8 Matrix Management Jobs

Job Description: As the Director of Safety Writing at GSK, you will be leading the safety writing team to ensure the accurate, clear, and compliant preparation of Aggregate Reports and Risk Management Plans. Your role will involve a deep understanding of regulatory guidelines, effective leadership skills, and the ability to build a best-in-class capability to achieve organizational business goals related to safety writing. You will oversee the efficient preparation of high-quality safety writing deliverables that are strategically aligned and lead a global team of medical writers. Additionally, you will be responsible for optimizing internal and external resourcing, ensuring compliance, implementing best practices, fostering innovation, streamlining processes, and upholding standards of medical writing. Collaboration with the Head of Medical Writing to develop and drive departmental strategies will also be a key aspect of your role. Your leadership will be instrumental in aligning safety writing capabilities with business and operational needs, working closely with cross-functional safety teams for project clarity, and delivering high-quality safety documents that meet regulatory standards. Key Responsibilities: - Take accountability for all safety writing deliverables produced by the Medical Writing function. - Lead change initiatives to operate at the forefront of operational excellence. - Manage and lead line reports, including aspects of personnel management such as hiring, training, professional development, performance evaluations, compensation recommendations, promotions, teambuilding, and supervision of adherence to departmental procedures and health authority regulations. - Define and execute recruitment strategies to attract top talent. - Incorporate organizational considerations into strategic and operational decisions. - Create a compelling future vision and ensure it is measurable and aligned with organizational goals. - Demonstrate a track record of quality decision making and innovative problem resolution with significant operational impact. - Lead initiatives for process improvement, training, quality enhancement, and compliance. - Act as an industry thought leader, providing consultancy in areas like process improvement, pharmaceutical standardization, and implementation of regulatory guidelines. - Cultivate beneficial partnerships with external organizations to meet company objectives. - Oversee the identification and engagement of third-party partners, ensuring their performance and compliance meet business requirements. Basic Qualifications and Experience: - Minimum requirement of a master's degree in Life Sciences/Health or Biomedical Sciences (Pharmacy, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biophysics, etc.). A degree in Medicine/Dentistry/Physiotherapy/Experimental Medicine with patient exposure in a hospital-based setting is advantageous. - A total of 18+ years of experience, with at least 10 years in safety writing within the pharmaceutical industry or a large Contract Research Organization, demonstrating leadership skills. Ideal candidates will have expertise in applying FDA, EU, and ICH guidelines for pharmacovigilance in clinical trials and post-marketing, serving as an internal and external safety writing expert. - Experience working in matrix/multicultural environments and diverse settings, especially within hybrid teams. - Strong negotiation skills for proposing creative solutions to new challenges. - Strategic acumen with robust planning and organizational capabilities. - Proficiency in both written and spoken English. - Ability to mentor and discern essential information, ensure logical flow, clarity, accuracy, and appropriateness for target audiences, such as regulatory authorities. Inclusion at GSK: At GSK, we are committed to inclusion and encourage candidates to reach out if they require any adjustments during the recruitment process. Contact our Recruitment Team at IN.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com to discuss your needs. Why GSK: GSK is a global biopharma company focused on uniting science, technology, and talent to combat disease collectively. Our mission is to positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver sustainable shareholder returns. We value our people as the cornerstone of our success, striving to create an environment where individuals can thrive, grow, and contribute to our shared ambition of getting ahead of disease together. Important Notice to Employment Businesses/Agencies: GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses/agencies concerning vacancies posted on this site without prior written authorization. It is essential for employment businesses/agencies to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department for authorization before referring any candidates. 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You will be leading multiple product teams in the development and maintenance of an end-to-end IT solution, focusing on Solution Architecture and/or Product/Application Architecture. Your responsibilities will include implementing the technology roadmap, setting priorities, and accepting work generated by Agile teams to ensure the platform aligns with defined goals and vision. As a technical leader, you will guide the team in making solid technical decisions to meet customer needs. You will also facilitate the removal of barriers and resolution of conflicts to enable the team to progress in development. Implementing audit controls, application security best practices, and architecture designs to address risks associated with products and processes will be crucial. Additionally, you will be accountable for ensuring vendor performance and deliverables meet contract specifications. People management responsibilities for the direct product team, including hiring, promotions, and training, will fall under your purview. You will also have matrix management responsibilities for cross-functional team members aligned with the product team. Staying informed about technical trends and issues, evaluating new technologies, and analyzing their potential impact on the business will be essential. Your role will involve leading multiple product teams in software delivery, focusing on software development metrics and KPIs, and implementing user-centric design and agile development life cycles. Developing resources for planned feature outcomes, monitoring platform usage across business units, and defining costs per unit accordingly are also key aspects of the role. MetLife is a leading financial services company, recognized for its commitment to excellence and innovation. As part of our team, you will contribute to creating a more confident future for our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large. Embrace the opportunity to be part of our purpose-driven culture at MetLife. #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!,

