Senior Specialist

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Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Internal job title: Sr. Spec. DDIT IES DWO

We are looking for a Senior Specialist to serve as the main contact for a defined business capability with a main focus on Prague office, ensuring existing and new services meet agreed requirements and user expectations. You will oversee service performance, support day-to-day operations, and contribute to improvements across Digital Workplace Operations, including video production services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor, measure, report, and review service performance against availability, capacity, and responsiveness targets.
• Consider the overall user experience when designing and deploying solutions and services.
• Ensure adherence to security and compliance policies and procedures.
• Lead and support business-as-usual tasks and daily operations.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives, including new employee onboarding and external workforce enablement.
• Improve and extend video production services.
• Drive operational improvements and quick wins within Digital Workplace Operations.
• Promote continuous improvement to increase productivity and reduce defects.
• Support automation initiatives for programmable infrastructure and platform services.
• Coordinate incident response to achieve efficient recovery from critical issues.

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.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Hands-on experience in IT operations is a must. Czech & English proficiency (both written and oral) is a must.
• Experience with people or stakeholder management (direct reports, or service providers) is a must. Good planning and organizing with attention to detail and ability to prioritize.
• Experience working as a service provider of IT operations is a great advantage. Strong technical knowledge (IT infrastructure & systems, IT governance, service delivery, service level management) is a must.
• Proven IT service experience working with various customers in a global corporate environment is a great advantage. Ability to work within a matrix structure, across functions and countries.
• Hands-on experience with Risk management, audit methodology, testing controls, etc

You'll receive (only applicable to CZ):

Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 13,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 110 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Public Transportation Allowance; MultiSport Card. Find out more about Novartis Business Services:

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Division

Operations

Business Unit

CTS

Location

Czech Republic

Site

Prague

Company / Legal Entity

CZ02 (FCRS = CZ002) Novartis s.r.o.

Functional Area

Technology Transformation

Job Type

Full time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No