Brad Kanarr

About Brad Kanarr

I’ve been working in the Pharmaceutical industry for much of my career for 15+ years, focusing on client relationships and delivering value through IT solutions and partnerships with internal stakeholders. I’ve had the opportunity to work across several pharmaceutical business units including but not limited to: Vaccine Manufacturing, Consumer Supply Chain and Finance, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Operations, and Safety Pharmacovigilance.

Experience

1. Value and Portfolio Lead in IT Strategy Realization

   Merck

   Mar 2024 — Present

   As an Associate Director Value and Portfolio Lead, I collaborate with IT Finance to manage the Business of IT (BIT) investment. Business of IT is a transformation program to gain insights into our portfolio information, financials, and workforce allocations to enable Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM). My responsibilities include overseeing financial analysis, budget management, and resource allocation to ensure BIT investments align with strategic objectives. I produce regular reports and presentations with actionable insights for optimization and continuous improvement.I lead the process for setting and tracking quarterly OKRs, coordinating value realization activities across the BIT program. Additionally, I collaborate with process teams on identifying value propositions for capabilities like demand management and workforce allocation. I also collaborate with Customer Success teams and Change Management teams in developing the rollout strategy and value realization.

Education

• Penn State University

  Bachelor, Computer Science

  1999 — 2003

• Wyoming Area

  High School Diploma

  1996 — 1999

• Penn State Great Valley

  Masters of Science, Information Science

  2007 — 2010

Skills

• Workshop Facilitation
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Gxp
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Vaccines
• Business Requirements
• Capa
• Gamp
• Clinical Data Management
• Process Modeling
• Business Architecture
• Requirements Gathering
• 21 Cfr Part 11
• Information Management
• Change Control
• Account Management
• Software Project Management
• Business Case
• Business Analysis
• Pharmaceuticals
• Sap Erp
• Systems Analysis
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Fda
• Requirements Analysis
• Validation
• Enterprise Collaboration
• Gmp
• Process Mapping
• Business Process Mapping
• Computer System Validation
• Leadership
• Manufacturing
• Business Process Management
• Sharepoint
• Team Facilitation
• Quality Assurance
• Business Case Preparation
• User Acceptance Testing
• Erp