Dir. , Technology Partnership

Job Description

Animal Health IT - Commercial IT Value Team

We are seeking a dynamic, relationship-driven leader to build deep, trusted partnerships with senior leaders, business stakeholders and the broader IT organization to deliver measurable value across the Animal Health commercial ecosystem in the Asia Pacific Sub-Sahara Africa (APSA) region. This role is ideal for someone who excels at navigating complex, multicultural environments, connecting people and capabilities, and turning regional strategy into impactful digital outcomes.

This leader is a critical change agent, responsible for guiding the regions transition from a localized technology landscape to an integrated global product model. They will champion the adoption of global platforms while ensuring the unique strategic and operational objectives of the APSA business are met, strengthening alignment between regional needs and global IT strategy.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

This position will:

• Build and maintain relationships across the business, engaging with key senior business leaders across the APSA region, and leveraging strong connections within the global IT organization to drive value.
• Manage staff through both direct and shared reporting relationships.
• Serve as an active member of the Animal Health IT Commercial Value Team leadership team, helping to shape the future direction of the Animal Health Commercial IT organization, people strategy, technology roadmap, and value realization.
• Ensure adoption of an integrated, value-based investment approach and program/project planning across a complex IT portfolio, leveraging and enhancing the marketing technology stack.
• Deliver and “pull through” of prioritized business outcomes by driving execution through regional and global solution delivery capabilities and measure value realization.

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Partnership Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with APSA regional senior leaders to align business strategy with technology investments, including eCommerce, CRM, Web, Digital Marketing solutions, Data Quality and Master Data Management (MDM) that enable pricing, rebates, and sales incentives, as well as AI-enabled solutions that drive efficiency and market effectiveness.
• Serve as the primary advocatefor the global product model within the APSA region, articulating its value proposition and building consensus among senior leaders.
• Establish a high-performance engagement model with business partners and IT counterparts, building strong, trust-based relationships across the ecosystem.
• Communicate and champion a cohesive regional Business–IT strategy that accounts for the unique market dynamics within the APSA region.

Solution Leadership Innovation

• Provide leadership for the design and implementation of strategic, aligned, and compliant solutions that support regional business initiatives.
• Bring current knowledge and future vision of technology and systems as they relate to the commercial competitive position for Animal Health in the APSA markets.
• Prioritize portfolio investments to drive value-based strategic opportunities, with a bias towards leveraging global commercial and digital platforms. Collaborate with global product line leaders to influence roadmaps and introduce innovations that scale globally.

Portfolio, Demand Financial Management

• Manage regional demand, portfolio planning, forecasts, and updates across the APSA region.
• Facilitate demand aggregation and prioritization, as well as sharing of resources and expertise for projects and support across a geographically and culturally region.
• Partner with Finance and IT portfolio management organizations to achieve operational and portfolio budgetary commitments.

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People Leadership Team Development

• Lead and manage a team of individual contributors who directly support regional commercial technology need