary friction

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; full professional proficiency in English required

Leadership & mindset

• High level of rigor, neutrality and governance discipline

• Fact-based, decision-oriented approach

• Natural authority without direct hierarchical power

• Ability to operate under pressure in high-exposure and confidential contexts

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