Associate Director, Solution Deployment

<p style="text-align:left"><span>We’re on a mission to change the future of</span><br /><span>clinical research. At Perceptive, we help the</span><br /><span>biopharmaceutical industry bring medical</span><br /><span>treatments to the market, faster.</span><br /><span>Our mission is to change the world</span><br /><span>but to do this, we need people like you.</span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><span>Apart from job satisfaction, we can offer you:</span></b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>HEALTH: </b></p><p style="text-align:left"><span>- Medical plan for you and your dependents. </span></p><p style="text-align:left"><span>- Personal Accident Insurance</span></p><p style="text-align:left"><span>- Life Insurance</span></p><p style="text-align:left"><span>- Critical illness cover</span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>WEALTH: </b></p><p style="text-align:left"><span>- Salary structure and Flexi basket</span></p><p style="text-align:left"><span>- Provident fund of 12%</span></p><p style="text-align:left"><span>- Gratuity scheme </span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>YOURSELF: </b><span>Internal growth and development programs &amp; trainings</span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p>As Associate Director, Solution Deployment, you will be responsible for leading the Solution Deployment group including the delivery of design, build test and deployment of software products configured to study needs. In this role, you will also be accountable for delivery, quality, strategic planning, resource management and driving continual improvements into the teams. As Associate Director, Solution Deployment, you will undertake the full range of duties relevant to the leadership and development of the function to ensure its performance meets and or exceeds both the business and staff&#39;s own personal goals/objectives, as appropriate.</p><p></p><p><u><b><span><span>Key Responsibilities</span></span></b></u></p><p></p><p><b>Software design</b></p><ul><li><p>Selects, adopts and adapts appropriate software design methods, tools and techniques; selecting appropriately from plan-driven/predictive approaches or more adaptive (iterative and agile) approaches.</p></li><li><p>Specifies and designs large or complex software components.</p></li><li><p>Undertakes impact analysis on major design options, makes recommendations and assesses and manages associated risks.</p></li><li><p>Specifies prototypes/simulations to enable informed decision making.</p></li><li><p>Evaluates the quality of others&#39; systems designs to ensure adherence to standards and identifies corrective action, if needed.</p></li><li><p>Ensures that the system design balances functional, service quality, security and systems management requirements.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Contributes to development of functional software design and architecture policies and standards.</p></li></ul><p><b>Programming /software development</b></p><ul><li><p>Develops functional level policies, standards, guidelines and quality targets for software construction.</p></li><li><p>Plans and leads software construction activities for strategic, large and complex development projects.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Develops new methods and functional capabilities and drives adoption of and adherence to policies and standards.</p></li></ul><p><b>Quality Assurance</b></p><ul><li><p>Contributes to the collection of evidence and the conduct of formal audits, reviews or compliance of activities, processes, data, products or services within function.</p></li><li><p>Examines records for evidence that appropriate testing and other quality control activities have taken place and determines compliance with organisational directives, standards and procedures.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Identifies non-compliances, non-conformances and abnormal occurrences.</p></li></ul><p><b>Quality Management</b></p><ul><li><p>Prioritises areas for quality improvement by considering the strategy, wider business objectives and results from internal and external audits.</p></li><li><p>Initiates the application of appropriate quality management techniques in these areas.</p></li><li><p>Initiates improvements to processes by changing approaches and working practices, typically using recognised models.</p></li><li><p>Achieves and maintains compliance against national and international standards, as appropriate.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Identifies and plans systematic corrective action to reduce errors and improve the quality of the systems and services, by examination of the root causes of problems.</p></li></ul><p><b>Performance Management</b></p><ul><li><p>Manages individuals and groups.</p></li><li><p>Allocates responsibilities and/or packages of work, including supervisory responsibilities.</p></li><li><p>Delegates responsibilities as appropriate.</p></li><li><p>Sets performance targets, and monitors progress against agreed quality and performance criteria.</p></li><li><p>Provides effective feedback, throughout the performance management cycle, to ensure optimum performance.</p></li><li><p>Proactively works to ensure effective working relationships within the team and with those whom the team interacts with.</p></li><li><p>Provides support and guidance as required, in line with individuals’ abilities.</p></li><li><p>Advises individuals on career paths and encourages pro-active development of skills and capabilities and provides mentoring to support professional development.</p></li><li><p>Participates, as appropriate, in formal processes such as compensation negotiations and disciplinary procedures.</p></li><li><p>Ensures all people related KPI’s and activities are consistently and fully achieved.</p></li><li><p>Determines, delegates and allocates management responsibilities and work across teams.</p></li><li><p>Sets performance objectives, coaches, supports and monitors progress against agreed quality and performance criteria and local legislations/policies.</p></li><li><p>Monitors and addresses progress accordingly.</p></li><li><p>Initiates, develops and monitors effective performance management processes.</p></li><li><p>Mentors and influences individuals in consideration of their career opportunities and contribution to the organisation.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Leads on formal processes such as compensation negotiations and disciplinary procedures.</p></li></ul><p><b>Consultancy</b></p><ul><li><p>Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution.</p></li><li><p>Identifies, evaluates and recommends options, implementing if required.</p></li><li><p>Collaborates with, and facilitates stakeholder groups, as part of formal or informal consultancy agreements.