Service Delivery Manager - Pharmacovigilance
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Work model: hybrid
We offer:
· Competitive salary and cafeteria benefits; All You Can Move Sport pass (at a discounted price), Medical benefits and other perks
· Risk and accident insurance
· Chance to be part of a rapidly expanding organization
· Training and continuous learning and certification opportunities
· Multilingual environment, native colleagues
· Pleasant and inspiring working atmosphere with multicultural community and state-of-the-art technologies
· Easy to access location and modern office buildings (easy to reach from city center)
· Reimbursable language courses
· Team events and Company events (cool and youthful parties with team-games)
· High value awards and recognitions, annual bonus for top performers, and annual salary review
Responsibilities:
· Responsible for the overall delivery of the engagement
· Responsible for delivering service metrics, client commitments and adherence to contracts
· Liaise with Operation Manager / Engagement Lead regarding team management activities
· Coordinate with other project teams / working groups to identify opportunities in end-to-end process starting from Country Organizations to drive end-to-end optimizations
· Manage end-to-end delivery including budgeting, revenue & cost, capacity planning, tracking and reporting financial status of assigned projects to senior leadership
· Ensure adherence to internal and client procedures for self and team
· Ensuring training compliance and proper documentation is maintained in line with Global Training Plan (GTP) for self and team
· Lead / guide Operations Managers /Team Managers in process improvement initiatives in agreement with Client
· Resource management
· Attrition management
· Quality management
· Align Safety case processing teams with other teams to derive synergies of resources
· Communication with Novartis from a strategic perspective
· Operations review, understanding client’s needs and translating them into visible business process
· Development, maintenance and testing of the project’s business continuity plan
· Ensure project compliance to client SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures)
· Acts as an escalation point for both internal and external stakeholders
· Accountable to ensure adherence (in a timely and documented manner) to security and compliance policies and procedures within the service delivery scope
· Design and implement KPI (Key Performance Indicators) measure, measurement systems and visual tracking controls/dashboards to manage process performance for sustainability and continuous improvement
Required skills:
· Graduate / Postgraduate / Doctorate degree in Life sciences / Science / Health care / Pharmacy / Medical sciences or equivalent degree
· Overall 8-10 years of relevant experience in Business Process Services (BPS)
· At least 5 years of experience in leadership roles
· Fluency in English
· Effective Communication skills
· Client management skills
· Leadership and people management skills
· Result Oriented
· Metric Management
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
- AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
