At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you'll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. We are looking for our next Director of Innovation & Analytics supporting the USO Commercial Support Team, in Fort Worth, TX. As a Director of Innovation & Analytics you will be responsible leading a diverse team of people leaders who provide Thought Leadership, Data Enablement, and Advanced Analytics Solutions together with implementation strategy and delivery across the US commercial business. This role has significant levels of responsibility and accountability for aligning program and innovation strategy to ensure delivery on commercial outcomes. This role is responsible for the overall direction of multiple critical functions including Data & Analytics, Operations Quality/Compliance, Training, Change Management, SAP User support, and Fleet Management

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Lead organization of 15-20 internal associates and 30-40 external service providers
• Collaborate closely with IT on infrastructure and architecture of technology solutions
• Continuously accelerate the digital efforts of the organization
• Develop, drive, and implement strategic projects for US Commercial Operations to optimize services, simplify processes and add value to the enterprise
• Communicate program status to stakeholders and produce status reports/dashboards
• Champion agile working methods
• Effectively allocate resources, assign roles and responsibilities, and coordinate task and activities performed by the team
• Prioritize business and functional requirements through planning sessions with business stakeholders
• Establish project goals and objectives in line with stakeholder's expectations
• Lead stakeholder interviews, workshops, and research to determine the estimate of cost, time, and resources to deploy solutions

What you'll bring to Alcon:

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +18 yrs.; Assoc.+14 yrs.; M.S.+7 yrs.; PhD+6 yrs.)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English
• 10 Years of Relevant Experience
• 6 Years of Demonstrated Leadership

Preferred Skills and Experiences:

• Strategic thought leader
• Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication (verbally and written) skills
• Strong leadership, influencing and conflict resolution skills to drive change and business outcome
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven self-starter with ability to lead through influence
• Experience working with ambiguity and high learning agility
• Ability to build strong relationships and communicate with a breadth and variety of internal and external resources
• Ability to work with others in a high paced, fluid, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team
• Proven experience operating in a global environment

How you can thrive at Alcon:

• See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities
• Join Alcon's mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!
• Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!

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Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.