IT Associate Director Employee Productivity & Infrastructure

Cambrex Karlskoga is a member of Cambrex Corporation, an innovative life sciences company providing products, services and technologies to accelerate the development and commercialization of small molecule therapeutics. With American owners and customers all over the world, Cambrex Karlskoga operates in an internationally oriented environment. We work with advanced organic chemistry focusing on developing processes and deliver products to innovative pharmaceutical companies. Cambrex Karlskoga, founded in 1896 by Alfred Nobel, is a full-scale organization consisting of research & development, production and supporting departments. We are 460 employees in total.



With innovative research and advanced manufacturing processes, Cambrex enables our customers to improve the quality of life for patients worldwide. At Cambrex, you become part of an organization that makes things happen every day. We who work at Cambrex find it inspiring to be surrounded by knowledgeable colleagues who all take great responsibility and contribute to the company's success. Through cross-functional collaboration across the departments, different professional groups meet and together we drive development forward.

We are now strengthening our IT organization and are looking for you who want to own and lead Cambrex Employee Productivity and Infrastructure. In this role you'll be responsible for the IT infrastructure at Cambrex. You'll be stationed in Karlskoga but work towards, and with, the entire global organization. Due to the global character of this role, international travels will be a part of it. 

Work Tasks
* Owner of the IT Productivity and infrastructure products, for example: Operating systems, VMware Hypervisor and virtual servers, LAN, WAN, Firewalls, cloud, database technologies, mobile device management, end user computing, Azure cloud services, M365, directory services, Citrix, etc. 

* Ensuring daily operations, lifecycle management, project delivery, as well as ensuring end user support to Cambrex sites. 

* Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in high-pressure situations and balance operational tasks with long-term strategic technology and security initiatives. 

* Develop and maintain multiple project plans; define scope and objectives for technology initiatives. 

* Manage budgets, contracts, and external service providers. 

* Key member of Cambrex IT Leadership team. 

Qualifications
We are looking for an individual who has a bachelor's degree in information system, computer science or closely related field, or work experience that is considered equal. 
You have preferably at least 5 years of management experience and at least 7 years in the IT infrastructure area. You feel comfortable in leading teams on a global level across time zones. You have experience in operational and project budgets, you know how to manage external providers and contract negotiation. Preferably you have experience in managing computer systems in a GxP environment and from working in SAFe Agile managed organization.  

Personal traits
You are a person which feels comfortable in communicating verbally and through presentations, in both English and Swedish. We put great value at your communication skills since you will be the organizations center piece of the IT infrastructure. 
We're looking for someone who can implement their personal skills to inspire and motivate cross-functional, interdisciplinary teams to achieve tactical and strategic goals. 

Contact
Further information can be obtained from Mikael Bygren IT Director of global infrastructure and CK IT Lead tel. +46703284320.
Questions about the recruitment process will be answered by  Viktor Elfman, HR Business Partner tel. +46737055159

Union representatives:
Judit Modin, Akademikerföreningen, tel. +46 (0)76-107 67 05
Emelie Enger, Unionen, tel. +46 (0)73-078 48 92

Application

The selection takes place continuously during the recruitment process.
12th of October is the last day to apply. 

Kontaktinformation
Mikael Bygren

Arbetsplats
Björkborns industriområde

691 85 Karlskoga