OCM Lead

PolyPeptide/Full time

PolyPeptide Group AG and its consolidated subsidiaries (“PolyPeptide”) is a specialized Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for peptide- and oligonucleotide-based active pharmaceutical ingredients. By supporting its customers mainly in pharma and biotech, it contributes to the health of millions of patients across the world.

PolyPeptide serves a fast-growing market, offering products and services from pre-clinical through to commercial stages. Its broad portfolio reflects the opportunities in drug therapies across areas and with a large exposure to metabolic diseases, including GLP-1. Dating back to 1952, PolyPeptide today runs a global network of six GMP-certified facilities in Europe, the U.S. and India. PolyPeptide’s shares (SIX: PPGN) are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange.

Polypeptides Values

Trust:  Polypeptide build and maintain trust in all their relationships – both with each other and with their customers. They support each other and work as a team.

Innovation:  They are curious and driven by finding smart solutions to the challenges they face.

Excellence:  They always strive to deliver high quality and adapt to meet the needs of their customers.

About the Role

As part of the global ERP Program Team, the Organizational Change Management (OCM) Lead plays a key role in driving the successful adoption of SAP S/4HANA across PolyPeptide’s global manufacturing organization.

This role is central to ensuring that new ERP processes are successfully embedded across production sites, supply chain, finance, and quality functions in a highly regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

You will work closely with the Program Director, PMO, deployment leads, and global process owners to translate ERP design decisions into practical operational impact for the business.

The position requires a hands-on and pragmatic change leader who can combine strategic thinking with practical execution across the full transformation lifecycle – from design and impact assessments to training, go-live readiness, and adoption tracking.

Key Responsibilities

Execution of the program’s OCM strategy supporting the global SAP S/4HANA transformation
Lead change impact assessments across production, supply chain, finance, and quality functions
Plan and execute communication, stakeholder engagement, and training strategies
Drive business readiness and user adoption across multiple program rollout waves
Establish and track adoption and readiness KPIs
Partner closely with PMO, deployment leads, and global process owners
Build and manage a global network of change agents and super users
Enable local leaders and site management to successfully lead the transformation

Important stakeholders

Global Process Owners
Super Users
C-executives
Program team

Your Profile

To succeed in this role, you bring experience from ERP transformation programs and organizational change management in production-driven environments.

We expect that you have:

5+ years of experience within Organizational Change Management in large digital or ERP transformation programs
Proven experience supporting SAP or ERP implementations, preferably SAP S/4HANA
Solid experience conducting change impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, communication planning, and training strategies
Experience working in manufacturing environments, ideally within pharma, life sciences, chemical production, or other regulated industries
Ability to translate ERP design decisions into practical implications for operational teams
Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work with both senior leadership and operational teams
Fluent verbal and written English
French language skills are considered a strong advantage, as the role involves collaboration with several of PolyPeptide’s European sites
Experience with SAP Activate or other structured ERP methodologies is an advantage.

You are a pragmatic and grounded change leader who can operate effectively in complex transformation programs.

You are comfortable working hands-on with change activities, while also providing strategic guidance to program leadership.

You communicate clearly and practically, especially with production and operational stakeholders, and you are able to translate complex ERP concepts into business-relevant language.

Travel

As this is a global ERP transformation program, the role will involve regular travel to PolyPeptide sites in Europe and the USA to support rollout activities, stakeholder engagement, and change initiatives.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? APPLY NOW!

Are you ready to play a key role in driving organizational change within a global ERP transformation? The position will be open until March 29th 2026, but we are applying an ongoing selection so do not hesitate to send us your application.

This recruitment is handled by Capax Recruitment. If you have any questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact Line Kejser at lke@capax.dk.

Applications are accepted exclusively via the official application link. Applications sent by email will be deleted without processing.

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