Platform Lead Portfolio Management

Work Your Magic with us!  

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.  

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Your Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Platform Lead Portfolio Management (Planisware) to join our Digital, Data & IT (DDIT) team. In this role, you will manage and continually advance our Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solution based on Planisware, serving as the technology lead for the platform and driving its enhancement in close collaboration with our existing DDIT team and our Healthcare R&D function.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Platform management: Lead end-to-end management, performance, and integrity of the Planisware platform, while owning selected delivery projects to continuously improve the solution


• Data & integrations: Establish, enforce, and continuously improve data standards, data flows and system integrations


• Stakeholder engagement: Engage and align sponsors, business owners, the user community, and the vendor, providing best practice guidance across all relevant groups


• Governance & operations: Drive system governance, configuration management, and release management; oversee budgets, service levels, and capacity planning


• Compliance & security: Ensure cybersecurity standards and regulatory compliance are met at all times

Who You Are:

• Master's degree in a relevant field, such as computer science, natural sciences, engineering, or business


• At least 6-7 years of hands-on experience introducing or managing Planisware as a PPM solution


• Proven track record of project engagements in R&D organizations, experience in the healthcare or pharmaceutical industry is a strong plus


• Strong understanding of industry data standards and data governance concepts


• Proactive and self-motivated mindset with a passion for working in teams


• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build consensus


• Fluent in English (written and spoken)


• Relevant Planisware certifications are a plus

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!