Principal Business Solutions Manager (m/w/d)

OUR COMPANY Boehringer Ingelheim is a biopharmaceutical company active in both human and animal health. As one of the industry's top investors in research and development, the company focuses on developing innovative therapies that can improve and extend lives in areas of high unmet medical need. Independent since its foundation in 1885, Boehringer takes a long-term perspective, embedding sustainability along the entire value chain. Our approximately 54,500 employees serve over 130 markets to build a healthier and more sustainable tomorrow. Learn more at www.boehringer-ingelheim.com The Position As Principal Business Solutions Manager, you support Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance processes in accordance with Good Pharmacovigilance Practice. You will take functional ownership of defined capabilities and processes within an assigned module of the Global Safety Platform, providing strategic direction for their design, implementation, validation, and continuous evolution. Acting as a key interface between Patient Safety business teams and the system vendor, you will shape solutions, processes and data flows within your area of responsibility while ensuring alignment with the overall Global Safety Platform architecture and end-to-end pharmacovigilance processes. The role combines strategic and functional leadership with hands-on involvement in key operational activities. You will actively engage in requirements clarification, solution design, validation, testing and issue resolution to ensure that decisions are grounded in a deep understanding of processes, system behavior and business needs. As Product Owner for defined capabilities and processes within your assigned module, you will take end-to-end responsibility from business requirements and prioritization through implementation and validated use. This combination of functional ownership, pharmacovigilance expertise, technology understanding and strategic vendor collaboration enables you to represent your area of responsibility in cross-functional, vendor and regulatory settings. Tasks & responsibilities You will take functional and end-to-end ownership of a defined module of the Global Safety Platform, driving its design, implementation, validation, deployment and continuous evolution in line with pharmacovigilance and regulatory requirements. In your role as Product Owner, you will translate business and regulatory needs into requirements, set priorities and drive delivery together with business stakeholders, IT and the system vendor. Together with the system vendor and internal stakeholders, you will shape solution design, processes and data flows, ensuring alignment with the overall platform architecture and end-to-end Patient Safety processes. As part of platform changes, you will assess impacts and drive risk-based validation and testing, including test review, issue resolution, business readiness and training needs in accordance with GxP and pharmacovigilance requirements. For releases and enhancements, you will ensure business readiness and reliable operation, proactively managing risks, dependencies and operational issues while driving continuous improvement. With a focus on innovation, you will evaluate and shape the responsible adoption of emerging technologies, including AI, to improve efficiency, quality and user experience while maintaining regulatory compliance. Across functions and organizational boundaries, you will lead initiatives and strategic vendor engagements, provide functional guidance at the intersection of pharmacovigilance and technology, and represent your area in strategic discussions and regulatory inspections. Requirements Master's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent professional qualifications and relevant experience Several years of relevant professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry, a regulatory authority or academia, combined with strong subject-matter expertise