As a Director of Security Sales at Cisco, you will be responsible for developing and maximizing Cisco's Security revenues in India. Your key accountabilities will include driving significant growth of the entire security architecture and portfolio of technologies and services. This will involve collaborating with internal resources and partners such as the Country Leadership team, Marketing, Architecture sales teams, and Cisco Product Business Units. Your success will be measured by the revenue generated, and you will lead a multi-functional team to achieve defined short and long-term sales objectives. You will be tasked with building and implementing an innovative joint long-range business plan in collaboration with stakeholders at the Theatre level, regional Architectural leadership, and Global GSSO. It will be crucial to understand, articulate, and position Cisco's end-to-end Security Architecture and Services proposition both internally and externally. Developing Go-to-Market strategies to grow Security across different sectors and maximizing various channels will be a key focus. Your role will involve delivering business value to select opportunities, forecasting accurately using SFDC, and providing insights on market requirements and competitive threats. You may need to directly engage on selected major accounts and opportunities while supporting the local account team. Building and cultivating senior-level relationships with key customers, partners, and vendors across the region will also be essential. Leading and mentoring sales teams to increase their effectiveness in selling Security solutions will be another important aspect of your responsibilities. Additionally, you will take a lead role in progressing Cisco's success in Security solutions through collaboration with senior management, peers, partners, and customers. In terms of qualifications, the ideal candidate should have 5-10 years of senior management experience, with expertise in sales leadership and multi-functional/general management. Demonstrated experience in selling solutions to senior leaders at named accounts and managing significant revenue responsibilities will be required. The ability to provide thought leadership, think strategically, and communicate effectively will be crucial for success in this role. Other requirements include excellent communication skills, the ability to build and lead in a matrix-managed team culture, strong executive presence, and political savvy. Balancing short-term pressures with long-term goals and influencing cross-functionally will also be important skills for this position. As a part of Cisco's Global Security Sales Organisation (GSSO), you will play a vital role in positioning Cisco as the top IT security provider in the industry. Cisco offers a comprehensive advanced threat protection portfolio that is integrated, continuous, and open, providing unmatched visibility and advanced threat protection across the entire attack continuum. Your work at Cisco will contribute to a more inclusive, digital future for everyone, and you will be part of a diverse and supportive team that values collaboration, innovation, and making a positive impact in the world. #WeAreCisco.,

Key Responsibilities Lead and direct all activities during a major incident, maintain a sense of urgency to ensure swift and effective restoration. Facilitate technical troubleshooting efforts and engage additional technical support as needed, including vendor support. Collaborate with technical teams and form action plans for incident recovery with specific actions, owner and deadlines and ensure these are completed. Host conference calls to facilitate effective management of a major incident throughout its lifecycle. Matrix management of people, processes and resources including third parties including resolving conflict to move forward to resolution. Build a strong collaborative relationship with the various support teams and understand various applications and technologies. Document troubleshooting activities and resolution progress and status in the ServiceNow ITSM portal, to provide an accurate timeline. Ensure proper documentation of any changes implemented as part of incident resolution. Establish and maintain communication channels with stakeholders, including senior management and affected users. Liaise with Crisis Management for incidents impacting Critical business applications or Core infrastructure services. Identify process optimization opportunities and contribute to the implementation of proposed solutions. Skills and Experience At least 5 years experience in managing Major Incidents or experience in a similar role within the ITSM structure/environment. Enterprise IT experience and a good working knowledge of the broad suite of IT technologies and technical environments. Excellent communication skills and the ability to deal tactfully with people at all levels, including senior staff, clients and vendors. Excellent coordination skills to manage complex technical investigation streams. Strong knowledge of the ITIL framework and service desk tools. Certification in Service Management preferred. Be a self-starter, work independently and adjust to changing priorities. Availability outside of normal business hours will be required on an as-needed basis.

