Digital Strategy

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About Hovione

At Hovione, we help partners turn scientific innovation into medicines that reach patients around the world. For more than 65 years, we have connected science, technology, and manufacturing to scale complex ideas into high-quality and innovative solutions that truly make a difference.

As an international Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), we support the development and manufacture of drug substances, intermediates, and drug products across the full life cycle. We are globally recognized for our leadership in specialized technologies such as Spray Drying and Continuous Tableting. But what truly sets us apart is not just what we do — it is how we do it: with purpose, care, collaboration, and a deep commitment to doing the right things right.

Our people are the reason for our success. We are a global and diverse team of more than 2,600 team members across Europe, the USA, and Asia, bringing together different experiences and perspectives to help our partners to overcome complex challenges. We believe that an inclusive environment — where everyone, regardless of background, identity or ability, is respected, heard and empowered to contribute — is essential to drive innovation, ensure quality, and secure long‑term sustainable success.

And as we grow, so do the opportunities for our people to develop, broaden their perspectives, and build meaningful careers. Because at Hovione, better starts with those who choose to make a difference every day. Will you be one of them?

You will be responsible to:

Acquires, designs, implements and operates Hovione digital resources, including computer hardware, operating systems, communications, software applications, data processing and security. Activities include developing digital strategies, policies and plans; managing the acquisition, implementation, maintenance and use of information technology resources; and training and supporting technology users. It also supports and promotes continual technological innovation, prototyping and subsequently developing digital and robotics solutions to improve and simplify processes.

Develops deep understanding of the business and its functions. Acts as the primary connection between Digital and Business functions. Establishes and manages the portfolio of digital initiatives. Provides support and services in relation to the identification, development and implementation of new systems and enhancement of existing systems. Assesses and/or develops program logic for new IT solutions or analyses and modifies logic in existing systems. Analyses requirements, tests and integrates solution components. Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented. May test new code and typically works in a highly efficient “Agile” development environment. Prepares communications and makes presentations on system enhancements and/or alternatives.

Career band description:

Apply expertise in a professional area of specialty as an individual contributor or through contributing to/managing project teams in order to achieve results. Entry-level jobs typically require a university degree or equivalent work experience that provides knowledge of and exposure to fundamental theories, principles and practices.

Proficiency level description:

• Require in-depth knowledge of their discipline to solve complex problems by analysing possible solutions and taking a new perspective on existing solutions.

• May lead ad-hoc functional teams or projects, in a matrix environment, coordinating and overseeing the work of colleagues.

• Work mostly independently with minimal guidance from their manager.

Main responsibilities:

AI Roadmap & Strategic Alignment

• Define and align the AI digital transformation roadmap with Hovione strategic goals and business areas’ functional priorities, based on robust value cases, success metrics and benefit-tracking mechanisms.

• Assess the maturity of business processes and technologies to identify improvement opportunities within the assigned business functions. This includes assessing AI readiness to pinpoint where AI can deliver tangible business benefits.

• Enact the Hovione’s Digital Portfolio Management Framework, acting as the main driver for project lifecycle stages of Ideation and Preparation, ensuring AI use cases are compiled, assessed and prioritized consistently with portfolio governance.

• Act as an embedded, ‘forward deployed’ AI partner within the assigned business areas, conducting rapid discovery of AI opportunities together with business and transformation teams and translating ambiguous business problems into actionable AI use cases.

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