Head of R&D IT

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Role Summary The Sr. Director, Business Technology Partner (R&D) is the senior technology leader accountable for shaping and delivering the R&D Digital and Information Technology strategy that enables Alcon’s shift to a full‑spectrum innovation model—sustaining incremental excellence while accelerating breakthrough and disruptive innovation across MedTech and Pharma. This leader partners with R&D executives to build a faster, digitally enabled development engine driving and accelerating the R&D lifecycle from Concept through launch. As the leader of the IT/Digital teams that power R&D, you will translate the strategic pillars of R&D into a sequenced technology roadmap and measurable outcomes—learning velocity, cycle-time reduction, decision clarity, cost productivity, and risk reduction—while ensuring strong governance, cybersecurity, compliance, and partner enablement. Key Responsibilities: 1) Strategic Technology Leadership for R&D Transformation 2) Value creation through delivery on the Information Technology investment portfolio Lead delivery of an integrated, end-to-end Information technology backbone that accelerates the entire R&D Value Chain including key focus areas such a...