Alliance Portfolio Manager

Would you like to use your sample and project management experience to help deliver life changing medicines to patients? If so… please read on!

We are now recruiting an Alliance Portfolio Manager to join our Biosamples Alliances and technology Team within our Precision Medicine and Biosamples function.

At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

Here you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patients' lives. With science at its heart, this is the place where breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicines - for the world's most complex diseases. Answer unmet medical needs by pioneering the next wave of science, focusing on outcomes and shaping the patient ecosystem.

Human Biological Samples (HBS) are fundamental to medical research in the discovery, development and implementation of new treatments and diagnostics. They are ethically sensitive materials and underpin the delivery of every clinical trial.

What you'll do
The Alliance portfolio manager role will join the Alliance team who own and manage the relationship with our central laboratory partners who serve across Astrazeneca's entire portfolio.

The Alliance Portfolio Manager is a key role accountable for the ownership of partnership associated critical issues. In this position you will act as the key contact for Biosamples oversight of partnership related issues and successes, liaising between Alliance, line management and program management roles within Biosamples as appropriate. You will be a member of the core Alliance team liaising closely with the alliance leads to ensure coordination of issues within the portfolio and the partnership's strategic direction.

You will be supporting Biosamples roles in the completion of CAPAs associated with Partnership delivery and communicate to relevant Partnership colleagues to ensure changes are implemented and communicated in line with other partnership roles. You drive initiatives to enable optimisation of partnership processes as determined by the Process and Standards lead, acting as an ambassador on behalf of the partnership across business units, to communicate successes, findings, improvements and requirements. Additional responsibilities will include:

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Drive clarity of accountabilities and deliverables to facilitate the flawless, collaborative resolution of challenges between the partnership and other functions
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Improve communications between AstraZeneca and extended partner teams
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Monitor and communicate updates of challenges that impact across the portfolio
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Lead or participate in Alliance related initiatives as appropriate
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Ensure the partner team have the capacity and knowledge required to support the portfolio, in keeping with current and future business needs.
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Reports on escalations, their status and outcomes to the Operational Steering Team
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Works closely in collaboration with the Partnership roles to resolve escalations and implement improvements
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Support continuous improvement, quality and productivity

With this in mind we are looking for someone who is knowledgeable and experienced in sample and project management processes/techniques related to clinical trials. Furthermore, you are capable of authoritatively leading diverse and complex interactions with partners, demonstrate ownership, excellent communication skills and forward thinking whilst maintaining a collaborative attitude. Strong leadership to ensure successful interactions between study team members and partner roles is needed.

It is crucial to maintain an agile approach and possess confidence and courage to make decisions. You will demonstrate integrity and dedication and ability to drive collaborative solutions across the partnership portfolio.

Essential for the role

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Scientific/Business degree or equivalent experience
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Knowledge of drug and/or diagnostic development processes
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Experience in escalation, issue resolution
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Ability to communicate optimally with partners
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A professional, enthusiastic and proactive approach, whilst independently handling a diverse and fast paced workload
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Ability to collaborate successfully with internal and external partners
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A clear demonstration of behaviours of:

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Truth seeking rather than success seeking
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Problem solver
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Ownership for issue resolution
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Embracing of peer review

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Fluent in English as the AstraZeneca working language

Desirable for the role

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Knowledge of the regulatory and ethical requirements in the area of delivery, including GCP
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Able to understand the complexity of issues and drive a pragmatic, fair and timely resolution to issues
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Demonstrates through appropriate self organization the ability to lead conflicting priorities and to make difficult decisions
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Able to act efficiently in an environment with dynamic timelines and priorities
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Demonstrates strong social skills that will build strong relationships

Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca you will be valued. Not only for your unique contribution, skills and background, but because we recognise people are our greatest asset. Here we are dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Thrive in an energising environment where challenging work goes hand in hand with development. With opportunities, recognition and bright minds, there's no better place to unlock learning and build a long-term career. Most importantly, we do meaningful work that changes lives. It's our purpose that drives us, every day. Interested? Come and join our journey.

So, what's next?
Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you. We will go through the applications continuously so please apply as soon as possible but no later than February 24, 2023. Welcome with your application!