Automation Integration Product Lead

Description

The company works across Innovative Medicine and MedTech to prevent, treat and cure complex diseases.

This role sits in the R&D Business Technology group and supports the Automation Integration product area. The team builds local and global technology for lab automation, scientific workflow orchestration, system integration and the connectivity research operations depend on.

The company is filling two openings through this posting, based in Spring House, PA or Beerse, Belgium. The role is offered in several countries under different requisition numbers; the US requisition is R-102447. All applications are treated as one submission.

Success means delivering initiatives that meet scientific and operational needs, follow architecture and integration standards, and produce reusable capabilities that improve workflow access, interoperability and efficiency across Therapeutics Discovery.

You need to understand scientific workflows, laboratory operations, automation technology and systems integration. A background in biology, biochemistry, engineering or automation helps you work with researchers and bridge Discovery and Business Technology.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of one or more automation integration initiatives in the BT Automation Integration portfolio.
• Define scope, goals, requirements and success measures with scientific, operational and business stakeholders.
• Build delivery plans and coordinate work across several teams and technology platforms.
• Manage priorities, risks, dependencies and stakeholder expectations so initiatives land.
• Make sure delivered capabilities create measurable business value and support scientific operations.
• Act as the main technology contact for your assigned initiatives.
• Turn complex business processes and operational problems into scalable technology solutions.
• Bring together stakeholders, software engineers, automation specialists and architects to agree on requirements, priorities and outcomes.
• Build working relationships that improve collaboration across science and technology groups.
• Keep solutions aligned with the BT Automation Integration strategy, standards, architecture principles and approved patterns.
• Encourage reuse of shared integration services, APIs, orchestration capabilities and architecture components, and favour existing capabilities before new tools.
• Support modern approaches such as API-based and event-driven architectures.
• Find ways to improve automation connectivity, workflow access, interoperability and efficiency.
• Standardise and simplify integration approaches across automation environments.
• Help evolve integration capabilities, technology patterns and delivery practices.
• Support the evaluation of new technologies that could strengthen automation and integration.
• Share knowledge and spread good practice across delivery teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences or a related field. Equivalent education combined with relevant experience is considered.
• Experience in product management, project leadership, solution delivery, systems integration, automation or related areas.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional technology initiatives involving many stakeholders and platforms.
• Proven record of turning business requirements and operational needs into technical solutions and delivery plans.
• Solid grasp of enterprise integration, including APIs, middleware, messaging, workflow orchestration and event-driven architectures.
• Experience connecting applications, platforms, instruments or automated systems in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience working in Agile, product-oriented or hybrid delivery.
• Ability to lead initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct reports.
• Strong communication, presentation, analysis, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage priorities, risks, dependencies and competing stakeholder expectations in a fast-moving setting.
• Experience using AI tools and digital assistants to speed up analysis, synthesise information, produce content and support decisions.
• Preferred: Master's degree or equivalent experience in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences or a related field.
• Preferred: Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, research or scientific organisations.
• Preferred: Knowledge of drug discovery, laboratory operations, screening, profiling, sample management or other scientific workflows.
• Preferred: Experience supporting laboratory automation, robotics, scientific instruments or digital laboratory initiatives.
• Preferred: Familiarity with automation vendors, platforms, enterprise integration technologies, cloud, security and data governance principles.
• Preferred: Experience supporting platform products or shared technology services.
• Preferred: Experience coordinating vendor relationships and strategic partnerships.
• Preferred: Proven success driving standardisation, platform reuse and technology modernisation.
• Preferred skills: Analytical Reasoning, Consulting, Cost Management, Developing Others, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, People Performance Management, Performance Measurement, Product Development, Product Strategies, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Research and Development, Resource Management, Software Development Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Team Management.

Conditions

Hybrid work, with the role based in Spring House, PA or Beerse, Belgium.

The anticipated base pay range is €79,800.00 - €137,770.00.

The company values diversity and offers interview accommodations on request.

Benefits

• An annual bonus with a target set as a percentage of pay, varying by pay grade and location, paid according to individual and company performance in the previous calendar year, or sales commissions.
• Vacation days, parental leave of at least 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave and volunteer leave.
• Well-being reimbursement and programmes covering financial, physical and mental health.
• Service anniversary and recognition awards.
• Insurance plans, subject to plan terms; in some locations eligible dependents can take part.
• Benefits and amounts vary by location and may change. This information is for guidance only.