Head Project Management Office, Head Project Management Office, Program Manager

Novartis is a leading global medicines company, using innovative science and
digital technologies to create transformative treatments. With 50 billion USD
revenues and 120 thousand employees they are one of the top 3 health companies.

Oct 2017 to August 2020 IT Strategic Project Manager - Demand (Project Portfolio) Expert, Munich
and Global
Novartis Business Services (NBS)
NBS is the Shared Services arm for Novartis Pharmaceuticals with more than
10,000 associates. IT is the largest function with more than 3500 associates
* Manage IT Project Demand and Portfolio Management for Global Development IT
(DIT) Regulatory, Technical Research & Development, and Sandoz D&R and
Biopharmaceuticals. 25 million USD / yr Opex.
* Implement strategic projects - Demand Harmonization, Strategic engagement,
Digital strategy
* Ad-interim Demand Manager (6 month) NBS DIT (2018)
* Coach teams (IT and Business) in Agile ways of working.
Highlights:
* Harmonize Demand Management across global functions (2020)
* DIT Leadership Award: Collaboration - Digital Strategy Response Team - DIT
to Global Drug Development - How we support our customers strategy (2019)
* Award: NBS IT: Collaboration - Change and Transition (2019)
* Lead Rollout and Delivery of Strategy Engagement for DIT - globally 450
employees (2018)
* Delivered Continuous Improvement Initiatives - Led Agile Ways of Working,
Led Demand Process - Integrated Portfolio Management, and Innovation Model
Development (2018)
* Recognition/Reward: Establishment of Demand Management (2017)
* Award: Novartis Business Partnering Challenge - Team Place 2nd, Individual
place 8th (2017)
* Award: Change Management Excellence - Organisational Transition (2017)

Sandoz
Sandoz is the Generics arm of Novartis focusing on producing generic small
molecule and biosimilar pharmaceutical products. A global leader with 10
billion USD revenue and 20 thousand employees.
* Established and led the Project Management Office (PMO) for Sandoz Drug
Development & Regulatory (D&R) and BioPharma IT. 10 million USD / yr
* Responsible for portfolio, projects, project managers, and standards and
practices.
* Member of Novartis Project Standards and Framework Board (2013 - 2016)
* Led Sandoz Commercial IT team - 3 month assignment - emergency role, in
addition to standard responsibilities (2013)

* CIO Sandoz France - 5 month assignment - emergency role, in addition to
standard responsibilities (2013)
Highlights:
* Award: NBS Business Partnering - 1st place. (2016)
* Implemented organizational transition (Lift and shift) - Sandoz
Development IT lead - Local Functional based model to Global Cross
Functional model for Novartis Business Services. (2015-16)
* Implemented Agile4Ice - Novartis Global Framework and Standards for Agile
project delivery (2014)