Site ITOT AI Champion

Location: Huningue, France; Hybrid 12 days/month in office.

Internal job title: Site ITOT AI Champion.

This is an 18 months fixed term contract.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive end‑to‑end adoption of Agentic & AI capabilities across site and global processes, embedding AI‑enabled ways of working into daily operations to deliver measurable productivity gains.
• Build AI fluency across IT/OT and business teams, establish and lead Agentic/AI champions, and enable hands‑on development of no‑code/low‑code agentic solutions.
• Lead bottom‑up use case identification, prioritize high‑value opportunities with site leadership, and oversee delivery, scaling, and sustained adoption of Agentic & AI solutions.
• Drive adoption of globally available Agentic & AI platforms, while continuously feeding site requirements, gaps, and enhancement opportunities into global product backlogs.
• Establish clear governance, benefits tracking, and reporting, including productivity and FTE impact, and maintain a forward looking multi‑year Agentic & AI roadmap.
• Partner with Global DDIT Ops and DSAI teams to ensure data, platform, integration, and security readiness, and to enable data self‑service capabilities for sites.
• Lead change management and cultural adoption, ensuring employees embrace AI as an augmentation tool and actively use Agentic & AI solutions in their daily work.

Essential Requirements

• 5+ years of working experience, with 2 years experience in AI.
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Copilot (M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio) and enterprise AI assistants.
• Proven ability to build agentic solutions using no‑code/low‑code platforms (e.g., Power Platform, Copilot Studio), including prompts, workflows, and basic integrations.
• Practical understanding of agent orchestration, reusable patterns, and scaling agents in operational environments.
• Data fundamentals: ability to consume, combine, and interpret data from enterprise systems (e.g., MES, ERP, LIMS), basic understanding of data quality, access, and governance.
• Basic data science & analytics skills, including KPI definition, descriptive analysis, and interpretation of AI outputs.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English and French.

Desirable Requirements

• Knowledge in GxP environment.
• ITIL certification.

Benefits and Rewards

• Salary range: 42,080 – 63,120 €.
• An annual bonus.
• A focus on your career development.
• Access to our Quality of Life at work program.
• Flexible working.
• Advanced social coverage for you and your loved ones.
• 27 days of paid leave & 14 days of RTT per year.
• Various employee recognition programs.

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.

Accessibility and accommodation: Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, please write to the HR contact and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.