Digital & IT Business Partner for Corporate Function

Santen is a specialized life sciences company with a proud 130-year heritage focused exclusively on ophthalmology. As a Japan-originated, global company with our footprint in over 60 countries, we are dedicated to delivering innovative treatments and digital solutions for eye health and addressing vision-related social issues for people around the world.

Digital & IT (DIT) is an international organization spread across 5 regions (Japan, North America, EMEA, Asia and China) with high diversity and motivated individuals driven by new technology and business applications.  Come join a dynamic team that is evolving from a demand-driven system integrator to business transformation enabler leveraging the power of digital and IT across the organization.

Job Summary

As the Business Partner for Corporate Function, you will drive transformation and support business process excellence through leveraging digital and IT solutions in Corporate Function such as Finance, HR, Legal and Compliance with Finance as main focus area.

You will lead system lifecycle management (plan, design, implementation, operation), closely collaborate with Business teams, DIT teams and partner with vendors to ensure to the success of core business goals. You will also partner with stakeholders in the respective business area to clarify business issues and  themes, and manage the portfolio and roadmap of the activities related to digital and IT solutions to maximize expected business values.

Description

• Lead and transform solutions in Corporate Function area especially Finance as main focus area such as SAP ERP Finance, Concur for expense management, Coupa for indirect procurement, VIM for vendor invoice management, TIS/FIS for treasury, etc. in accordance with business and technology priorities.
  In addition to Finance, support solutions for other areas in Corporate Function such as SuccessFactors for HR,  etc. in collaboration with stakeholders and depending on priorities.
• Responsible for application maintenance and support for Corporate Function IT solution and is expected to deliver business continuity leveraging external system integration partners.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining Digital & IT roadmaps in alignment with business strategic plans within Corporate Function in global and region to maximize investment values.
• Responsible for planning, executing, and closing Digital & IT projects to realize business goals in corporation with the business/IT functions and partner vendors.
• Responsible for transition of solutions to service operation functions while developing system operation plan and providing knowledge transfer in corporate with the stakeholders.
• Responsible for taking part and/or coordinating to analyze, design, implement, and test change requests and resolve escalated incidents in corporate with the business/IT functions and partner vendors, while reporting the Value Stream Lead and stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Collaborate and harmonize with other Digital & IT functions to maximize business values while ensuring strategic alignment, compliance, security, and technology standards
• Provide leadership and technical expertise in Corporate Function to identify and solve complex issues and/or challenges in development and delivery of new and existing solutions.

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience of leading global applications and transformation delivery.
• Experience of implementation and/or maintenance of Finance IT solutions.
• Experience in project management and external vendor management
• (Preferred) PMP or equivalent certification

Competencies

• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with respect to people and diversity
• Autonomous, self-starting mindset and behavior
• Drive for result and value achievement through people
• Ability to manage and develop strong working relationships with other departments and outside vendors
• Strong cross functional understanding with surrounding business processes
• Proven facilitation and problem-solving skills even in remote work
• Proven ability to management multiple projects and vendors in a multinational organization
• Have a business-level command of English and Japanese

Grow your career at Santen

A career at Santen is an opportunity to make a difference. Through our long-term vision outlined in Santen 2030, we are committed to be a Social Innovator - addressing the social and economic needs of people with visual impairments. We have team members around the world using their diverse talents to unlock new modalities and drive innovations for patient outcomes, education and treatment. At Santen, we believe in empowering all our team members with flexible ways of working and a highly inclusive work environment.

The Santen Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We are committed to building diverse teams and ensuring a safe and inclusive physical and virtual workplace for every one of our team members. All employment decisions are based on business needs, role requirements and individual qualifications regardless of race, color, ethnicity, national origin/ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/ expression, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

You will be part of the Global Value Stream in DIT, impacting positively the way the company operates by having the opportunity to propose ideas and solutions and to be part of their implementation. You will report to the Value Stream Lead, the manager who takes lead business solutions leveraging digital and IT mainly in global and regional Corporate Function. We are willing to simply make a difference for Santen with your enthusiasm, proposition capability and personality.