IT Business Consultant

Professional | Permanent | Full-/ Part-time | Hybrid

Our Corporate Functions teams ensure everything at Grünenthal runs smoothly by bringing together people with a wide range of skills – from experts in finance, IT, HR, law and compliance through to business strategists and creative media minds. If you’re a great collaborator and a strong communicator, you’ll feel right at home here. Join our team and collaborate with colleagues across our business to maximize our company’s positive impact on patients and their families.

What the job looks like:

• The IT Business Consultant is responsible for analysing, designing, and testing IT solutions that meet the business needs.
• Collaborate with the business partner organisation and other IT stakeholders to understand, validate and document the business requirements and processes of Grünenthal's functions and regions.
• Analyse and document the current business processes and requirements, identifying any gaps or inefficiencies that need to be addressed by the IT products.
• Design and propose new or improved business processes and solutions that align with the strategic objectives and user needs.
• Communicate and collaborate with the stakeholders and users, ensuring that their feedback and input are incorporated into the IT products.
• Review, coordinate and execute the functional testing and testing of IT solutions, ensuring that they meet the acceptance criteria and quality standards.
• Provide feedback and guidance to the IT development and delivery teams, facilitating the agile development process and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Act as project manager / -lead and ensure excellence in project setup and execution.
• Support the BP in workshops to design & model processes according to BPMN standard.
• Provide functional support and training to BPE and IT colleagues on IT systems and processes.
• Manage and resolve functional issues and incidents of IT systems and processes.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement and innovation of IT solutions and processes.

What you'll bring to the table:

• Master's degree in (business) computer science, engineering, Life Science or comparable.
• IT professional with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in complex, international IT enterprise organizations.
• Proven experience in project management of large, complex global projects/programs, as well as in process management and improvement.
• Proven track record of delivering IT solutions that meet the business needs and expectations.
• Experience in working with various IT technologies, tools, and methodologies.
• Certification in agile frameworks, such as Scrum or SAFe, is a plus.

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Mara Peccianti, the Hiring Manager

Grünenthal is a global leader in pain management and related diseases. As a science-based, fully-integrated pharmaceutical company, we have a long track record of bringing innovative treatments and state-of-the-art technologies to patients worldwide. Our purpose is to change lives for the better – and innovation is our passion. We are focusing all of our activities and efforts on working towards our vision of a world free of pain.

Grünenthal is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and has affiliates in 27 countries across Europe, Latin America, and the US. Our products are available in approximately 100 countries. In 2023, Grünenthal employed around 4,400 people and achieved revenues of €1.8bn.