**Summary**:
As an Associate Director Assoc.
Dir.
DDIT M&A; DE Process Governance, you will play a crucial role in the Deal Enablement team.
This role acts as the guardian of process adherence, ensuring that all M&A; IT teams follow the established frameworks, tools, and methodologies when planning and executing M&A; IT deals.
While governance is the foundation, this role goes beyond checklists—it's about enabling teams to work faster, smarter, capturing real-world feedback, and closing the gap between process design and execution.
**About the Role**:
**Key Responsibilities**
**1.
Governance Oversight & Framework Enforcement**
- Identify gaps between defined processes and real-life execution; develop mitigation and improvement plans.
- Escalate non-compliance or risk areas while maintaining a solutions-oriented and collaborative approach.
**2.
Stakeholder Collaboration & Process Alignment**
- Act as a central point of contact for M&A; IT teams to clarify governance expectations, answer process-related questions, and support adherence.
- Collaborate with M&A; IT Functional Leads, Program Managers, and project teams to ensure process fit and alignment with deal requirements.
- Capture stakeholder feedback from each M&A; project to ensure frameworks remain relevant, practical, and effective.
- Conduct regular reviews and interviews with key stakeholders to understand unique challenges of ongoing and past deals.
**3.
Process Optimization & Continuous Improvement**
- Drive updates to M&A; IT framework, based on feedback, lessons learned, and observed process deviations.
- Identify and eliminate process inefficiencies or duplications to streamline M&A; IT delivery.




- Partner with the Deal Enablement team to document new best practices and embed them into training materials or process libraries.
- Help define KPIs and success metrics to measure governance effectiveness and team compliance.
**4.
Project Management Support**
- Provide governance oversight and guidance during active M&A; deals, ensuring processes are embedded in execution plans.
- Support program and project managers in aligning project timelines and deliverables with governance standards.
- Assist in developing governance-related documentation, templates, and dashboards for use across the M&A; IT team.
**6.
Knowledge Sharing & Enablement**
- Create and lead training sessions, workshops, or onboarding activities to raise awareness of governance practices.
- Actively contribute to knowledge sharing within the Deal Enablement team and the wider M&A; IT organization.
- Maintain clear documentation of governance policies, playbooks, and frameworks for cross-team visibility and learning.
**Adecuado Background**
- University degree or equivalent.
Master's degree desirable.
- Experience in project or program management, preferably within an IT, M&A;, or large-scale transformation environment.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, able to influence without authority.
- Prior experience in M&A; IT projects is a strong plus.
- Experience supporting or participating in Due Diligence processes is a bonus.
Division
Operations
Business Unit
Corporate
Location
Mexico
Site
INSURGENTES
Company / Legal Entity
MX06 (FCRS = MX006) Novartis Farmacéutica S.A. de C.V.
Functional Area
Technology Transformation
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No

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