Job Description Summary

Job Description

Sandoz is going through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines.

Now as an independently listed company, Sandoz aims to increase its strategic focus, operate with greater agility, set clearer business objectives, enhance shareholder returns, and strengthen its culture for us, the Sandoz associates.

This is an exciting time in our history, and by creating a new and ambitious path, it will provide a unique opportunity for us all, both professionally and personally. Join us as a Founder of our 'new' Sandoz!

This position can be based in Spain, Czech Republic, Poland or India

The role

As part of the Identity and Access Management team, the Directory Services Lead will be responsible for Active Directory services at Sandoz.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Lead and deliver the design, engineering, and implementation of directory services at Sandoz, including but not limited to:

  • Directory schema design and improvements

  • OU structure design and improvements

  • Directory Group management

  • Indexing and performance of directory services

  • High availability and scalability

  • AD to Azure AD migration, synchronization of identities

  • Security configurations, GPOs maintenance and updates

  • Design standard integration patterns

  • Drive and design integration with various applications (consumers of directory services)

  • User attributes and compliance with applicable regulations

  • Knowledge management of the solution

• Conduct internal assessments and analyse the results at least once each year about the 'health check' of the directory services environment

• Participate in vendor selection, contract negotiation with technology vendors and service providers

• Responsible for maintaining and transitioning the design and configuration changes to the operations team

• Act as escalation point for major incidents and guide operations team in resolving active incidents

• Clearly and confidently communicate technical concepts and risks to senior decision-makers across the organization

What you'll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• At least 10 years of experience managing directory services in a highly regulated environment.

• Experience in systems hardening, networking (LAN, WAN), Disaster Recovery, Security Monitoring tool, etc..

• Prior experience in implementing and operating large scale enterprise-wide directory services.

• Hands on experience installing, configuring, upgrading AD configuration changes, schema extensions/modifications, set up of GPO's, OU's, trusts, etc.

• Strong understanding of identity and access management principles, including LDAP, Kerberos, SAML, and multi-factor authentication.

• Experience with directory services integration, including LDAP, Azure AD, and third-party identity providers.

• Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills ability to develop influential relationships with different stakeholders across all levels

• Experienced people leader with the ability to lead and develop teams across geographies, internal employees as well as external staff

• An entrepreneurial mindset driven by curiosity, continuous improvement, and interest in technical advancements and IAM trends

• Strong project management skills with the ability to multitask and properly delegate work

• Fluent in written and spoken English

Desirable Requirements:

• University degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering or information technology or another relevant field

• Experience in the Life Sciences industry is considered a plus

• Certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate, or equivalent certifications are a plus.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!

The future is ours to shape!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Join our Sandoz Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Sandoz and our career opportunities, join the Network here: Sandoz Talentpool (novartis.com)

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