AD/SR AD, GPV Digital Innovation
Boehringer Ingelheim
Marketing & Communications, People & HR, IT
St Joseph, MO, USA
Posted on Sep 18, 2025
Description
This is a multi-level posting. Candidates will be hired in at the level based on education, experience, and business need.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.
This role is accountable for shaping and executing the digital vision for the Global Pharmacovigilance (GPV) organization, aligning with Boehringer Ingelheim’s broader digital strategy and transformation goals. With a strong focus on emerging technologies, this role brings a forward-looking digital perspective to support strategic priorities and regulatory excellence. This role drives operational excellence by taking an end-to-end, holistic view—ensuring lean, user-centric processes, enabling rapid feedback and adaptation, stewarding financial resources responsibly, and measuring success through stakeholder-validated outcomes.
Duties And Responsibilities
Our Company
Why Boehringer Ingelheim?
With us, you can develop your own path in a company with a culture that knows our differences are our strengths - and break new ground in the drive to make millions of lives better.
Here, your development is our priority. Supporting you to build a career as part of a workplace that is independent, authentic and bold, while tackling challenging work in a respectful and friendly environment where everyone is valued and welcomed.
Alongside, you have access to programs and groups that ensure your health and wellbeing are looked after - as we make major investments to drive global accessibility to healthcare. By being part of a team that is constantly innovating, you'll be helping to transform lives for generations.
Want to learn more? Visit https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com
This is a multi-level posting. Candidates will be hired in at the level based on education, experience, and business need.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.
This role is accountable for shaping and executing the digital vision for the Global Pharmacovigilance (GPV) organization, aligning with Boehringer Ingelheim’s broader digital strategy and transformation goals. With a strong focus on emerging technologies, this role brings a forward-looking digital perspective to support strategic priorities and regulatory excellence. This role drives operational excellence by taking an end-to-end, holistic view—ensuring lean, user-centric processes, enabling rapid feedback and adaptation, stewarding financial resources responsibly, and measuring success through stakeholder-validated outcomes.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Ensures functional excellence of the team through assisting with the hiring, developing and retaining key talent
- When direct reports are assigned, builds and maintains a highly skilled workforce of energized employees through hiring, developing, and retaining talents
- Defines and drives the digital vision and innovation roadmap for Global Pharmacovigilance in alignment with corporate strategy and GPV priorities
- Accelerates organizational change management and develop a digital mindset by enabling teams within Global Pharmacovigilance with digital knowledge like new technologies, data and tools
- Accountable for development, oversight and refinement of the PV digital innovation strategy by focusing on regulatory processes, execution excellence, implementation oversight, and continuous refinement
- Leads the execution of the digital strategy, ensuring the adoption of innovative technologies to achieve PV excellence and adapt to a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape
- Oversees the implementation of the PV digital strategy and manage the digital portfolio and roadmap from a technology and innovation perspective
- Fosters a digital mindset across global and local PV teams, IT, and other key functions
- Collaborates with internal stakeholders and external partners to deliver impactful digital solutions
- Acts as the central point of contact for digital innovation in Pharmacovigilance
- Identifies, evaluates, and integrates emerging technologies that enhance PV capabilities
- Accountable for the creation and continuous refinement of a world class Pharmacovigilance Digital Innovation including steering of use cases in the areas of technology and digital innovation
- Anticipates needs for technology trends and digital use cases, identifies resources required; assesses and prioritizes use cases
- Represents Boehringer Ingelheim as an industry-leading Subject Matter Expert (SME) at global forums and conferences
- Serves as a mentor and trainer for colleagues across the organization
- Collaborates and partners with external vendors / technology networks and screen for major digital trends (scouting) and their relevance for Boehringer, identifies promising candidates and initiates and drives pilots in close collaboration with required partners for Global Pharmacovigilance
- Leads complex, cross-functional digital initiatives and project teams, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and timely execution
- Accountable for the creation and continuous refinement of a world class Pharmacovigilance Digital Innovation including steering of use cases in the areas of technology and digital innovation
- Anticipates needs for technology trends and digital use cases, identifies resources required; assesses and prioritize use cases
- Designs, leads, and implements Organizational Change Management with respect to digital solutions
- Leads teams through digital transformation with a focus on all ethical aspects from a digital perspective, cultural differences, generational differences, and how people behave and need during the adoption of new digital solutions
- Maintains a strong understanding of local and global PV requirements, with a focus on GxP requirements and regulatory guidelines
