Project Manager, IT Procurement

IN10 (FCRS = IN010) Novartis Healthcare Private Limited; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Hyderabad is seeking an experienced Project Manager, IT Procurement, to lead end-to-end delivery of complex cross-regional technology initiatives for Procurement. You will work with Procurement, Data, Digital & IT, and external partners to establish governance and drive value realization.

The role focuses on Source-to-Contract solutions, SAP programs, AI-enabled capabilities and emerging procurement technologies, requiring strong stakeholder management, budgeting, and risk mitigation

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in IT project or program management within complex enterprise environments.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale, global technology projects involving multiple vendors, functions and stakeholders.
• Experience delivering Procurement, ERP, SaaS, or enterprise platform implementations.
• Strong understanding of Procurement and Source-to-Pay processes, with the ability to connect technology decisions to business outcomes and value realization.
• Deep knowledge of project and program management methodologies, governance, planning, dependency management and execution.
• Demonstrated experience managing project budgets, forecasts, resources, risks, issues and vendor management.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, facilitation and conflict-resolution skills within a complex matrix organization.
• Excellent communication skills, including experience preparing executive updates and decision summaries.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of multiple complex Procurement technology projects from demand intake to deployment, adoption and transition.
• Ensure projects are delivered within scope, timelines and budgets with clear ownership and alignment to business objectives.
• Act as the primary interface between Procurement stakeholders and technology delivery teams.
• Identify opportunities to automate and accelerate digital/AI-enabled procurement capabilities.
• Establish and maintain project governance, including plans, milestones, dependencies, resources and approvals.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, decisions and change requests with timely escalation and mitigation.
• Manage external delivery partners against contractual commitments and milestones.
• Support vendor sourcing and contracting activities (RFPs, proposals, contracts).
• Monitor budgets, forecasts and financial reporting, identifying variances and savings opportunities.
• Contribute to procurement technology portfolio planning and continuous improvement.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Business Acumen

Business Value Creation

Financial Modeling

Requirements Analysis

Requirements Gathering

Stakeholder Management

Job description

Job Description Summary

Location: Hyderabad, India #LI-Hybrid Internal job title: Associate Director, Project Management

About the Role

Are you an experienced technology project leader who can turn complex business priorities into successful, scalable solutions? As Project Manager, IT Procurement, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-regional technology initiatives supporting Procurement. Working across business, Data, Digital & IT, Procurement and external partners, you will establish strong governance, drive predictable execution and ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value. You will play a key role in Procurement transformation initiatives, including Source-to-Contract solutions, SAP programs, AI-enabled capabilities and emerging procurement technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of multiple complex Procurement technology projects, from demand intake and planning through deployment, adoption and operational transition.
• Ensure projects are delivered within agreed scope, timelines and budgets, with clear ownership, accountability and alignment with business objectives, technology roadmaps and architecture standards.
• Act as the primary interface between Procurement stakeholders and technology delivery teams, translating business requirements into scalable and sustainable solutions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, increase automation and accelerate the adoption of digital and AI-enabled Procurement capabilities.
• Establish and maintain effective project governance, including project plans, milestones, dependencies, critical paths, resource requirements, approvals and quality documentation.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, decisions and change requests, ensuring timely escalation and effective mitigation.
• Manage external delivery partners, including consulting firms, software providers, system integrators and implementation vendors, against contractual commitments, milestones and deliverables.
• Support vendor sourcing and contracting activities, including requests for information, requests for proposals and contract preparation.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts and financial reporting, monitoring actual expenditure against plans and identifying potential risks, variances and savings opportunities.
• Contribute to Procurement technology portfolio planning, prioritization, investment decisions and continuous improvement.

Essential Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in IT project or program management within complex enterprise environments.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale, global technology projects involving multiple vendors, functions and business stakeholders.
• Experience delivering Procurement, ERP, SaaS, or enterprise platform implementations.
• Strong understanding of Procurement and Source-to-Pay processes, with the ability to connect technology decisions to business outcomes and value realization.
• Deep knowledge of project and program management methodologies, governance, planning, dependency management and execution.
• Demonstrated experience managing project budgets, forecasts, resources, risks, issues and vendor management and vendor performance.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, facilitation and conflict-resolution skills within a complex matrix organization.
• Excellent communication skills, including experience preparing executive-level updates, steering committee materials and decision summaries.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience working in a regulated business environment.
• Exposure to AI-enabled business solutions, process automation, digital Procurement transformation or emerging Procurement technologies.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Why Novartis?

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

Accessibility and Accommodation

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals.

Skills Desired

• Analytical Thinking
• Business Acumen
• Business Value Creation
• Financial Modeling
• Requirements Analysis
• Requirements Gathering
• Stakeholder Management

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