IT Digital Enablement Lead

Werfen; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Werfen is seeking an IT Digital Enablement Lead in Barcelona to serve as the primary IT strategic partner for the value stream. You will drive the digital enablement strategy, translate business priorities into a technology agenda, and lead a team of IT Digital Enablement Partners to deliver measurable value.

The role requires a strong background in IT within regulated environments, extensive leadership experience, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across global and regional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, information technology, computer science, engineering, or related discipline required.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Information Technology, with at least 5 years leading IT/digital teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the IT digital enablement strategy for the assigned value stream, aligning with global IT and business priorities.
• Shape investments and champion adoption of digital capabilities, prioritizing initiatives with solid business cases and benefits realization (data, analytics, automation, integration, AI/ML).
• Ensure adoption of initiatives by coordinating with internal IT teams in line with global policies, standards and tools.
• Lead and develop the IT Digital Enablement Partners team, with focus on performance, development, and succession.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Change management

Digital transformation

Fluency in English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / IT / CS / Engineering

Tools

AI/ML awareness

Job description

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Werfen is a growing, family-owned, innovative company founded in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. We are a worldwide leader in specialized diagnostics in the areas of Hemostasis, Acute Care Diagnostics, Transfusion, Autoimmunity, and Transplant. Through our Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) business line, we research, develop, and manufacture customized assays and biomaterials. We operate directly in 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors. Our Headquarters and Technology Centers are located in the US and Europe, and our workforce is more than 7,000 strong.

Overview

The IT Digital Enablement Lead is the primary IT strategic partner to business leadership for the assigned value stream, responsible for driving the digital enablement strategy and the intake of new initiatives. The role works in close collaboration with business stakeholders to translate priorities into a coherent technology agenda, and partners with different areas to ensure that initiatives are delivered with discipline, and the expected value is realized. This position leads a team of IT Digital Enablement Partners and reports to the Senior Director of IT Digital Enablement.

Responsibilities

• Drive the IT digital enablement strategy and serve as the primary IT partner to the value stream, defining and executing the strategy in alignment with Werfen's global IT and business priorities, building trusted relationships with Business Unit leadership and functional stakeholders, and acting as the connector between business needs and technology capabilities to ensure local and regional priorities are reflected in global IT deliveries.
• Shape technology investments and champion the adoption of digital capabilities within the value stream, identifying and prioritizing initiatives with rigorous business case definition and benefits realization, and driving the adoption of data and analytics, automation, integration, and emerging technologies (AI/ML).
• Ensure effective adoption of value-stream initiatives by partnering with internal IT teams in alignment with global policies, standards and tools
• Lead, develop and inspire the team of IT Digital Enablement Partners, ensuring high performance and continuous capability building, and maintain effective management processes including onboarding, development, performance management and succession.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline required.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience required within Information Technology,
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading and supervising IT and/or digital teams required.
• Minimum of 10 years of strong business acumen with a consulting-oriented mindset and demonstrated understanding of business processes and operational execution in assigned value stream.
• Understanding of IT in regulated environments such as healthcare, in vitro diagnostics, pharmaceutical or medical device industries.
• Demonstrated experience acting as a technology partner or business-facing IT to senior business stakeholders.
• Proven experience delivering digital and IT initiatives within matrix, global organizations.
• Fluency in English
• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen
• Solid business process knowledge and technical understanding across digital, infrastructure and PMO domains relevant to the value stream
• Demonstrated experience as a trusted advisor and technology partner to business leadership
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to influence at senior leadership level and across diverse cultures and functions
• Financial acumen and budget management capability
• Experience driving change and digital transformation in regulated industries
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and leading change across global, regional and local levels
• Proven experience building and developing high-performing teams

Werfen appreciates and values diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V.