- Performs all Company business in accordance with all regulations (e.g. EMA, FDA, etc.), GxP and Company policies and procedures
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- A Degree in life sciences / data science, or similar qualification, including a Master’s degree (e.g. MSc); focus on regulatory affairs, life sciences/data science, clinical development, and/or digital solutions
- Minimum of seven (7) years’ experience working in project or program leadership role or digital leadership role
- Expertise within a GxP/Compliance environment (GVP ideal) strongly preferred
- Experience in data governance and management and Knowledge of the regulatory environment
- Drive, dedication and commitment to shape quickly evolving innovation initiatives combined with team spirit and an integrative personality
- Strong passion for technology and data including knowledge in Life Sciences sector, as well as data science (computer science, statistics); programming; familiarity with elements of data infrastructure, data architectures semantic concepts, IT product development
- Ability to influence and lead change, including the ability to present coherent strategies and influence decision-makers at a senior management level, is required
- Customer focus - dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
- Ability and a strong desire to know or learn something, interest, curiousness
- Open-minded integrator having the ability to think outside of the box
- High level of computer literacy (MS Office Suite Programs; MS Excel statistical functions, and database systems)
- Expert oral and written communication skills and an ability to operate effectively in a team environment across departments
- Must have a track record of successfully leading complex projects and initiatives
- Demonstrated success in projects and initiatives aimed at implementing customer-oriented and measurable data and process improvements
- Ability to simplify complex content to adapt to audience needs and understanding (internal/external)
- Ability to step back from one’s daily routine, explore ideas for the future, regard the facts from a distance and see them in a broader context or in the longer term
- Ability to have a positive impact on others, to persuade or convince them to gain their support
- Knowledge of Pharmaceutical Life Cycle Process
- Knowledge of Regulatory Requirements & Compliance
- Analytical Thinking
- Managing Conflict
- Leveraging Strategic Relationships
- Negotiation Skills
- Market knowledge
- Planning and Organization
- Quality Orientation/Bus Process Excellence
- Communication
- Problem Solving / Resolution
- Project/Program Management
- Growth talent
- Managing Performance
- Leveraging Strategic Relationships
- Lead & Manage Change
- Set Direction
- Motivation
- Emotional Intelligence
- Core Competencies
- Business Acumen and Technical Knowledge
- Customer Orientation
- Delivering Results
- External Focus
- Fast and Focused Execution
- Innovation and Change
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Winning Vision
- Continuous Learning
- Communicate with candor
- Decide and act with speed
- Innovate and drive change
- Deliver to win
- Collaborate with a purpose
- Values Diversity & Inclusion
- Integrity & Trust
- A Degree in life sciences / data science, or similar qualification; focus on regulatory affairs/pharmacovigilance, life sciences/data science, clinical development, and/or digital solutions. Masters degree preferred
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience working in project or program leadership role or digital leadership role
- Experience within a GxP/Compliance environment (GVP ideal) strongly preferred
- Drive, dedication and commitment to shape quickly evolving innovation initiatives combined with team spirit and an integrative personality
- Strong passion for life sciences, technology and data including a strong domain knowledge of pharmacovigilance combined with a strong technical knowledge
- Ability to influence and lead change, including the ability to present coherent strategies and influence decision-makers at a senior management level, is required
- Customer focus - dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
- Ability and a strong desire to know or learn something, interest, curiousness
- Open-minded integrator having the ability to think outside of the box
- High level of computer literacy (MS Office Suite Programs; MS Excel statistical functions, and database systems)
- Expert oral and written communication skills and an ability to operate effectively in a team environment across departments
- Must have a track record of successfully leading complex projects and initiatives
- Demonstrated success in projects and initiatives aimed at implementing customer-oriented and measurable data and process improvements
- Ability to simplify complex content to adapt to audience needs and understanding (internal/external)
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction
- Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
- Must be 18 years of age or older
Our Company
Why Boehringer Ingelheim?
With us, you can develop your own path in a company with a culture that knows our differences are our strengths - and break new ground in the drive to make millions of lives better.
Here, your development is our priority. Supporting you to build a career as part of a workplace that is independent, authentic and bold, while tackling challenging work in a respectful and friendly environment where everyone is valued and welcomed.
Alongside, you have access to programs and groups that ensure your health and wellbeing are looked after - as we make major investments to drive global accessibility to healthcare. By being part of a team that is constantly innovating, you'll be helping to transform lives for generations.
Want to learn more? Visit https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com
