Group Senior Manager R&D Applications

Group Senior Manager R&D Applications

Job ID : 61243 Location :

Lachen, CH

Job Level : Professionals Job Category : IT Employment Type : Permanent position Career Level :

Become part of a vital chain and contribute to our common goal of making people’s lives better. Headquartered in Lachen, Switzerland, Octapharma is one of the largest human protein manufacturers in the world, developing and producing medicines sourced from human plasma and human cell lines. We are a privately-owned company, where the warmth of family meets the scale of a global organisation.

Join us in shaping our vision to provide new health solutions advancing human life.

Your main tasks and responsibilities

• Act as the primary IT business partner for the R&D organization, aligning IT initiatives with R&D strategy, priorities, and the strategic demand management process.
• Build, lead, and develop a newly established R&D Applications team, including talent selection, coaching, and performance management.
• Define and own the application and digital innovation strategy for R&D, covering laboratory systems, scientific platforms, data solutions, and selective use of advanced analytics and automation where they add clear business value.
• Drive and govern end-to-end IT initiatives in close collaboration with R&D, from ideation and business case to implementation and lifecycle management, with a focus on robust, compliant, and scalable application solutions, cloud platforms, and process automation.
• Enable and support digital and data-driven R&D use cases, such as improved protocol development workflows, scientific knowledge management, document handling, laboratory automation, and decision-support tools, always balancing innovation with compliance.
• Ensure all R&D applications and AI solutions comply with GxP, data integrity, security, privacy, and regulatory requirements, including clear governance for on‑premise and cloud-based solutions.
• Partner with R&D, Quality, Security, and Architecture teams to evaluate feasibility, compliance, cost, and vendor offerings for emerging technologies, including Generative AI and ML platforms.
• Establish strong governance, demand intake, prioritization, and KPI frameworks aligned with the Octapharma IT operating model.
• Proactively identify opportunities where digitalization, data, advanced analytics, and automation can accelerate R&D efficiency, productivity, and scientific insight generation.

Your expertise and ideal skill set

Your department - where you make an impact

“This role offers a unique opportunity to build something new, partner closely with our scientists, and shape the digital future of R&D at Octapharma.”

– Martin Metzger, Hiring Manager & Group Senior Director Business Applications

Thrive with us

It´s in our blood

We live diversity and stand for equal opportunities as an employer! We therefore look forward to receiving your application - regardless of age, gender, origin, sexual orientation, and religion.

Do you have any questions? Then get in touch with your contact person.

Mrs. Claudia Vignau

Octapharma AG

Seidenstrasse 2, 8853 Lachen

T : +41 55 451 21 35

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About Octapharma

Octapharma is one of the largest human protein manufacturers in the world, developing and producing human proteins from human plasma and human cell lines. We employ more than 11,000 people worldwide to support the treatment of patients in 120 countries with products across three therapeutic areas : Immunotherapy, Haematology and Critical Care. With seven R&D sites and five state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Austria, France, Germany, and Sweden, Octapharma also operates over 195 plasma donation centres across Europe and the US. With four decades of experience, we are committed to advancing patient care worldwide.