IT Digital Enablement Lead

Werfen; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Werfen is seeking an IT Digital Enablement Lead who will act as the strategic IT partner to the value stream, translating business priorities into a coherent technology agenda and ensuring initiatives deliver measurable value.

The role leads a team of IT Digital Enablement Partners and collaborates with global and regional stakeholders to drive data-enabled decisions, automation, and advanced analytics within regulated environments.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (business/IT/engineering) is required.
• Minimum of 10 years in Information Technology.
• Minimum of 5 years leading and supervising IT/digital teams.
• Minimum of 10 years of business acumen with a consulting mindset.
• Experience in IT within regulated environments (healthcare/pharma/medical device).
• Proven ability to partner with senior stakeholders and deliver in matrix/global settings.
• Fluency in English.

Responsabilidades

• Drive the IT digital enablement strategy and serve as the primary IT partner to the value stream.
• Shape technology investments, define business cases and benefits realization.
• Ensure adoption of value-stream initiatives with alignment to policies and tools.
• Lead, develop and inspire the team of IT Digital Enablement Partners.

Conocimientos

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Digital transformation

Data analytics

Budget management

Regulated industries

Educación

Bachelor’s degree

Descripción del empleo

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

Key Accountabilities

• 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.

Networking/Key relationships

• Senior Director of IT Digital Enablement
• VP Technology Enablement and Global IT
• Business Unit leadership and functional heads within the value stream
• External technology vendors and strategic partners
• Other functions as required

Minimum Knowledge & Experience required for the position:

• 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

Skills & Capabilities:

• 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