Senior Director, R&D Digital Enablement Lead

CSL (EMEA); United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biotherapeutics leader in the UK is seeking an R&D Digital Enablement Lead to drive digital transformation initiatives within R&D. The role focuses on aligning digital projects with R&D priorities, overseeing agile frameworks, and ensuring effective change management. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in digital transformation and business analysis. This position comes with comprehensive benefits and opportunities for personal growth within a diverse workforce.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits from day 1

Support for mental health resources

Financial protection resources

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in digital transformation, business analysis, or change management.
• Proven success delivering agile initiatives in a global scientific or R&D setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis to align TES digital projects with R&D priorities.
• Oversee agile delivery frameworks and support scrum teams as needed.
• Monitor value realization and build metrics frameworks to assess progress.

Skills

Business analysis

Digital transformation

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Business, Life Sciences, or Technology-related field

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

Miro

Job description

The R&D Digital Enablement Lead ensures that the people, processes, and systems across R&D are fully prepared to adopt and benefit from digital transformation. This role drives agile delivery, change management, and process design to accelerate adoption and value realization of digital solutions within the scientific organization.

Main Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Lead business analysis and discovery to align TES digital projects with R&D priorities.
• Drive process design, reengineering, and operating model evolution for digital programs.
• Oversee agile delivery frameworks and support scrum teams as needed.
• Lead change management and communication strategies for adoption.
• Monitor value realization and build metrics frameworks to assess progress.
• Collaborate with R&D stakeholders to continuously improve digital workflows.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Business, Life Sciences, or Technology-related field.
• 12+ years of experience in digital transformation, business analysis, or change management.
• Proven success delivering agile initiatives in a global scientific or R&D setting.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, Miro, or similar.
• Strong understanding of stakeholder engagement and adoption strategies.

Our Benefits

CSL employees that work at least 30 hours per week are eligible for benefits effective day 1. We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and their loved ones. CSL offers resources and benefits, from health care to financial protection, so you can focus on doing work that matters. Our benefits are designed to support the needs of our employees at every stage of their life. Whether you are considering starting a family, need help paying for emergency backup care or summer camp, looking for mental health resources, planning for your financial future, or supporting your favorite charity with a matching contribution, CSL has many benefits to help achieve your goals. Please take the time to review our benefits site to see what’s available to you as a CSL employee.

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives. CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

We want CSL to reflect the world around us

At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future. Learn more Inclusion and Belonging at CSL.

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