Chief Digital Information Officer

This position is available in Europe & Irael

We are seeking an exceptional Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO) to lead the next generation of technology, digital, SAP/ERP, data, and AI transformation across a complex global API manufacturing organization.

Beyond ensuring secure, reliable, and compliant global IT operations, the CDIO will be a key architect of TAPI's future competitiveness and standalone journey. This leader will own a company-wide SAP/ERP transformation, accelerate modern digital capabilities, and embed current AI solutions across the enterprise to improve productivity, customer experience, decision-making, operational performance, and cost efficiency.

This role is ideal for a transformational digital and technology executive who combines strong global IT leadership, deep manufacturing understanding, proven end-to-end SAP/ERP implementation experience across multiple countries and sites, and a recent track record of integrating and scaling AI-enabled solutions that create measurable business value.

Key Responsibilities

Global Digital & IT Leadership

• Lead TAPI's global Digital and IT organization across enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data and AI, digital platforms, manufacturing systems, integration, and end-user services.
• Ensure secure, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective IT operations across all manufacturing sites and corporate functions.
• Maintain strong cybersecurity, business continuity, risk management, and regulatory compliance standards within a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global Digital and IT organization with clear accountability, strong regional and site partnership, and a culture of operational excellence, innovation, speed, and business impact.

Global SAP/ERP & Enterprise Transformation

• Define and execute TAPI's multi-year digital, data, technology, and enterprise architecture strategy, aligned with business priorities and the company's transformation and standalone ambitions.
• Own and lead a complex, global SAP/ERP implementation from strategy through stabilization, including business case development, operating model and process design, vendor and system-integrator selection, solution governance, implementation, data migration, process harmonization, testing, deployment, change management, and benefits realization across countries and manufacturing sites.
• Drive global process standardization and modernization across manufacturing, supply chain, quality, R&D, commercial, finance, procurement, and corporate functions, while managing essential local and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure technology investments deliver measurable business outcomes, operational efficiency, scalability, and long-term value.

AI, Data & Digital Innovation 

• Own TAPI's enterprise digital, data, and AI strategy, with a strong focus on up-to-date AI integrations, scalable platforms, and practical adoption across core business processes.
• Develop and execute an enterprise AI roadmap that continuously assesses emerging capabilities, modernizes the technology landscape, and prioritizes use cases with clear operational and financial value.
• Partner with business leaders to identify, integrate, and scale AI-enabled solutions across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, procurement, finance, commercial operations, customer experience, knowledge management, and employee productivity.
• Lead the integration of AI capabilities into existing enterprise platforms and workflows, ensuring fit-for-purpose architecture, secure deployment, interoperability, user adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Establish strong data foundations and AI governance covering data quality, privacy, cybersecurity, compliance, intellectual property, model governance, responsible AI, and value tracking.
• Build enterprise-wide digital and AI capabilities through targeted adoption programs, capability building, and clear ownership within the business.
• Ensure digital, data, and AI initiatives deliver measurable productivity gains, improved decision-making, stronger customer experience, operational improvements, and sustainable cost reduction.
• Ensure AI initiatives translate into measurable value creation, productivity gains, customer experience improvements, and sustainable operating cost reductions.

Cybersecurity & Risk Management

• Own TAPI's global cybersecurity strategy, capabilities, and risk posture.
• Strengthen threat detection, incident response, resilience, and data protection programs.
• Ensure alignment with global regulatory requirements, audit expectations, and industry best practices.
• Protect critical business, manufacturing, and customer information assets.

Financial & Vendor Management

• Manage global IT budgets, investment portfolios, vendor relationships, and strategic technology partnerships.
• Drive financial discipline, transparent governance, and ROI-based decision-making across all technology investments.
• Optimize technology spend while improving service levels and business outcomes.
• Build strong partnerships with key software vendors, cloud providers, system integrators, and service partners.

Executive Stakeholder Leadership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO, CFO, Executive Leadership Team, and Board on technology, digital transformation, AI, cybersecurity, and organizational capabilities.
• Partner closely with Teva throughout the transformation.
• Translate complex technology topics into clear business decisions and strategic recommendations.
• Foster strong collaboration across all business functions and regions to accelerate innovation and execution.
• Champion a culture of speed, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or Master's degree preferred.
• Extensive IT leadership experience, including executive responsibility for global, multi-country organizations.
• Digital and IT leadership experience, including executive accountability for global, multi-country, and multi-site organizations and leadership of geographically dispersed teams.
• Proven leadership across major Digital and IT capabilities, including enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, SAP/ERP, data and AI platforms, digital solutions, integration, and manufacturing technology.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale SAP/ERP implementations in complex international organizations.
• Demonstrated success leading end-to-end, large-scale SAP/ERP implementations across complex international, multi-country, and multi-site organizations, ideally within regulated manufacturing.
• Strong expertise in cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, cloud technologies, integration platforms, analytics, and data management.
• Demonstrated track record of leading enterprise-wide business and digital transformation programs enabled by SAP/ERP, data, AI, and modern technology platforms.
• Experience managing significant technology budgets and complex global vendor ecosystems.

Critical Requirements

• Proven end-to-end leadership of at least one major global SAP/ERP implementation across multiple countries, functions, and manufacturing sites, including process harmonization, data migration, deployment, change management, stabilization, and measurable benefits realization.
• Recent, hands-on leadership of enterprise AI integration and improvement initiatives, with proven success moving use cases from experimentation into secure, scalable, adopted solutions that deliver measurable business value.
• Proven ability to lead and develop a complex global Digital and IT organization, create clear accountability across central, regional, and site teams, and build strong partnerships with business leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to connect digital strategy with business transformation, balancing innovation with reliable operations, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, financial discipline, and adoption at scale.
• Experience within private equity-backed organizations and/or leading technology workstreams during M&A transactions, divestitures, carve-outs, or business separations is highly desirable.

Make Your Mark with TAPI

Your journey with TAPI is more than a job—it’s an opportunity to make a lasting impact on global health. If you’re ready to lead, innovate, and inspire, we’re excited to welcome you to our team. Together, let’s shape the future of pharmaceuticals. Apply on top of this page and our talent acquisition team will be in touch soon!