Associate Director, S/4HANA Data Cleanse Enablement

Are you ready to lead data cleanse enablement for a once-in-a-generation ERP transformation that will shape how we work globally? Do you thrive on turning complex data challenges into clear, actionable plans that remove friction and accelerate value for colleagues and patients?

In this role, you will orchestrate the planning, governance and delivery of data cleanse activities that make our S/4HANA implementation successful across the enterprise. You will connect teams from finance, manufacturing, quality, procurement and supply chain to build the standards, ownership model and execution rhythm that produce migration-ready, trusted data. Your work will provide real-time insight and consistent processes. It will improve decisions for many daily users. This impact helps us deliver medicines faster and more reliably.

Accountabilities:

You will lead theplanning, governance and delivery enablementfor enterprise data cleanse activities supporting theS/4HANAprogramme, ensuring data ismigration-ready, trusted and ownedacross key business domains.

• Define and drive the data cleanse strategyacross domains, including quality rules, ownership, acceptance criteria and wave-based execution.
• Establish and run programme governance: integrated plans, reporting, decision logs, budgets/forecasts, and stakeholder updates for governance forums.
• Own RAID and dependency management, ensuring risks and issues are surfaced early, resolved quickly and escalated appropriately.
• Manage scope, change and milestones, controlling impacts to cost, timeline and quality through agreed governance and approvals.
• Track benefits and outcomes, ensuring deliverables align to measurable business value and readiness criteria.
• Build and maintain dashboards and performance metrics, providing real-time insight and actionable reporting.
• Lead and develop delivery capability, coaching junior PMs and driving consistent adoption of tools, standards and ways of working.
• Drive continuous improvement, identifying and delivering initiatives that strengthen delivery rigor and accelerate cleanse readiness.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Degree or equivalent professional experiencein business, technology, data, finance, engineering or a related field.
• Proven experience delivering projects and programmes in complex, matrixed organisations.
• 5+ years leading PMO / programme delivery disciplines(planning, reporting, governance) within large-scale transformation programmes (ERP, finance, supply chain, manufacturing or data).
• Proven ability to design and run “fit-for-purpose” delivery governance, including integrated plans, status reporting, RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies), decision logs, and governance cadences that enable fast, clear decision-making.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft tooling(MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint) and strong working knowledge ofSharePoint/Teams; ability to build clear insights throughPower BI(or equivalent dashboards/reporting tools).
• Strong programme and project management capability, with a track record of delivering outcomes on time, on budget and with transparent control of scope, risks and change.
• Solid understanding of financial management and benefits realisation, including budget tracking, forecasting, business case alignment and measurable value delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, able to translate complex programme information into concise narratives for senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Strong commercial and organisational awareness, with the judgement to adapt approach to a dynamic environment while maintaining delivery rigor.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Experience delivering global programmesacross regions/time zones, with an understanding of local variation and how to drive consistency at enterprise scale.
• Formal project/programme qualifications(for examplePMP, PRINCE2, MSP, Agile), or equivalent experience demonstrating best-practice delivery leadership.
• Confident leadership presence with senior stakeholders, including facilitation of governance forums, influencing decision-making, and driving alignment across competing priorities.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Here, ambitious ideas meet practical delivery. You will join a united, purpose-led company that brings surprising combinations of expertise together to unlock fresh insights and solve complex challenges. Our S/4HANA transformation will standardise processes, strengthen financial management, unify data and provide real-time reporting—from the lab to the patient—giving you the opportunity to shape how tens of thousands of colleagues work every day. We value kindness alongside ambition, empower smart risk-taking, and support you with collaborative teams, modern technology and the chance to see your contribution translate into meaningful patient impact.

If you’re ready to lead data cleanse enablement at global scale and turn disciplined delivery into tangible value for colleagues and patients, put yourself forward today!

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