Digital Transformation Lead

As a Digital Transformation Lead at Avantor, your primary responsibility will be to drive strategic transformation initiatives across Avantor Business Centers (ABCs). This will involve focusing on process optimization, technology enablement, and operational excellence to enhance the digital maturity of business processes across the organization. Your role will involve leading the end-to-end digital transformation of business processes, identifying opportunities for innovation, and ensuring alignment with business objectives to deliver measurable value. Key Responsibilities: - Lead the strategic planning and execution of digital transformation initiatives to drive operational excellence, efficiency, and innovation. - Collaborate with functional stakeholders and business units to identify digital opportunities and develop transformation roadmaps. - Oversee end-to-end project delivery of digital initiatives, ensuring timely execution, risk management, and ROI realization using agile methodologies. - Evaluate and implement emerging technologies such as automation, AI/ML, advanced analytics, and solutions designs to digitize processes and systems. - Drive cultural change by promoting a digital-first mindset across the organization and enabling cross-functional collaboration. - Define KPIs and success metrics to track progress of transformation efforts and ensure measurable outcomes. - Manage stakeholder engagement, including regular communication, change management, and governance to ensure smooth adoption of digital initiatives. - Coordinate with IT, operations, and external partners to ensure alignment of digital strategies with technical capabilities. - Champion user-centric design and customer experience improvements across digital platforms and touchpoints. - Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and best practices to continually evolve the organization's digital capabilities. - Maintain accurate documentation and inventory of supported applications and systems. - Utilize tools such as ServiceNow, JIRA, and others for tracking, monitoring, and reporting. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (Masters preferred). - 8+ years of experience in digital transformation, IT strategy, or innovation lead roles. - Proven track record of successfully leading complex, medium & enterprise level digital initiatives. - Strong understanding of digital technologies including RPA, AI/ML, cloud platforms, ERP/CRM systems, and data analytics. - Experience in change management, agile project delivery, and cross-functional team leadership. - Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and strategic thinking skills. - Working knowledge of RDBMS and scripting (e.g., Python); experience with RPA tools like UiPath or Automation Anywhere is a must. In this role at Avantor, you will have the opportunity to work in an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation. Your work assignments will be diversified, and you will be expected to handle a frequent volume of work and deadlines. While minimal physical effort is required, the role will involve a combination of sedentary tasks along with walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting, or carrying objects. Join Avantor's global team of associates and contribute your talents to advance life-changing science. Dare to go further in your career and be part of a culture that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusivity. Avantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a better world through science. Apply today to make a difference!,