Application Management Services Automation Lead

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  Opportunity to be a part of a IT Service Delivery team in Singapore!
• Based in Singapore, the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on The Straits Times and Statista\xe2\x80\x99s list of Best Employers in Singapore for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022).
• Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.

OUR COMPANY is an innovative, global healthcare leader committed to improving health and well-being in 140 countries around the world. Our product categories include heart and respiratory health, diabetes, infectious diseases, consumer products and women\'s health. We continue to focus our research on conditions that affect millions of people around the world - diseases like Alzheimer\'s, Diabetes and Cancer - while further expanding our strengths in areas such as vaccines and biologics. We aspire to be the best healthcare company in the world and are dedicated to providing innovative solutions for tomorrow. We are seeking energetic, forward-thinking professionals to join our Information Technology group in the Singapore Technology Center. You will have the opportunity to work on global teams to identify and tackle the biggest opportunities and challenges at the intersection of healthcare, information and technology. We offer project-based rotations to help with your professional development, and a flat, collaborative environment. Overall, the Singapore Technology Center offers technology professionals incredible opportunities to learn from others across the globe, to challenge themselves, and to enjoy a reward that technology careers don\xe2\x80\x99t often bring: the satisfaction of helping to save lives. Automation COE (Center of Excellence) team operates as a business partner proposing innovative ideas & solutions to deliver product & services that help the organization to be more productive and enable innovation. This position will further mature collaboration across AMS Towers and other Automation organizations to accelerate the delivery of reusable automation ideas while decreasing operational cost, removing manual/repetitive processes and enabling issue prevention. Primary Responsibilities

• Establish a culture of automation, continuous improvement, and customer focus within the team which embraces DevSecOps, beneficial aspects of the Product / Service Model, and Agile ways of working.
• Financial Management related to the Capital & Operational budget for automation products/services
• Work with other leads to prioritize the global automation backlog and align on business capability needs that cuts across AMS teams to deliver on enterprise business outcomes and priorities.
• Develops strong external and internal network to enable innovation, automation, stay current with industry trends, and establish effective vendor partnerships.
• Develops and supports the practices of product management and agile delivery, building the mindset of accountability, customer centricity and empower teams to continously improve the impact and quality of the automation products and services we deliver.
• Facilitate, govern & manage the automation products & services.
• Oversee and drive the implementation of the automation products & services which will improve and streamline the processes and bring value to IT & Business customers.
• Explore & research on the automation technologies, collaborate with Our company/Partner leads to do the proof of concept to bring new automation capability/product to the team.
• Manages annual continuous improvement process.
• Advance the IT Transformation related to the product model and new ways of working.
• Facilitate the rationalization, synchronization, consolidation and/or elimination of applications and technologies in the account area to reduce complexity and increase business agility.
• Drive the Product Teams towards implementing and delivering new automations.

Education Minimum Requirement:

• Bachelor\xc2\xb4s Degree with relevant experience in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, System Engineering or appropriate skills based equivalent.
• Advanced Degree preferred. Master\xe2\x80\x99s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Science (Computer Control & Automation) or like field.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 7 years relevant experience with emphasis on functional and technical leadership, as well as in delivering and managing IT services and products in a highly complex and dynamic business environment.
• Demonstrated leadership and experience to manage staff including geographically distributed external strategic partners.
• Ability to achieve goals through others without having direct responsibility for them is critical.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills at all organizational levels.
• Ability to identify and leverage the right people, processes, and tools to achieve planned results on time and on budget and proactively manage risks and roadblocks.
• Has demonstrated strong strategic and tactical skills, excellent presentation oral, written, and graphical communications skills, as well as ability to present and explain technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others and gains understanding.
• Ability to succeed in a dynamic, rapidly changing, highly matrixed business environment.
• Must be able to work independently and enable/facilitate productive and business-like meetings as well as to work with individuals at all levels and demonstrate a level of professionalism that instils confidence and inspires trust.
• Experience with automation technologies, DevSecOps, and Software defined infrastructure.
• Understanding of RPA(UiPath), OCR, full stack (c#, Java, Python, react), SQL, various ML models, CI/CD tools and practices, API\xe2\x80\x99s, data and event streaming technologies
• Understanding of cloud computing, Infrastructure as code, cloud-native principles and microservices design.
• Has Innovation/Automation mindset and demonstrated experience in driving automation and aptitude of cutting edge technology.
• Results-oriented with the proven ability and reputation for developing plans and implementing them successfully.
• Strong analytical, attention to details, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong vendor management skills.
• Knowledge of software development principles and lifecycle.
• Experience with data analytics, data visualization and statistics.
• Ability to comply with the standards in the highly regulated environment.
• Experience working in Agile environment with understanding of agile supporting tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc).

Who we are \xe2\x80\xa6 We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world\'s most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
What we look for \xe2\x80\xa6 Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us\xe2\x80\x94and start making your impact today. We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another\xe2\x80\x99s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
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