Thoucentric is a niche management consulting firm that specializes in aiding organizations in overcoming business challenges, maximizing growth, and enhancing overall performance through effective problem-solving, efficient people, process, and technology solutions, end-to-end execution, and management. The firm comprises a team of 300 seasoned professionals with diverse industry, solution, and product experience, making them effective business liaisons. Established in India, Thoucentric has expanded its operations to four other global locations, including the US, UK, Singapore, and Australia. As a part of Xoriant's Consulting business, Thoucentric plays a pivotal role in assisting clients with various services such as Business Consulting, Program & Project Management, Digital Transformation, Product Management, Process & Technology Solutioning, and Execution encompassing areas like Analytics & Emerging Tech. The firm's operations span across functional domains like Supply Chain, Finance & HR, Sales & Distribution in regions including the US, UK, Singapore, and Australia. Thoucentric's unique consulting framework emphasizes execution over pure advisory, enabling them to work closely with renowned names in the global consumer & packaged goods (CPG) industry, new age tech, and start-up ecosystem. Requirements for the role: - Experience in retail planning - Minimum of 10 years of experience in at least two full-cycle implementations of leading supply chain software solutions like JDA, SAP, Kinaxis, O9 - Proficiency in configuring supply chain products and customizing solutions based on client requirements - In-depth knowledge of supply chain planning processes including demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, and inventory optimization - Ability to create business blueprint documents, validate designs following industry best practices - Prepare FMEA, Functional Specifications, Test cases, and Training documents - Skilled in managing project teams (both on-site and off-shore) to ensure timely delivery of project deliverables meeting expectations - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with internal and external stakeholders, with a focus on follow-through and reporting - Proficient in driving projects in a matrix management environment, emphasizing influence, efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation If you meet the specified requirements and are keen on joining a dynamic consulting firm with a strong focus on client success and delivery excellence, this opportunity based in Bengaluru, India might be the perfect fit for you.,

Overview PepsiCo Data Governance Program Overview: PepsiCo is establishing a Data Governance program that will be the custodian of the processes, policies, rules and standards by which the Company will define its most critical data. Enabling this program will: Define ownership and accountability of our critical data assets to ensure they are effectively managed and maintain integrity throughout PepsiCos systems Leverage data as a strategic enterprise asset enabling data-based decision analytics. Improve productivity and efficiency of daily business operations. Position Overview: The domain Data Steward role is responsible for working within the global data governance team and with their local businesses to maintain alignment to the Enterprise Data Governance's (EDG) processes, rules and standards set to ensure data is fit for purpose. This will be achieved through the EDG Data Steward operating as the single point of contact for those creating and consuming data within their respected data domain(s). Additionally, they will be driving the team to interact directly with key domain and project stakeholders, the EDG Lead, Governance Council, other data stewards across the organization and relevant SMEs throughout the organization as necessary. This position collaborates / advises with PepsiCo's Governance Council, of which they are accountable for the success of PepsiCos EDG program. Responsibilities Primary Accountabilities: Partner closely with the PepsiCo Supply Chain & Ops Transformation team to ensure data requirements are met to enable timely, accurate and insightful reporting and analysis in support of FP&A digitization initiatives Promote data accuracy and adherence to PepsiCo defined global governance practices, as well as driving acceptance of PepsiCo's enterprise data standards and policies across the various business segments. Maintain and advise relevant stakeholders on data governance-related matters in the relevant data domains with a focus on the business use of the data. Monitor operational incidents, support root cause analysis and based on the recurrence propose ways to optimize the Data Governance framework (processes, Data Quality Rules, etc.) Provide recommendations and supporting documentation for new or proposed data standards, business rules and policy (in conjunction with the Governance Council as appropriate). Advice on various projects and initiatives to ensure that any data related changes and dependencies are identified, communicated, and managed to ensure adherence with the Enterprise Data Governance established standards. Represent market specific needs in Sector data councils and above, ensuring locals user needs are heard/met/addressed; Voice opinions around why proposals will or will not work for the market you represent and provide alternative solutions. Coordinate across the Sector (with fellow Market Data Stewards and the EDG Steward; strategic initiatives, Digital Use Cases and the federated data network) in order to maintain consistency of PepsiCo's critical enterprise, digital, operational and analytical data. Accountable for ensuring that data-centric activities are aligned with the EDG program and leverage applicable data standards, governance processes, and overall best practices. Data Governance Business Standards: Ensures alignment of the data governance processes and standards with applicable enterprise, business segment, and local data support models. Champions the single set of Enterprise-level data standards & repository of key elements pertaining to the finance domain and promoting their use throughout the PepsiCo organization. Owns one or multiple domain perspectives in defining and continually evolving the roadmap for enterprise data governance based upon strategic business objectives, existing capabilities/programs, cultural considerations and a general understanding of emerging technologies and governance models/techniques. Advise on various projects and initiatives to ensure that any data related changes and dependencies are identified, communicated, and managed to ensure adherence with the Enterprise Data Governance established standards. Data Domain Coordination and Collaboration: Responsible for helping identify the need for sector-level data standards (and above) based on strategic business objectives and the evolution of enterprise-level capabilities and analytical requirements. Collaborates across the organization to ensure consistent and effective execution of data governance and management principles across PepsiCo's enterprise and analytical systems and data domains. Accountable for driving organizational acceptance of EDG established data standards, policies, and definitions and process standards for critical / related enterprise data. Promotes and champions PepsiCo's Enterprise Data Governance Capability and data management program across the organization. Qualifications: 5+ years of experience working in Data Governance or Data Management within a global CPG (Consumer Packaged Good) company; Strong data management background who understands data, how to ingest data, proper data use / consumption, data quality, and stewardship. 5+ years of experience working with data across multiple domains (with a particular focus on Finance data), associated processes, involved systems and data usage.. Minimum of 5+ years functional experience working with and designing standards for data cataloging processes and tools. Ability to partner with both business and technical subject matter experts to ensure standardization of operational information and execution of enterprise-wide data governance policies and procedures are defined and implemented. Matrix management skills and business acumen Competencies: Strong knowledge and understanding of master data elements and processes related to data across multiple domains Understanding of operation usage of transactional data as it relates to financial planning. Strong Communication Skills/Able to Persuade/Influence Others at all Organization Levels and the ability foster lasting partnerships. Ability to translate business requirements into critical data dependencies and requirements Ability to think beyond their current state (processes, roles and tools) and work towards an unconstrained, optimized design. An ability to solicit followership from the functional teams to think beyond the way the things work today. Able to align various stakeholders to a common set of standards and the ability to sell the benefits of the EDG program. Foster lasting relationships across varying organizational levels and business segments with the maturity to interface with all levels of management Self-starter who welcomes responsibility, along with the ability to thrive in an evolving organization and an ability to bring structure to unstructured situations. Ability to arbitrate on difficult decisions and drive consensus through a diplomatic approach. Matrix management skills and business acumen Excellent written & verbal communication skills. Skills & Traits: Passion for data and positive attitude to champion data standards Ability to think beyond their current state (processes, roles and tools) and work towards an unconstrained, optimized design. An ability to solicit followership from the functional teams to think beyond the way the things work today. Able to align various stakeholders to a common set of standards and the ability to sell the benefits of the EDG program Foster lasting relationships across varying organizational levels and business segments with the maturity to interface with all levels of management Ability to arbitrate on difficult decisions and drive consensus through a diplomatic approach. Excellent written & verbal communication skills. Self-starter who welcomes responsibility, along with the ability to thrive in an evolving organization and an ability to bring structure to unstructured situations. Matrix management skills and business acumen

