IT Site Lead LATAM

Grünenthal Group; Santiago; Hybrid; CLP 60,000,000 - 90,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Grünenthal Group is seeking an IT leader for its Chile & Ecuador sites, accountable for the IT agenda and cross-functional collaboration to deliver business value. You will partner with site leadership to shape strategy, KPIs, and opportunities, translating priorities into a clear digital roadmap aligned with global technology goals.

The role emphasizes digitalization, data-driven initiatives, and ensuring reliable, secure IT services to support continuity and growth.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in IT leadership and IT business partnering.
• Experience in manufacturing/operations environments preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Knowledge of digital transformation and data-driven initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own the site IT agenda and act as primary IT leadership contact for Chile & Ecuador.
• Advise Site Leadership on strategy, KPIs and opportunities; align tech with business goals.
• Translate site priorities into a transparent IT and digital roadmap.
• Drive digitalization, data, automation and AI initiatives.
• Ensure end-to-end delivery and value realization of site IT projects.
• Provide reliable, secure, scalable IT services for business continuity.
• Improve user experience and IT landscape through continuous improvement.

Skills

IT leadership

Digital transformation

Roadmap delivery

Stakeholder management

Education

Information Technology degree

Job description

Professional | Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid

Our Corporate Functions teams make sure everything at Grünenthal runs smoothly by bringing together people with a wide range of skills – from experts in finance, IT, HR, law and compliance through to business strategists and creative media minds. If you’re a great collaborator and a strong communicator, you’ll feel right at home here. Join our team and join forces with colleagues across our business to maximise our company’s positive impact on patients and their families.

What The Job Looks Like

• Own the site IT agenda and act as the primary IT leadership contact for the Chile & Ecuador sites, representing IT in site governance and connecting site priorities with the Global IT strategy.
• Act as a trusted technology advisor to Site Leadership, developing a strong understanding of site strategy, processes, operational challenges and KPIs to proactively identify opportunities and bring the technology perspective into business decisions.
• Shape and challenge business demand and translate site priorities into a transparent IT and digital roadmap, aligned with global product and technology roadmaps and available business and IT capacity.
• Drive digitalization, data, automation and AI initiatives that improve operational performance, enable innovation and deliver measurable business value.
• Ensure end-to-end delivery and value realization of site-related IT projects and global technology solutions, managing dependencies, risks and escalations while driving business transformation, change, adoption and sustainable outcomes.
• Ensure reliable, secure, efficient and scalable IT services that support business continuity and site operations.
• Drive continuous improvement of the site's digital and IT landscape, improving user experience, operational efficiency, technology adoption and the overall effectiveness of IT-enabled processes.

What You'll Bring To The Table

To make the most of this role and truly thrive, you should have:

• A degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business Informatics or a related field.
• Several years of relevant experience in IT leadership, IT business partnering, digital transformation or operational IT environments, with demonstrated accountability for roadmaps and delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across functions and organizational levels.
• Experience within manufacturing, supply chain, quality or operations environments; exposure to regulated industries is a plus.
• Solid understanding of IT service management, project delivery, vendor management and digital technologies.

" Take ownership of a pivotal IT leadership role and help translate site ambitions into impactful digital solutions. "

Marcel Groten, Head of GO Digital, Data & Technology