Automation Engineer - Solutions Lead

Automation Engineer - Solutions Lead

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world.

Astellas' Global Capability Centers – Overview

Astellas' Global Capability Centers (GCCs) are strategically located sites that give Astellas the ability to access talent across various functions in the value chain and to co-locate core capabilities that are currently dispersed. Our three GCCs are in India, Poland and Mexico.

The GCCs will enhance our operational efficiency, resilience and innovation potential, enabling a timely response to changing business demands.

This position is based in Bengaluru and will require some on-site work.

Purpose and Scope:

As a Automation Engineer - Solutions Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the automation and workflow management architecture and strategy for Astellas. Your expertise and proven experience will drive the design, development, and scalability of our automation/workflow management/AI solutions utilizing Machine Learning algorithms and APIs. You will play a pivotal role in building maintaining and enhancing our automation capabilities across the organization. This is a fantastic global opportunity to use your proven agile delivery skills across a diverse range of initiatives, utilise your development skills, and contribute to the continuous improvement/delivery of critical IT solutions.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Design and Architect Automation Frameworks/solutions: Develop and execute strategies for automation processes utilizing Workflow Management, AI and Machine Learning across the business.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives identifying opportunities to optimize performance security and maintainability of existing automation architecture and other technology investments.
• Participate in smaller focused mission teams to deliver value driven solutions aligned to our global and bold move priority initiatives and beyond.
• Maintain Automation Systems: Ensure the ongoing functionality and efficiency of automation systems.
• Develop Project Plans: Create detailed plans for automation initiatives, including resource and budget estimations.
• Create Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of automation processes and test procedures.
• Provide Training: Offer guidance and training to team members on automation tools.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams and practices across the organization including Commercial, Manufacturing, Medical, DataX, GrowthX and support other X (transformation) Hubs and Practices as appropriate, to understand user needs and translate them into technical solutions.
• Provide Level 3 and 4 Technical Support to development and testing solutions
• Participate in the continuous delivery pipeline Adhering to DevOps best practices for version control automation and deployment. Ensuring effective management of the PlatformX backlog.
• Stay-up-to-date on the latest trends and technologies in Automation and AI
• Collaborate with cross functional teams and practices across the organisation including Commercial, Manufacturing, Medical, InformationX, GrowthX and support other X (transformation) Hubs and Practices as appropriate, to understand user needs and translate them into technical solutions.
• Provide Technical Support to internal users troubleshooting complex issues and ensuring system uptime as soon as possible.
• Participate in the continuous delivery pipeline. Adhering to DevOps best practices for version control automation and deployment. Ensuring effective management of the PlatformX backlog.
• Database Management: Develop strategies for automating database operations, including data migration, backup, and recovery.
• Performance Monitoring and Optimization: Regularly monitor performance of applications and identify bottlenecks.