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Seeks to fully address client needs, enhancing the capabilities and effectiveness of client personnel, by ensuring that proposed solutions are properly understood and appropriately exploited</p></li></ul><p><b>Measurement</b></p><ul><li><p>Contributes to functional policies, standards and guidelines for performance measurements. Implements improvements to measures at project and functional level.</p></li><li><p>Reviews data collection and storage mechanisms to support measurement.</p></li><li><p>Sets targets, designs reports and reporting formats for stakeholder reporting within the team.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Provides advice and guidance for effective use of measures and measurement.</p></li></ul><p><b>Knowledge</b></p><ul><li><p>Promotes the application of generic and specific body knowledge in own organisation.</p></li><li><p>Develops own business knowledge of activities and practices of own organisation and those of suppliers, partners competitors.</p></li><li><p>generic and specific.</p></li><li><p>Actively seeks out new knowledge for own personal development and the mentoring or coaching of others.</p></li><li><p>Develops a wider breadth of knowledge across the industry or business.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Applies knowledge to help to define the standards on which others will apply.</p></li></ul><p><b>Complexity</b></p><ul><li><p>Has a broad business understanding of own specialism.</p></li><li><p>Performs high complex work activities covering technical, financial and quality aspects.</p></li><li><p>Contributes to the implementation of policy and strategy.</p></li><li><p>Creatively applies a wide range of technical and / or management principles</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Works with all stakeholders to understand and address complex problems to a desired outcome.</p></li></ul><p><b>Autonomy</b></p><ul><li><p>Works under broad direction.</p></li><li><p>Takes full responsibility for meeting allocated technical and/or project/supervisory objectives.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Establishes milestones and has a significant role in the assignment of tasks and / or responsibilities.</p></li></ul><p><b>Business Skills</b></p><ul><li><p>Demonstrates leadership and role models behaviours.</p></li><li><p>Communicates effectively at all levels to both technical and non-technical audiences.</p></li><li><p>Understands and communicates industry developments and the role and impact of technology in the employing organisation.</p></li><li><p>Absorbs complex information and turns these in to clear consider and tangible actions.</p></li><li><p>Promotes compliance with relevant legislation and the need for services, products and working practices to provide equal access equal opportunity to people with diverse abilities.</p></li><li><p>Takes initiative to keep both own and colleague&#39;s skills up to date.</p></li><li><p>Manages and mitigates risk.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Takes a leading role in promoting security throughout own area and collectively in the organisation.</p></li></ul><p><b>Other</b></p><ul><li><p>Carries out any other reasonable duties as requested.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><u><b>Functional Competencies (Technical knowledge/Skills)</b></u></p><ul><li><p>Demonstrable comprehensive knowledge of the Software &amp; Product Development Lifecycle.</p></li><li><p>Demonstrable comprehensive knowledge of using Agile methods (SAFe is desirable).</p></li><li><p>Experience working in Imaging or Clinical R&amp;D or Lifesciences is required.</p></li><li><p>Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.</p></li><li><p>A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning.</p></li><li><p>Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail.</p></li><li><p>Must have the ability to work methodically in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment. </p></li><li><p>Ability to effectively delegate work to team members.</p></li><li><p>Demonstratable ability to apply critical thinking to problems and tasks. </p></li><li><p>Shows initiative and self-confidence, is adaptable and is able to cope with changing and evolving priorities.</p></li><li><p>Ability to identify and implement process improvements. </p></li><li><p>Proactively participates in skills improvement training and encourages their teams to participate.</p></li><li><p>A self-starter and able to work under own initiative.</p></li><li><p>Maintains an up-to-date awareness of trends, tools, technology, techniques and processes that affect technology within the Life sciences domain.</p></li><li><p>Ability to operate collaboratively within a global team environment.</p></li><li><p>Takes ownership and responsibility.</p></li><li><p>Natural coach/mentor who leads by example with an approachable demeanour and visible leader skills.</p></li><li><p>Ability to inspire staff to develop to the best of their competencies.</p></li><li><p>Ability to demonstrate leadership competencies, like global execution, personal ownership, change leadership, strategic thinking, building partnerships, Customer Focused Leadership, talent development, influencing and leading teams, interpersonal awareness.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><u><b>Experience, Education, and Certifications</b></u></p><ul><li><p>Solid professional experience in the same or very similar role.</p></li><li><p>Significant demonstrable practical work experience in a clinical or technical setting.</p></li><li><p>Experience working in Imaging or Clinical R&amp;D or Lifesciences is required.</p></li><li><p>Proven line management and leadership management experience.</p></li><li><p>Proven relevant experience in systems integration and implementation, or software development, or a related discipline.</p></li><li><p>Comprehensive experience of the Software &amp; Product Development Lifecycle.</p></li><li><p>Demonstrable comprehensive experience of using Agile methods (SAFe is desirable).</p></li><li><p>Experience using tools to communicate progress to Stakeholders.</p></li><li><p>Experience of selecting, contracting and managing third parties.</p></li><li><p>Demonstrable oncology and/or neurology therapeutic experience, desirable.</p></li><li><p>Bachelor’s Degree in Life Science (Biology, Medical Technology, Research Psychology, Math, Science, Engineering, Computing or Health Science, etc.) or equivalent experience in a related field.</p></li><li><p>English: Fluent.</p></li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Come as you are.</b></p><p style="text-align:left"><span>We&#39;re proud to be a Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.</span></p>