Associate Director, Digital Product Owner

Date: Apr 30, 2026

Location:

Zagreb, Croatia, 10000

Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals

Job Id: 67745

We Are Teva

We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

Our Team, Your Impact

The Digital Product Owner is part of the Modernization Team in Teva Global Operations, taking ownership for development, standardization and deployment of the TGO Digital Standard use cases (e.g. Digital Performance Management, Digital Deviation Management, ..)

Digital Product Owner would oversee the entire lifecycle of digital use case deployment at TGO, including ideation, design, proof of concept (MVP development), and pilot implementation and will support full-scale deployment across all sites and functions (e.g., manufacturing, supply chain, quality). The position will act as a translator between the business and the technical teams, communicating needs and translating those needs into product features for the teams to design and roll out.

Furthermore, the Digital Product Owner will

Prioritize digital use cases and coordinate implementation efforts to achieve high-quality and on-time delivery of use cases in collaboration with respective technical owners
Drive change management and communicate across all levels in collaboration with respective business owners

The position holder works with the relevant manufacturing sites and global disciplines in order to lead digital use case development and deployment. Standardization of methodologies is also part of the responsibility as well as supporting the digital Transformation in a global environment.

How You’ll Spend Your Day

Define the digital strategy in line with business strategy
Responsible for creating user specifications translating the business needs into IT requirements
Consolidate and maintain multi-year digital use case roadmap
Manage the product backlog for ongoing use cases
Provide operational and technical guidance to teams, managers, and field personnel on their projects and processes
Partner with the executive teams to identify key capabilities needed and identify potential issues
Partner with cross functional teams regularly to ensure alignment on feature development and prioritization
Partner with IT to manage the roadmap and backlog to ensure that IT delivers all capabilities on time and per expectation
Identify and facilitate prioritization of digital use case needs, providing visibility to the rest of the team on the priority use case roadmap
Act as a PMO for the digital team facilitating collaboration and tracking advancement of data initiatives
Create the correct sense of urgency for delivery, map process flows and identify opportunities on how to eliminate points of failure, inefficiency and coach others
Foster understanding of the digital vision and conviction across organization
Develop skills through talent upgrading and continuous learning (data academy)
Evaluate opportunities to modernize business, operational and quality processes across the sites

Your Skills and Experience

B.Sc. in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Chemistry or equivalent scientific degree. with demonstrated competence in statistics or B.Sc. in IT or similar with demonstrated experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing

Fluent in English
5 – 10 years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing or quality, or similar industry, with 3+ years in management role would be preferred
Experience with development and implementation of AI solutions is preferred
Proven experience in data analytics
Moderate understanding of SAP
Experience in Industry 4.0 (e.g. IIoT solutions, data analytics) and driving digital transformation programs is a big plus
Ready to travel part of your working time
Understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing regulations (GxP)
Strong analytical, prioritization, and negotiating skills
Passionate about solving complex business problems through digital solutions
Ability to translate business needs into data needs
Experience drafting data roadmap in alignment with business needs
Experience in cross-functional role and stakeholders management
Experience conducting change in large scale organizations

How We’ll Take Care of You

At Teva, better health starts from within, and that includes you. From day one, you’ll be supported with benefits designed to help you thrive in and out of work. This includes generous annual leave, reward plans, flexible working schedules (dependent on role), access to tailored health support, and meaningful ways to give back to the community.  When it comes to your career, you’ll be encouraged to explore, evolve, and shape your path. Twist, our one-stop shop for career development platform, gives you access to a wide range of possibilities, from learning programs and short-term projects to opportunities for internal growth. Here, you’ll be part of a culture that empowers you to reach your goals and prioritize your wellbeing every step of the way. 

Reports To

Senior Director, Manufacturing Modernization (Global MTS)

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