Manager Business Processes - Product Lifecycle Management (280987-823)

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The Manager leads a team of project managers and business analysts in implementing and supporting multi-GBU Information Technology-enabled solutions and services to improve business performance.
Responsibilities include developing strategies and roadmaps to standardize, integrate and implement common IT solutions in support of global product lifecycle management initiatives.
This leader proactively identifies opportunities to leverage information technology to grow the business and increase efficiency.
They work closely with business leaders from each of the GBUs to understand needs, analyze business and technical options and deliver value-creating, cost-effective IT solutions.
Since these solutions frequently span cross-functional areas and impact various Smith & Nephew information systems, this leader must coordinate and collaborate on a daily basis with business leaders, Global Information Services department subordinates, peers, and superiors to achieve success.
Required Skills

Leadership: The job holder must be seen as a credible business partner by peers and the ISLT.
Strong leadership will be required to develop the new Global Information Services organization and to perform effectively as a global shared service.

Management Skills: The job holder must be able to manage a global multi-cultural virtual team of experienced technical staff.
His/her direct reports and staff will be responsible for delivering high quality, on budget, within schedule technology enabled global business solutions as a global shared service.
He/she must have demonstrated technical matrix organization management experience.

Communication & Influencing: The job holder must clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
An individual with excellent interpersonal skills and influencing ability who can win the confidence of individuals at all levels, both inside and outside of the organization.

Teamwork: An individual who can work effectively in a collaborative environment and foster teamwork with their peer group, their team and with business / functional leaders.

Technical Expertise: The job holder must have a background in successful information technology systems development, systems management, project management and solution delivery.

Business Acumen: The job holder should possess strong analytical and process management skills and have a broad understanding of group business strategy and operations.
He/she must be able to clearly articulate the business value proposition for all IS enabled business solution initiatives considered by the Investment Management process.Required Experience

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

-Undergraduate college degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Mechanical Engineering or similar degree.

- Postgraduate college degree in Business Administration, Computer Science or Information Systems Management highly desirable.

- 10+ years experience in an Information Technology, Product Development and/or Engineering related capacity with 5+ at the management level required.

- 5+ years experience working with designated processes, business or IT-side, required

- Extensive medical device industry, highly desirable.

- Proven business analysis and process re-engineering skills required.

- Strong financial acumen with experience developing business cases highly desirable.

- Experience leading business transformation initiatives with process, organization and technology changes highly desirable.

- Multiple full project life-cycle PLM and CAE process redesign and enabling systems implementations, required.

- Extensive experience implementing and managing leading PLM and CAE applications, required; SAP PLM, MatrixOne, Unigraphics and SolidWorks, highly desirable.

- Experience managing geographically distributed teams.

- Consulting experience is a plus.

- One or more of the following professional certifications strongly desired: PMP, Six Sigma and CMII.