Professional Experience

Leading the transformation of the organization into a knowledge- and data-driven entity, emphasizing the cultivation of knowledge as critical asset and effective utilization of data for operational efficiency.
Leading a global team of data- and knowledge management professionals, establishing robust systems and processes for collecting, storing, sharing and leveraging tacit and explicit knowledge and deploying data applications for advanced analytics.

Leading the digital and data transformation journey across the Pharm Sci organization, ensuring alignment with the overall strategy and priorities and adapting to the ever-evolving technological landscape.
Leading the Europe-based Digital Lab team to conceptualize, develop and implement innovative digital solutions that enable digital CMC and transform the ways of working within Pharm Sci.

Leading product teams through the drug development lifecycle (preclinical to commercial) for various disease areas (hematology, oncology, gene therapy) in virtual settings within matrix organizations with team members spread over Europe, Asia and America.
Driving execution of drug development programs by translating product strategy into team goals and milestones. Using project management tools for planning, scheduling and tracking of activities and for achieving a balanced, data-driven and risk-based decision making process. Actively modeling behavior to support the development and maintenance of a high-performance team.

Leading strategic projects and assignments for the plant manager and production related optimization projects in local, cross-functional teams.
Developing and implementing a tailored manufacturing, planning and execution system.
Introducing a PMO methodology at the local site by leveraging the corporate PMO model.

Research focus on enzyme technology, protein engineering and carbohydrate chemistry.
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