IT Lead & Business Partner OpU IV Fluids (m/f/d)

Fresenius Kabi USA; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius Kabi in Barcelona, Spain seeks an experienced IT Lead & Business Partner for the OpU IV Fluids to align IT initiatives with local business objectives and priorities. You will lead a team of Site IT Heads in TechOps and serve as the strategic IT interface for the unit, ensuring IT delivers value for the business.

The role requires extensive experience in IT business engagement within healthcare or life sciences, global collaboration, and strong stakeholder management, with emphasis on

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Management, Systems Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field with familiarity in the IT environment
• At least 10 years of IT business partner experience in large, complex organizations and 5+ years engaging with senior stakeholders
• Strong understanding of IT and business processes and translating business needs into IT solutions in Healthcare contexts
• Experience navigating complex matrix orgs with global, remote, and multi-time-zone collaboration
• Knowledge of IT demand management frameworks and best practices
• IT project management expertise; PMP/Prince2 certifications are a plus
• Certifications such as ITIL/ITSM, COBIT, TOGAF are a plus
• Familiarity with AI, ML, IoT, and blockchain trends
• Excellent English communication and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

• Contributes to developing local IT strategy aligned with global IT objectives
• Maintains an overview of IT activities, portfolio and capacity planning for site IT
• Promotes adoption of new technologies to enhance business processes
• Ensures compliance with IT SOPs, monitors IT services and projects
• Oversees value realization of IT solutions and handles stakeholder concerns
• Coordinates local and global IT projects within the operating unit
• Owns consolidated view of IT projects and budget across Production Units
• Leads change management for IT adoption of new solutions and processes
• Develops relationships with stakeholders to understand expectations and opportunities
• Facilitates effective communication between business and IT

Skills

IT Strategy

Stakeholder Mgmt

IT Demands

PM Methodology

English Proficiency

Global Collaboration

Change Management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT/Business

Tools

PMP

Prince2

ITIL

ITSM

CMMI

COBIT

TOGAF

IT/OT

Job description

Digital Operationsat Fresenius Kabiis a project organization thatinitiates,realizesand supports digitalization projects in operations worldwide.We areacting in close cooperationwith our manufacturing plants and quality organizations.Our motivation is to bring sustainable innovation toour manufacturing entities and improve efficiency whilemaintainingthe high quality of our products and complianceofour operations.We believe that standardization and innovation isa keysuccessfactorformaintainingour competitive advantage.

To strengthen our team,we arelooking an experiencedIT Lead & Business Partner OpU IV Fluids (m/f/d) who is able to lead the team of Site IT Heads in the TechOps Operating Unit (OpU) IV Fluids and serves as the strategic interface and primary contact to the Operating Unit IV Fluids from an IT perspective, ensuring that IT initiatives are aligned with local business objectives and priorities.

Your responsibilities:

• Contributes to the development of the local IT strategy by aligning local business objectives and needs with the global IT objectives ensuring IT supports business strategies

• Maintains an overarching view of all IT activities, the portfolio and the capacity planning for the site IT in their area of responsibility to ensure a highly responsive, customer-focused, and business-driven environment

• Promotes the adoption of new technologies along business needs to enhance business processes and drive innovation

• Ensures continuous evaluation of compliance with IT SOPs and policies, the performance of IT services and projects, and business satisfaction level

• Oversees the value realization of differentiating IT solutions to meet the Operating Unit expectations and formulates a uniform approach to handle and/or resolve concerns about IT services from the Business Segment

• Coordinates the implementation of local and global projects within operating unit, ensuring local requirements are addressed

• Owns the consolidated view of IT projects and IT budget across Production Units in their area of responsibility and supports Site IT Heads in balancing global and local initiatives

• Leads change management efforts to ensure successful IT adoption of new solutions and processes across the Operating Unit IV Fluids

• Develops and enhances relationships with key stakeholders across the roles area of responsibility, to understand their expectations, challenges and opportunities for improvements and automation

• Facilitates effective communication between business and IT to foster a highly responsive, customer-focused, and business-driven environment

Your qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Management, Systems Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field with familiarity in the IT environment, preferably in IT business engagement

• At least 10 years of experience in an IT business partner role in a large and complex organization, including at least 5 years of professional experience in working and engaging with senior stakeholders

• Strong understanding of IT and business processes, with the ability to translate business needs into IT solutions, preferably in the IV Fluids, Life Sciences, or Healthcare industries

• Proven ability to navigate complex matrix organizations, with experience of delivering results in a global environment and challenges such as remote working, cultural differences, and split time-zones

• Deep understanding of IT demand management frameworks, methods, and best practices

• Strong IT project management expertise of IT initiatives; supporting certificates, such as PMP, Prince2 are considered a plus

• Certifications in Frameworks, such as ITIL, ITSM, CMMI, COBIT, TOGAF, and IT/OT are a plus

• Familiarity with emerging technologies and trends in IT industry, such as AI, machine learning, IoT, and blockchain is desirable

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, enabling effective communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills