REQ-10078971
May 25, 2026
LOC_CN

About the Role

Major accountabilities:

  • 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.

Key performance indicators:

  • ≥80% of target staff completed AI training and actively use at least one agentic solution in daily work. 
  • ≥80% of prioritized Agentic & AI use cases delivered using no‑code / low‑code tools.·         ≥3 high‑value AI/agentic use cases per site live and contributing to measured productivity or FTE impact.
  • >50% of employees regularly using AI / agentic tools for day‑to‑day tasks.
  • Productivity / FTE impact reported quarterly, reviewed with SLT, and tracked against roadmap.
  • All critical systems and data sources identified and enabled for priority AI use cases.·         Site feedback (requirements, gaps, connectors) visible in global AI backlogs and releases.

COMPETENCY PROFILE

  • Applied Business Insights, Digital & Technology Savvy, Organizational Savvy, Joint Value Creation, Stakeholder Engagement, Managing Change, Vision & Purpose (Strategy to Story), Interpersonal Savvy.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

  • 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.
  • Best to have: Hands on experience building and supporting automations using Microsoft Power Automate (cloud flows, approvals, connectors, error handling).
  • Best to have: Python experience for scripting/automation and data handling (e.g., APIs, JSON, basic data cleaning and preprocessing).·        
  • 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.

Language:

  • English, Chinese

Behaviors in Action

  • We create positive change for patients 积极创变,造福患者
  • We explore to improve 勇于探索,精益求精
  • We take smart risks and learn 智担风险,上下求索
  • We make each other extraordinary 成就彼此,共创非凡
  • We hold ourselves and others accountable 各司其职,同舟共济

Role Requirements

Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

Benefits and Rewards: Learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally.
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Information Technology
LOC_CN
Changping County (Beijing)
LOC_CN
FCT_DD
Full time
Regular
No
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REQ-10078971

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