Handling escalated tickets for IP related failures. Contacting vendors and following up until failure resolution. Timely and High-Quality handling of all support Requests. Use all forms of training provided by Equant to keep up-to-date with existing and new IP services. Improvement of the OBS knowledge base. Coach and mentor Service Desk and Incident Management according to the IP Trend Analysis reports. Shift work/on-call may be required. About You: An experience on Cisco router configuration and trouble-shooting Excellent network troubleshooting skills Scope of technical expertise must include some the following: Services: Manged LAN VPN and IPNet (Private Internet), QOS, Business VPN (IPVPN) Router types: Cisco all chassis, Juniper MX PEs, Protocols: MPLS, IP,IPSec, Multicast etc. Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP4 WAN protocols: Frame Relay (FR), ATM Remote Access: PPP Dial (ISDN/PSTN) Internet, IP security Hands-on overSDWAN and wireless Service oriented, customer focused, and have the ability to resolve complex problems through a calculated and methodical approach. Good interpersonal skills. Good time management, organizational and communication skills Ability to work under pressure. Ability to deal with multiple tasks. Ability to coach and mentor peers and subordinates Ability to act as the customer representative with suppliers and vendors. Proactive, self motivated and determined attitude. Leadership and Matrix Management, Excellent training & coaching skills Good analytical skills Excellent problem solving skills are necessary. Flexibility in terms of working hours. Proficient in English.

Experience 15+ years of experience in strategic leadership, business execution, project management, and transformation, preferably within the Healthcare Payer Operations domain or similar industries. Technical Expertise In-depth knowledge of AI/Gen AI technologies, modern databases, cloud environments, and data ecosystems. Experience in implementing AI/Gen AI solutions is preferred. Leadership Skills: Proven success in building and leading work stream teams , leading large-scale projects, and providing cross-organizational leadership and organizational effectiveness. Demonstrated ability to drive results, exhibit strong problem-solving skills, and innovation solution identification and development. AnalyticalSkills: Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills with attention to detail and accuracy. CommunicationSkills: Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with all levels of internal and external partners and stakeholders. Ability to present innovative ideas and progress reports to stakeholders in addition to negotiating effectively around priorities and ideas. Matrix Management/Relationship Building Enterprise thinker with proven ability to influence across a matrix environment. Ability to develop strong relationships across all levels, both internally and externally. Possesses strong self-awareness and ability to work through challenging business situations in a highly collaborative way to drive the right business outcomes.